The Cooking Story

Poetry Prompt 3 for Tale-A-Thlon 2025 is a Than Bauk style. It is –

~A Burmese form

~A clever or witty poem

~Three lines, but not necessarily

~Four syllables per line

~The final syllable of the first line rhymes with the third syllable of the second line and second syllable of the third line, which would look like this:

xxxa (final syllable of the 1st line)

xxax

xaxb

xxbx

xbxc

xxbx

xbxx

And so on…

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The cook in me

Wants to flee far

Than see to guests

Or hold fests large

I rest, act cold,

Hubby bold makes

Soup cold and sweet.