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Winter

Winter blows in
Such sin, so cold
Kin hide frozen
Wrap toes-in warmth
Chosen the fleece.
Winds cease to thrill
Peace has a chill.

Lines = 7

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Round 43 The form will be Than-Bauk
February 12, 2019 to February 28, 2019

So what is Than-Bauk?
In view of the Haikus popularity in the West, it's surprising that the Than Bauk is not more popular. It consists of three lines of four syllables that should be witty. The nickname for this form of poetry, could be "Stairway", because of the rhyme steps through the poem. This is the basic rhyme scheme:

O. O. O. a
O. O. a. O
O. a. O. b
You can see from this that it forms a descending step, and at this point it can be terminated. You have twelve syllables to work with, and it could be very hard work. It could be much easier if a longer poem were made. If this is the case, then the practice is that the last syllable of the third line starts the next descent as shown below:

O. O. O. a
O. O. a. O
O. a. O. b
O. O. b. O
O. b. O. c
O. O. c. O
O. c. O. d. etc.

From: http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/orient/than.html

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