Brian Strand Poet Didactic

TABB the EIGTH line FORM

this is a form based on John Banister Tabb,(the Virginia born )poet's The Evolution
I have labelled this imagist form 'a tabb' in his honour.

EVOLUTION
by: John Banister Tabb (1845-1909)
Out of the dusk a shadow, 
Then, a spark; 
Out of the cloud a silence, 
Then, a lark; 
Out of the heart a rapture, 
Then, a pain; 
Out of the dead, cold ashes, 
Life again.

& here is one of mine in the TABB style

Tabb-The Search

Out of the dark,a glimmer,
    Then a light:
Out of the sky,the mornng star,
    Then a new sight;
Out of the night,to-morrow,
    Then a new dawn;
Out of the wind,a sound,
      New born

Inspired by John 3

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