(a Tanaga poem)

You die again, in a dream.
I wake up to fresh pancakes
and undisturbed cirrus clouds.
I won’t bring you back this time.

Cuyahoga Library asked of poets to try the Fillipino Tanaga poetry form today, consisting of four lines of seven syllables in each line. Originally, the rhyme was the same for every line (aaaa), modern rhymes range from dual rhyme forms (aabb, abab, abba) to freestyle forms. Tanagas do not have titles traditionally.