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Wrong Choice
Little spheres hung
Frog’s small tongue darts
Bee stung on taste
Where’s help when needed
Swelling lips abound
Should have drank water
© 2011 Philip N. Carcione
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Author's Notes/Comments:
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Stacked Poetic Forms
First Form: Than-Bauk
A 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.
ie: Syllable count:
4 - 4 - 4
Rhyme Scheme:
x - x - x - a
x - x - a - x
x - a - x - x
Second Form: Trio
This form is a stanza made of three lines.
You may rhyme the lines or not, as you wish.
This form calls for as few words as possible,
and the use of no articles, and no punctuation in
the body of the poem. Be attentive to rhythm,
and develop a strong beat that repeats in the
first two lines. This form lends itself well
to a DOUBLE (two stanzas of the same form.)
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