HAIKU, TANAGA, TANKA, TIGSIK

Ang tulâ ay tulâ, maikli man o mahabà.

A haiku poem has three lines, where the first and last lines have five moras, and the middle line has seven. The pattern in this Japanese is 5-7-5. The mora is another name for a sound unit, which is like a syllable, though there is a difference. As the moras cannot be translated into English, they are modified, and syllables are used instead. The lines of such poems rarely with each other.
FROM: https://literarydevices.net/haiku/

A tanaga is the Philippine version of haiku but it consists of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line --- that is to say a 7-7-7-7 syllabic verse.
FROM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaga

A tanka poem is a Japanese poem which can also be known as a waka or uta. It is similar to a haiku but has two additional lines. Each line has a set number of syllables: the 1st and 3rd lines have 5 syllables, while the 2nd, 4th, and 5th lines have 7 syllables. Therefore, a tanka poem consists 5 lines with 31 syllables.
FROM: https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-tanka-poem

Ang tigsik o kansing sa matandang Bikol ay isang sinaunang porma ng maikling tula na nagpapakita ng natural na talento ng mga Bikolano sa pagtula. Naglaláman ito ng dalawa hanggang apat na taludtod na may walong sukat o mahigit pa. Ang bawat taludtod ay sumusunod sa monorhyme. Ito ay halos nakakatawa o patama sa sinumang tinutuligsa. (Translation from the Author)
FROM: https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigsik

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