Tabb Poems

SNOWBALL or PLUS 1 then 2 then  3 syllables added on successive lines and so on til its done
TABB a couplet easy and free , (after J  B T)
HERBERT Christian forms in the main,George had too many,here to...Read More

A prelude to perfect light,an image
traced from clouds of silence and
primal gloom.Things once unseen
now evolved as subtle harmonies
in sudden flight.A verse to ponder
from thoughts stirred,shadows now
shifted ,once more  by others 
seen and ....heard

Tribute in structured prose  inspired by...Read More

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 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'...Read More

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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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...Read More

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,
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