To Follow A Line

Hacks off the excess with his long knife,

Removes the part infested with weevil and ___________.

To Follow A Line was translated by?

• Merlie M. Alunan

• Merlie M. Alonan

• Mirlie M. Alunan

• Rasengan

To learn his carpenter's trade, slow to understand

Why I need to master the rule

Of the __________, the saw, nail, and wood

That all my brothers readily attained.

Before I discover that after all, quietly,

I have learned the lessons he had taught me:

Skill to draw the precise length for a line

Of verse in a poem I am writing,

I have memorized the true value of silence,

I can plumb the joy of _____________with the stars,

The sadness of the forests, their terrors, and unrest,

I am adept at honing the teeth of colors, Well-practiced in polishing the roughness

The last word in the poem, To Follow A Line is...

• Stories

• Fit

• Bowed

• Obeyed