Best Than Bauk Poems

TOO LITTLE

need end this verse
take the hearse ride...
life... terse when free.

PERILOUS JOURNEY

Lay down and rest
do not jest my
friend... test the way.

CLOUDY

Tender the night
the moon bright...

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Burning candle
tells a tale of
pure selfless life


Be such a flame
let your aim be
to tame darkness.




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A Than-Bauk, conventionally a witty saying or epigram, is a three...

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 when true love rains, 
rose moon reigns~heart 
thrums strains in stars...

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His hair online
Looked divine, so
To dine, she went.

She’d been misled
And with dread, saw
His head was bald.

What a bad dish.
Her fond wish was
Catfish instead!


*catfished (a fairly...

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she was a mess
people were scared
of uniqueness

she did not care
lived by her heart
knew herself well

people jumped back
friends delighted
family annoyed

followed her rules
lived her own dreams
happy magnet...

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Making amends 
on both ends, is
how friends- show love...

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Out in the sun
ice cream runs down
someone’s sad face

Fun will begin
once again, when
the chin is clean,

A few more dimes
just in time, will
buy nine more cones!...

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Yelled at her ex
Wild rough sex next
Complex friendship...

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The Project


Son's science quest,
insect nest finds;
school's best project.

Saves in his room.
Wakes to doom when
with gloom, he cries.

Hundreds now crawl.
Every wall sports
hatched small mantes.


Sandra M. Haight

~9th...

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Beer dad did pour;
placed on floor but
dad sure full glass

Sis gulped dad’s beer,
Felt so *****… sick
Oh dear, dad’s sad!

Drank dad’s home brew
Age just two, poor
Dad...

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Hear My Sweet Dreams


Hold your dreams tight!
In your sight then
Each night sleep there.

Dream on with glee!
You hold me thus
Lets be with care.

Under pale blue moon
Love...

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Hissing heartshaped
Dragon draped route
Escaped ship slips

Camouflaged trap
Seaward map shown
Sails slap in breeze

Portal to sea
Songs of glee flow
From freedom's voice  

Inspired by Debbie's contest.....

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Goodbye, Sweet Day

Magenta sky
     shines at twilight
as I ponder
how the sun glows
      though night flows in!

Dusk...

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Who's in charge here?

Can't they hear us?

No ear, perhaps!
 


*Inspired by technical difficulties on the Soup and written for Dr. Ram's Than-Bauk contest....

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Stand up, be proud!
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