In view of the Haiku’s popularity in the West, and the rising interest in Asian poetry, it’s surprising that the Than Bauk is not more popular. Than-Bauk, conventionally a witty saying or epigram, is a three line “climbing rhyme” poem of Burmese origin. Each line has four syllables. The rhyme is on the fourth syllable of the first line, the third syllable of the second line, and the second syllable of the third line.
WALT’S EXAMPLE:
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS
Wait for hours;
these showers pour,
flowers will grow.
© Copyright Walter J Wojtanik – 2014
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IAIN’S THAN-BAUK:
LOVE: LIES BLEEDING
Beware the sword
of the lord who’s
grown bored with you
© Iain Douglas Kemp 3/14
POETIC BLOOMINGS 