The earthly godlike proportion states:
The smaller part is to the greater
As the greater part is to the whole.
Did the gods on a Mount Arithmos
Come up with this divine division?
The alchemy of the Golden Mean.
A universal logarithmic
Is a phrase that counts, as all words do –
A phrase describing this mundane verse?
Is a logarithmic spiral’s song
A poem that could ascend or plunge?
A paradigm lost and then regained,
Scanning the gap between coupled words
Like heaven and hell or love and hate.
A precious proportion, though confined
In a golden rectangular page.
Or just say: 1 to point 618
That’s roughly one way of putting it
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Robert Tilleard (
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Arithmetically and poetically coupled. Something to be enjoyed in the reading and for those gifted in mathematics. Thanks for sharing.
Erm, you lost me at about the second line. Then something about the 618 bus at the end?! lol. A fine write, I'm sure.
I'm sorry you have to display your ignorance. The Golden Mean is a simple proportion known to most children. Watch out or the 618 will run you down...
Ahh, I may vaguely remember it. Ignorance is not always bliss then....
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