The
THAN-BAUK POEM - poetic form attributed to Bob Newman - takes the
THAN-BAUK and extends it by startng a new climbing (falling) rhyme sequence in the third, fifth, seventh, etc. lines.
After a tedius internet search, I cannot see any definitive amount of lines required for the Than-Bauk Poem.
Quote:
Schematic:
xxxa
xxax
xaxb
xxbx
xbxc
xxcx
xcxd, etc.
where "x" is the syllable count, "a" through "d.... etc." is the rhyme scheme
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Example by
Jacquii Cooke:
Free Than-Bauk
where the rain falls
the wind calls for
hail balls and rest
and the zest of
lights' best lit way.
some kind slave runs
away from deep chains.