My New Book of Old Poetry

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(10-08-2017 12:26 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Congrats from me, too - I like old poetry, especially anything involving nature images. (Intriguing cover BTW!) I've never heard of Tabb - how did you come across?

Thank you. I had submitted a sunset photo of mine for the cover, but the publisher said it wouldn't work. Then I was asked for my opinion among several other choices, and we decided to go with that one. I am very happy with it.

I read a little poem of Tabb's in an anthology many, many years ago. As time went by, I encountered others here and there. Eventually, I found a copy of his "Later Poems", published posthumously in 1910, in a used bookstore. The collected edition, published in 1928, was the first book I ever ordered over the Internet, from a site called bibliofind, in May 2000. I had had a couple of bookstores looking out for it for years; when I added a search for it at bibliofind, I got an email about it in a couple of weeks, and had it in my hands a couple of weeks later. The Internet sure has revolutionized the bookselling/bookbuying trade.

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For those interested, I am posting poems on social media sites. You can find them by searching for @tabbpoetry on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Feedback would be appreciated!