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Oulipost #4: Fibonacci (Variation)

Since
Since April is
Grilled

(I’ve grilled)

one
is:
Nobody

You minimalist. —

pants:
Two

whatever!

 *****

Last last week
in space,
the —

(finally)

the —

and
most look for
how —

deadline.

*****
Folks
Folks who have accustomed
months
meters
Side surprise
in approved —
approves —
impacted
that
long.

 

 

Sources (in order of appearance): Kass, John. “It’s not your mother’s grilled cheese anymore”. Chicago Tribune. 4 April 2014: 2.

Schmich, Mary. “Ban won’t snarl dog owners: Options to remain after plastic bags become a scarcity”. Chicago Tribune. 4 April 2014: 3.

Dardick, Hal. “Plan kicks free Sundays to curb: Change to parking rules eyed on North, Northwest sides”. Chicago Tribune. 4 April 2014: 4.

 

The prompt:
In a Fibonacci sequence, each term is the sum of the two terms immediately preceding it; typically with 1 as the first term: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5,8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and so on.
Select an article from your newspaper and create a poem using the words that correspond with the numbers in the sequence. Your poem will take the form of first word, first word, second word, third word, fifth word, eighth word, thirteenth word, etc. You can continue until you’ve run out of words in your article or until you’re happy with the poem’s conclusion.
http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/blog/oulipost-4-fibonacci-variation/