May 9, 2023

Than-bauk Poems 4-5

By Kat Myrman 
4-
mourning dove coos
at dusk sooth me
my cue to breathe

5-
how green the earth
with new birth verve
what mirth, spring bliss

~kat

Than-bauk

This Burmese poetic form is pithy and often clever, comprising just three four-syllable lines. The last syllable of the first line rhymes with the third syllable of the second line, as well as the second syllable of the third line.

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