POEM STARTER

Write a tanaga about how sunshine makes you feel.

A tanaga is a form of Filipino poetry often compared to haikus. Tanagas use 4 lines of 7 syllables each, and are often full of metaphors.

Girl In The Sun

It passes through my skin Straight to my soul The warmth consumes me Swallows me whole I’m a little girl In the heaven-verging field Flowers tickle my toes I don’t know what is real In the sun I am awake I stop shaking I begin think straight I am here only briefly In this curvy vessel I need light to survive To pass the threshold I bathe in the rays I breathe in the sun Mother of earth I run and I run
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