From Numbers and Faces

by JUDITH BAUMEL
From a Collection of Poems Compiled by JoAnne Growney


Learn the particular strength
of the Fibonacci series,
a balanced spiraling
outward of shapes,
those golden numbers
which describe dimensions
of sea shells, rams’ horns,
collections of petals
and generations of bees.
A formula to build
your house on,
the proportion most pleasing
to the human eye.