Compendium of Spaces

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Note:'spaces' is an imagism form .It has a title and three line ,the middle being blank and left to the readers imagination. I labelled it 'spaces' as the middle line is an unsaid poignant pause or image. Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created this imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space Turnbull called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ .

spaces-SEPTEMBER I empty slides in the park chatter fills the school bus spaces- SNUFFED OUT Bad light stops play The muscians retire Note: Haydn's Farewell Symphony spaces-CATARACT The mist lifts slowly A new vista is unveiled spaces-CATCH-22 A window pane shatters Nobody makes a home run SPACES 2 HISPANIC REVERBERATIONS Blue-bells SPACES 1 SHADY LADIES Hostas spaces- REFRACTION a rainbow on high liquid to light spaces-THEOPHANY This is my beloved son Hear Him? spaces-PECKING ORDER Sparrow on the bird table the hawk has a feast An Abstract spaces poem Close your eyes What did you see?

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Gail Manwell

Date: 6/24/2023 1:01:00 PM

Whoa. This is really interesting idea. I like it a lot. I wish that the "spaces-" part had been consistent throughout the whole poem though. It would be nice to have something, which stays the same, to hold on to as we (the reader) try to find our way through these abstract spaces.