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    Escarpment: Fibonacci poetry
    Escarpment: Fibonacci poetry
    Escarpment: Fibonacci poetry
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    Escarpment: Fibonacci poetry

    By Virginia Gow

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    In her book, Escarpment: Fibonacci poetry, Virginia Gow has applied the Fibonacci sequence of numbers to her poetry by counting the syllables in the words to determine the length of the lines.

    The subsequent patterns make for a visually appealing book, quite aside from the pleasures of Virginia's poetry.

    Leonardo Pisano Bigollo, who was also known as Fibonacci, was a brilliant Italian mathematician who lived in the Middle Ages from c. 1170 – c. 1250.

    Fibonacci is credited with introducing the Hindu/Arabic numerical systems to the West as he saw that system superior to the system of Roman numerals. His book Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation) explained the system to western mathematicians. The Fibonacci sequence was named after him as he used it as an example in his writings by explaining the numerical reproduction of rabbits in an ideal situation.

    In the Fibonacci sequence of numbers, each number is the sum of the previous two numbers:

    1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144 . . .

    The Fibonacci number sequence can be found in nature and is the basis of the golden mean. A nautilus shell is a beautiful example of the Fibonacci numbers in a spiral, but it can be found in plants, nebula and more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTellwell Talent
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    ISBN9780992300999
    Escarpment: Fibonacci poetry
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    Virginia Gow

    Virginia grew up at Westmead, Sydney, in a large and loving Catholic family. Schooled by Mercy Sisters at Parramatta, she left at fourteen to work in the city. At nineteen, she decided to become a teacher.Her first teaching post was at St Michael’s Primary, Blacktown South. The classroom was a corrugated iron shed and its windows looked out onto a dairy farm. For the next ten years she worked in a variety of Catholic primary schools. Studying to be a Secondary Art teacher by night and teaching by day she became a Visual Art teacher.After marriage and having a son, Virginia left Sydney with her family to live on a farm at Narooma. The positions of Resource teacher at Central Tilba School and Moruya High (Music, Drama and Special Education) broadened her teaching knowledge. As Outreach Literacy Advisor for Wallaga Lake Yuin Aboriginal settlement, Virginia worked with Gabbu Ted Thomas and Ann Thomas and the Aboriginal Community teaching and learning oral histories. This led to her endorsement from Merriman Land Council. Her Honey and Nut store gave her space to set up a studio and carry out workshops for adults and children in the Tilba community.Virginia received a grant to write a white paper, ‘Supporting Boys as Learners’ and, assisted by an inter-regional committee, produced a document of value about the appropriate ways of educating boys who were challenged by literacy.Virginia also worked as a Support Teacher Learning Difficulties at Miller High School and developed Rock Eisteddfod at Miller High.Five years later she went to live and work in Manly at the Royal Far West School for Specific Purposes. For fourteen years she taught country students in varying degrees of distress and expanded her role as a senior teacher covering all subjects.As a member of the Manly community she served on several Council committees and was involved in various community events which included co-producing the Cooee Classic Surfing events in partnership with Carolyn Glass-Pattinson, which was supported by Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils for NAIDOC Week celebrations; exhibiting in Ocean Care Day for Manly Environment Centre led her to be invited by the Italian Committee for Florence Biennale in 2005; and, with Lois Birk (RFWS) (GAECG), she was a founding member of the local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group for 18 years. Participating in poetry and writing groups gave expression to her creativity which led to an award from the Federation of Australian Writers – ‘The Migrant Experience’ in 1998.Virginia spent her final three professional years at Fisher Road School for Specific Purposes. On retirement she relocated to the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and is enjoying the challenges of a vigorous garden and becoming part of a new community while she continues to pursue her creative endeavours.

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      Escarpment - Virginia Gow

      Dedication

      To my son, Morgan Gow Lean

      CONTENTS

      DEDICATION

      WHAT IS FIBONACCI?

      A TANGLED WOOD

      A JOLLY SATURDAY

      A SILENT JOURNEY

      BEETLE’S VOYAGE

      CICADAS

      COLOUR

      DOWNPOUR

      FEVER

      GIOTTO’S CAMPANILE

      HOLIDAY

      IN ANOTHER WORLD

      JUMP

      OH PANAMA!

      PARTYTIME

      POPPIES

      PUMPKIN SOUP

      ROSE

      SATURDAY’S VIEW

      SHOWER

      TEA ROOM

      THE CHALLENGE

      THE MEETING

      TIP TOP INVITATION

      TREASURE

      WALK

      WHITEHAVEN

      WHO?

      WILD VALLEY ART PARK

      WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

      WINTER

      WONDER

      YOUTH

      PENCIL PINES

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      ABOUT VIRGINIA

      What is Fibonacci?

      Leonardo Pisano Bigollo, who was also known as Fibonacci, was a brilliant Italian mathematician who lived in the Middle Ages from c. 1170 – c. 1250.

      Fibonacci is credited with introducing the Hindu/Arabic numerical systems to the West as he saw that system superior to the system of Roman numerals. His book Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation) explained the system to western mathematicians. The Fibonacci sequence was named after him as he used it as an example in his writings by explaining the numerical reproduction of rabbits in

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