jan 1, 1942 - Poetry during War Years

Description:

Haiku
- a seventeen-syllable Japanese poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, historically evoking representations of the natural world
- example of a haiku is Tutubi (by Gonzalo K. Flores)
"hila mo’y tabak…
ang bulaklak, nanginig!
sa paglapit mo."

Tanaga
- consists of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line
- example of tanaga (by Bannie Pearl Mas)
"Sa gubat na madawag
Tala'y mababanaag.
Iyon ang tanging hangad
Buhay may igagawad."

Karaniwang Anyo
- the usual and common form of poetry

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