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Best Tabard Poems

Below are the all-time best Tabard poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of tabard poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Wonderland I: Prologue
The west winds of springtime
Brought forth April showers
That rained on the pavements
Of Southwick for hours.

It was standing room only
And full to the brim
As people sought...

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Categories: tabard, character, literature, london,
Form: Narrative



Saint George and the Dragon
When I spotted Saint George in a van,
I feared that his horse might be lame.
Or worse, in a Doggomeat can,
when hurt in some chivalric game.

Saint...

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Categories: tabard, england,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Wonderland IV: The Hairdresser's Tale
Morning

She would chat and then nod as she washed
And laugh as she dried and then curled
But behind all the smiles that were wide, fixed and...

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Categories: tabard, abuse, dark, dream, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Wonderland VIII: Conclusion
it feels good to escape
with authors and poets
and dream up new places
with tales that are spun.

but sometimes what's real
and sometimes what isn't
encroach on each other
and...

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Categories: tabard, 10th grade, emotions, literature,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Wonderland II: The Hatter's Tale
Morning

Impaired by his tremors
And a troublesome cough,
He turned fur into felt
Before cooling things off.

He drooled once or twice
And grew cold in his bones,
But he shaped...

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Categories: tabard, drink, fantasy, imagery, literature,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Wonderland III: The Watchmaker's Tale
Morning

Having sighed a great sigh
He perused all his tools
From the mainsprings and tweezers
To the wheels and the jewels.

He removed the large case latch
From the pocket...

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Categories: tabard, betrayal, business, fantasy, literature,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Wonderland V:The Chef's Tale
Morning

The Innkeeper checked his watch once again 
Hoping the chef's feelings weren't hurt.
The last time they were, he arrived two hours late
And then left, serving...

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Categories: tabard, betrayal, conflict, drink, food,
Form: Narrative
A Nod To the Jabberwock
Along ta derry ga de hance
‘til dawn we sit, amid, astance.
And once the full moon rises on’t
Da mid awhorl doth all we want.

But soon ta...

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Categories: tabard, appreciation, mystery, nonsense, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wonderland VII: The Preacher's Tale
- Readers, I hope you forgive me.
I’m retracting some words I once said:
I'd planned to write just five of these tales
But I've added a sixth...

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Categories: tabard, character, literature,
Form: Narrative
Following the Sunrays
Fables are told today
Only on past golden days
Love is what we’ll make today
Loneliness will be ashamed to stay.
Oasis as longs for rain,
Wacky me to get...

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Categories: tabard, love,
Form: Acrostic
Rustle of Lips
Paper rustle of your lips 
is not needed to her really,
You're a knight, but your heart weeps,
You were brave, why are you thrilling?

You would strip...

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Categories: tabard, fantasy, hero, longing, love
Form: Lyric

Book: Shattered Sighs