The number known as the golden ratio is one of the few irrational numbers which were instrumental in the development of mathematics, and also captured the imagination of artists and the general public. The focus of this paper is my experimentation with the use of the golden ratio as both content and structure of poems. Along with four of my poems, the paper includes several related poems written by others, as well as brief glimpses of the rich history and the varied mathematical properties of this astonishing number.