Book blog starts Fibonacci poem fad, i.

Book blog starts Fibonacci poem fad, i.e. the writing of poems where the number of syllables in each line is dictated by the Fibonacci sequence. “Poets are very, very hungry for constraint right now.”

• fibonaccisequence
• poetry
• weblogs

The Guardian on spam poetry. I featured

The Guardian on spam poetry. I featured the work of noted spam poet Gary Milano ([email protected]) a couple of years ago. See also Outside the Inbox, a compilation of songs inspired by spam subject lines.

Update: And The Words of Albert Spamus.

• music
• poetry
• spam

Poetry takes more brain power to read than prose

Poetry takes more brain power to read than prose. “Subjects were found to read poems slowly, concentrating and re-reading individual lines more than they did with prose.”

• brain
• neuroscience
• poetry
• reading
• science