Spaces-Catch-22

A window pane shatters



Nobody makes a home run


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 the 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’ .
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Reynolds Avatar
December 1, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Ooooooo, love this new form!!! Brian, this makes me vibrate with possibilities. This is like a super-haiku, with the second line being the readers - amazing...well...i know what I'm going to be doing tonight - spaces! lol love, Kristin
Thomas Avatar
December 1, 2008 at 2:24 PM
What an interesting form of poetry! It really makes you think, and I love the silence in the middle...you can really feel the tension there, in that moment just after the glass shatters.
Winter Avatar
December 1, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Well, this is so different. You are so creative Mr. Strand. Actually making us have to think outside (or in this case inside) the box. : ) Love, Shar
Kelly Avatar
December 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Now you've got the ball rolling , with another inventive form , AGAIN !!! Lets see what the " soupers " can invent .... PS Can I have my ball back , please ......
Gorelick Avatar
December 1, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Thanks for sharing this with us..I really like this form..having boys I know about the ...my boys broke the neighbors plate glass front window playing ball in the street. Sigh. BG
Richards Avatar
December 1, 2008 at 8:41 AM
I'm enjoying reading this new form....and this poem definitely hit a home run...(even if the subject of your poem did not!) :) ~Carrie
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