Street Child
He was fed by combustion,
Thirst was quenched by alms to drink;
Hushed to sleep by exhaustion,
And awakened by the mist.
Form: Tanaga
Note: Tanaga is a traditional Filipino form of poetry, consisting of a quatrain with seven syllables in each line. The rhyming schemes may be aaaa, abab, aabb, or abba
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