Best Tabb Poems

Out of nowhere,an idea
   Then image;
Out of this picture,a sentence,
   Then a page;
Out of the verse,a sonnet,
   Then a rhyme;
Out of this art,a hobby
   So sublime


labelled this imagist form 'a tabb' in his honour.

EVOLUTION
by: John Banister Tabb...

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Out of error,a fear,
             Then a lie;
Out of regret,a farewell,
             Then a sigh;
Out of parting,a change,
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JOHN  BANISTER TABB 'Archery


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Out of memory,a lie,
Then, goodbye;

Out of my eye,a tear,
Then a sigh;

Out of the past,a smile,
Then,a second chance;

Out of romance,a ring,
eternity,perchance.


This sequenced couplet form which I label a 'tabb' after  John Bannister Tabb(1841-99)
poem 'Evolution'...

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Out of nowhere,an idea

Out an image,a sentence

Out of a thought,a rhyme

Outcome..poetry sublime...

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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
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John Bannister Tabb
when young was quite a lad
His poem 'The Revoluti
was worked with an imagist solution...

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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;...

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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


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