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With 52 forms, how many poems can you write in one year?
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Nov 11, 2019 at 7:23am
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Week 24 Form: The Tableau
Form: The Tableau  Open in new Window.


Number of Lines:
Minimum 6


Rules:
1 or more stanzas, each containing 6 lines.
Since the dictionary states the word tableau means picture or representation, the poem should reflect this.
A picture should come to mind as the poem is read.

Meter:
Each line should have five beats.

Rhyme Scheme:
No rhyming scheme.

Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic.

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Examples:
Graveside Tableau

Sunlight cannot warm
The corpse of the bairn
Who drowned in the loch;
Stoic the father,
Silent the mother,
While a spinster weeps

Copyright © 2008 Emily Romano


Winter Tableau

Not a sign of wind –
A single snowflake
Descends into view;
I search the bleak sky
For just a few more
And breathe in winter.

Copyright © 2008 Margaret R. Smith
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