Short Riverboat Poems

glare eye to eye
gin ship lie stuck
spent idle lost


11/25/20202


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A Than-Bauk poem consists of 3 lines.
Each line consists of 4 syllables.
The last syllable of the 1st line,
 The 3rd syllable of the second line
 And the 2nd syllable of the third line....

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Hanging With The Moon 

Moving to the deep hollow 

rhythm of the double bass 

coupled the with

dance of the piano keys 

and the slow cadence of the guitar strum.

This Master of Jazz carries me away,

off to an old flowing riverboat,

cruising off into the sunset,

taking my restless feet with it,

so I can hang with the Moon,

for a while.



JAZZ...

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I love the child who steers this riverboat,
Though he seems crazy, for the deep.
The river seems dreamlike, in the moonlight--
Someone keeps creeping, in my sleep.
And dreams, of rolling river--
Of water swell, and waves that creep
Upon the beach while in the moonlight glow,
Surprise the sands, and the corals sweep.
Sail on, you rolling river,
Of choice and chance, and misty dream--
My reverie upon the deep,
That haunts my soul, but will not keep!

M :)...

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