Every year Newark Academy invites students, staff and faculty to submit entries to a Fibonacci Poetry Contest spearheaded by Dr. Ungaro, organized by Ms. Pursell, both of the Math Department, and judged anonymously by the English Department.
A “Fib” is a 6-line, 20-syllable poem with a line-by-line syllable count of: 1 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 8. Winning poems by James Blume ’19, Stella Gilbert ’22, Elizabeth Hawk ’19 and Talia Schraven ’20 were chosen in the following four categories. Enjoy!
The “Phinest Fib”
With
just
a taste,
Temptation
drips onto my tongue,
I taste apple, I hear slithers.
by Stella Gilbert ’22
Category of “Strength”
a
Fib–
remains
A Lie–while
Typically an
Unimportant one–still can hurt.
by Talia Schraven ’20
Category of “Beauty”
do
you
hear them
calling out?
“Come with me and leave
the scorched earth for starts, and love too.”
by Elizabeth Hawk ’19
Category of “Prescient”
They’ve
been
seeing
stranger webs
in Fukushima
sticky silver and broken teeth.
by James Blume ’19