“Tonight, I can draw the saddest lines,” the Geometry teacher said. “Ones that never meet no matter how close to each other, no matter how far they are extended.”
“Parallel Lines” is a diyona, a native Filipino poem with 3 lines of 7 syllables each.
Watch this TulaTooonz here:
@tulatoonz Geometry naman ang ating math lesson ngayon! Ang “Parallel Lines” ay isang diyona, isang katutubong tulang Filipino na may tatlong taludtod o linya, at pitong pantig o syllables bawat taludtod. geometry tula poetry Filipino #philippines
More TulaToonz cartoon performance of Filipino poems here:
Editor’s Note: TulaToonz appears regularly on GoodNewsPilipinas.com, courtesy of Edelio De los Santos.
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