On Memorial Day, I visited a sunflower farm out in the country with my family. I brought a bucket load home and made 5 vases full. It was fun to give them away to neighbors. I kept this large one for myself. It made its happy face known in my kitchen. Since the sunflower seed head is a fibonacci sequence, I decided to write a fib poem. A fib poem is 20 syllables as each line follows the sequence, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8.
Face
Margaret Simon, draft
it!
I glow
yellowbright
on tables, in fields–
Happiness grows if you let it.
Please leave your own poem in the comments and encourage other writers with responses. Happy Summer!
Reflections on the Teche 
Gorgeous poem and sunflowers Margaret, thanks for their warmth and wonder!
I decided to follow your lead with a fib too…
Your
all
aglow
sunflower,
an animating
nature elixir-ray of hope!
Michelle Kogan, draft
love hope aglow, Michelle!
Michelle, animating is a great word to describe this happy flower. And that last line is leaving me thinking and smiling this morning.
Love “elixir-ray!”
Elixir-ray is a great smashed word. I want to steal it.
Yep–elixir-ray is my new favorite word!
Michelle, your last line is a beauty-a great description of a sunflower.
Nature elixir- great word choice
Margaret, their joy is contagious!
bright
eyed
golden
lashes bat
take me home today
let me fill your home with delight
PJF, draft
Patricia, oh, those eyes! Yes, sunflowers do bat their lashes, don’t they? So charming! The flower and your poem.
“golden lashes” is perfect!
Golden lashes is a lovely image.
Love that you give the sunflower face golden lashes!
Patricia, lashes bat is a wonderful thought. The action is descriptive.
Margaret, what a bright and beautiful bloom. I love that you brought a bucketful home to share. I wrote a Fibonacci poem too about that sweet seed head.
Sure
true
sequence
numbers wrapped
in nature’s magic
golden Fibonacci beauty
I love the phrase “nature’s magic” – so much if nature can feel like that!
This captures the essence of how the Fib series is nature’s beautiful math.
I just watched a scientific American video about sunflowers and the Fibonacci sequence. You’ve captured the magic!
Denise, the sunflower is an unique plant-“wrapped in nature’s magic.”
Sharing sunflowers is sharing joy! Thanks, Margaret.
When we lived in Lima, Peru, one of our Saturday favorites was going to the flower market. We often came home with sunflowers (or roses or lilies) for the dining room table.
I tried the fib, too:
Sunflower Bouquet
On
my
table
spreading your
glow to all of us
gathered there, adding to our joy
Your poem paints a lovely scene in my mind, Diane.
The beginning of on my table is such a solid placement for the poem. I love having fresh flowers on my table. I wish we had a flower market. I often will rescue them from the bins at the grocery store.
love the joyful addition.
A sunflower bouquet is a beauty and your poem shares in the table joy, Diane.
Margaret, it seems like you’ve inspired a lot of Fibs today! It’s really the perfect form for the lovely sunflowers. Thank you!
one
sun
flower
in a vase
spreading happiness
to passersby who catch the glow
Love the way you’ve made the spread of happiness concrete,
Rose, yes, I agree that passerbys would catch the glow of the sunflower.
Fun challenge–I went a little more literal than poetic. Love the final line of yours, Margaret.
Sunflower Mathoneplusone more,spiral grows,green and golden disc,ringed with rays of glistening light
Fun challenge–I went a little more literal than poetic. Love the final line of yours, Margaret.
Sunflower Math
one
plus
one more,
spiral grows,
green and golden disc,
ringed with rays of glistening light
Love this, Buffy! “ringed with rays of glistening light” is a beautiful description. I love how everyone interpreted the photo in their own way.
I love the literal and how it spirals to the ring of glistening light.
Buffy, Sunflower Math is a great blend of content and a mathematic format.
Margaret, your last line in the Fib poem made me smile even though the sky is gray once again. Sunflowers bring happiness and your poem is filled with that.
Seeing your photo of the sunflower drew me in to write today. I have the Fib poem a try.
Strong
Tall
Hairy
Stem proudly
Boasts broad flower head
Graced with earthly golden sunshines.
strong, tall, hairy are great adjectives for a sunflower stem.
It is good to see you here. Your description of the sunflower is accurate. The addition of the word graced is n asset to your Fib poem.
Thank you
My last comment above is to CMHunter. – Carol V.
Such a happy fib!