PLAY STATION PRESIDENT
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
PH Prex
Drives Porsche
Dates diva girls
Shoots guns for play
Trusts cronies
He too
Craves for playstations
His leadership craft
Mapped out in games
Happy-go-lucky
Did he render his country
Like toy land
[Philippines, 14 September 2011]
FALSE PROPHETS MUSHROOM
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
False prophets round the world
Are mushrooming by the millions
Of quack spirituality
Their brain lobes
Might be split in many pieces
Bearing fragmented psyche
They herald doomsday
Last Judgement too
Their sonorous crescendo
Are peaking like zillions
Of enthused messengers
Pronouncing the elect
After Earth’s washing by tides
Of Apocalyptic cleansing
[Philippines, 07 September 2011]
ELEPHANTS RAMPAGE KILL MAN
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
A man lies dead
By the side
Of a street
In urban India
Killed was he
By rampaging
Elephants
As man
Had enslaved the Elephant
For nigh eons
Is it cause
For wonderment
That the Elephant
Is exacting payback?
[Philippines, 28 August 2011]
GREED KILLS FISHES
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
Greed kills fishes
‘Tis fishy to use fish
To stigmatize greedy ones
As involved in fishy business
Like those
Millions of fishes
Killed
In Taal & Pangasinan
Fish cages swarmed
With stink
Foul odors that
Sickened kids and folks
The stink
Of fishkill carcasses
Is impeccable
Mirror of greedy
Fishcage owners’
Unfathomed stink
[Philippines, 12 August 2011]
CROCODILES AND GRAFTERS
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
I was raised to believe
That corrupt people
Are crocodiles.
Funny mis-thought!
Crocodiles are a marvel
To the eyes
Grafters are most scornful
They redden one’s eyes
Crocodiles stop eating
Satiated after
Sumptuous meal
Grafters are
Insatiable eaters
Fattened by greed
Crocodiles don’t eat
Spoiled meal
Like fishkill carcass
Grafters are zombies
Of living carcass
Living on others’ pockets
Crocodiles’ extinction
Make people uproar
Concerned over crocs’ welfare
Grafters’ extinction
Is the great dream
Of all for peoples’ welfare
Crocodiles induce compassion
Grafters heat up passion
They are
Not
Identical
[Philippines, 07 August 2011]
CAYLABNE BAY
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
In the 3rd quarter of 1993 to recall
Did I visit Caylabne Bay with a large entourage
Of professors & experts from state & NGOs
For three days convening in a picturesque tour site
Created by former 1st Lady Marcos in the historic town
Where once Sultan of Ternate once settled
After running away from marauding Dutch forces
Wondrous a place holistic enough for meditations
We reflected on the health human resources here
Worried we were all by the flights of health professionals
Brain drain a phenomenon as they settle overseas
As huge as two thirds of nurses and a fourth of doctors
Then conjured thoughts about studies on the subject
With undersecretary Jimmy Tan gracing the occasion
Tough work twas for us all ditto for me who facilitated
Workshops comprising of brilliant minds
To soften the toughness of talk & thought
We immersed in the warm pools for two straight nights
Swimming amidst rain downpours of a stormy month
Massaging our bodies with Jacuzzi to conclude parties
Sipping wines & beers to go with hand pick delicacies
Happy I was to be in this wondrous tour place
To immerse shortly in the spirit of an ancient sultan
For in my blood runs too the bloodline of Majapahit nobles
Spiced up we were for noble visions
[Philippines, 03 August 2011]
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WILD PIG HUNTING
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Shooting wild boar can be exhilarating yet funny
But shooting a wild mother sow could bother conscience
Twas on my second return to southern California in 2001
That my sibling Emerald and myself went out to hunt
For wild game/pig to gun down and take home as meat
In a southern California hilly area did we go to
Paid the fee we parked the Bronco on ground
Then walked a-zigzag downhill curving in the way
Slowly we walked downwards yet till I sensed a presence
By my mystical faculties I knew our hunt was there
And indeed upon turning right downwards there it was
A family with sow suckling its baby pigs
Hurrying up yet slowly walking onwards
Bro Emerald aimed to shoot at the sow
Taking just a shot to execute the hunt twas over
At once the sow fell while the baby pigs scampered
Then the small truck of the game area owner arrived
There we loaded the felled sow as we drove along
Upon transferring the game to our Bronco
We went home feeling both victorious and guilty
So healthy a meat it was to recall
Of pork with nary a fat to parlay its skin underneath
Exquisitely tasty we gradually consumed it for two weeks
Even as we gave many a piece to family friends
And partying we too barbecued some of it
To go along with tequila and Tecate beers
[Philippines, 28 July 2011]
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FRIED BEETLES, FROGS, LIZARDS
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
In my old hometown of once idyllic Tuguegarao
Did I learn to eat as culinary dishes of exotic claim
Fried beetles caught from slumbering farms
Same species that swarmed the fecals of livestock
Trapped they’re thereafter prepared for the cook
With lard boiling up to destroy bacteria
Concluded with deliciously smelling delicacy
Fried frogs from dark species coming from farms
Croaking still while they’re being prepared for caldron
Skinned so exquisitely and looking funny they’re then
Immersed in pepper & soy sauce & garlic
Then boiled in hot lard to cook & kill germs too
Concluded served as adobo-type delicatessen
Fried monitor lizard of size huge to match big rooster
Caught too from farms right in my hometown
Then brought to home prepared thus for cooking
Skinned and cut out so exquisitely too
Immersed likewise in soy sauce & pepper & garlic
Then immersed in caldron of fiery lard
Concluded thus a wonderful delicacy it is adobo lizard
No more do I eat fried beetles today
But surely my stomach can still intake frogs & lizards
They I can proudly present to guests and observers
[Philippines, 23 July 2011]
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MARAGONDON’S HANGING BRIDGE
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
For almost two decades did I speak in educational tours
As university professor made resource lecturer by companies
Specializing in eco-tours & historical tours too
Around Cavite we brought students & teachers
With Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit as featured anchorage
Other sites to radiate from there to recollect
The battles betwixt Filipino forces and Spain’s army
Likewise to recollect too the death of Andress Bonifacio
In the hands of his unholy comrades of Magdalo ignominy
Visited the house in Maragondon where he was judged
By kangaroo court of generals and colenels of Emilio Aguinaldo
To highlight the fun we also moved to the hillside area
And crossed a hanging footpath bridge of twines & vines
Amazed yet appalled was I for the bruising backwardness
Of the infamous town where Supremo Bonifacio was executed
[Philippines, 17 July 2011]
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MEXICO’S BORDER
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
For couples of times did I visit the famed San Diego
Big city of California that borders the tequila country d’Mejico
Twas on the early visit in November 2000
On a five-week break to California via Montclaire
Motored to San Diego to visit a Jew pal of Dad
Who was married to a Filipina of sturdy mien
Then from the Diego home we motored to border d’Mejico
To glance at the other side and document a sociography
Arriving thus on the border we immediately eco-scanned
Both sides to reckon with structures and shapes
Took snapshots of with the border patrol guards
And the stone tablet on the California side
Appalled I was at the sight of 3rd world ignominy
On the Mexican side of Baja California d’tequila
Cultural development surely mark differences between
Two countries that are allies in trade & politics
No wonder that Mexicans keep on migrating across
To America for greener pastures and opportunities gained
[Philippines, 12 July 2011]
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CARABAO FIGHTING D’ BATANES
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Don’t ever come to think so loudmouth a blabber
That cockfighting alone is the folks’ game of creatures
Here in beloved Filipinas
I recall well back in ’82 as a young executive still youthful
Chanced upon a special occasion in warm Batanes
As I was there for regular work in my new office
Upon the vice-governor’s invitation did I come
With my work team along we came right after breakfast
To a known place along the riverbed in Basco town
Water had seemed to purposely recede for the folks
Who tagged along male carabaos proud with machismo
And there I witnessed with enormous curiosity and fun
As carabaos faced each other in almost mortal combat
Charged upon each other with horns like fiery spears
Mightily pushing each other to try to take enemy down
As crowd shove and cheer like watching today’s Pacquiao
Only once did I witness that cultural remission stint
Maybe no more to watch a game so unique
Yet will I always be reminded of the event
As photos of the champion carabaos do charge
Thankful to Almighty we’re blessed with them buffalo
[Philippines, 06 July 2011]
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IVATAN’S PALECK WINE
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
In no small measures I make rounds of towns
Past Basco—Uyugan, Mahatao, Ivana
Circa ‘81 through ’82 to task and spread goodwill
So will I now say my deep appreciation
Of Ivatan culture including warmth & hospitality
That went with so many drinks of sugar wine Paleck
More potent and palatable than delectable Ilocos basi
One day I moved around bringing along Luzon staff
In those same times to be entertained by mayors
With sweet potato as staple and sweet delicacy for lunch
In some occasions drank paleck right after lunch
And danced accompanied by guitar & Ivatan songs
A volunteer girl there in tow she danced with gusto
And wined with us too like she were Gypsy
Unmindful of time flowing along with sweet guests
Irresistible beat of song I stood pronto to dance along
And while dancing drank rounds of paleck to go
Till by day end tipsy indeed we were all
Our feet demanded we depart after saying thanks
Paleck & dance is akin to Earth embracing thee
As blessing for all thy rapport with folks’ bosoms
[Philippines, 01 July 2011]
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PUERTO GALERA
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
A charmer of a place Puerto Galera surely is
As I visited the tour site repeatedly in the ‘90s
With friends at times to cool down our university tasks
And at times with my beau girlfriend from Teutonic knights
Magic of the night ambience once enchanted me enough
With beers & cool world music in company of Love & pals
Brazilian music to mix with Pinoy jazz & rhythmic notes
Then crafts a parlaying waiting for the pocket to trade
Came back to the paradise place once more
In early January of 2009 to start the year with relaxation
With kins to company and cousin Eric managing a site
Where snorkels and scuba dive gears to borrow
Teachers of diving too there were to train one
I can only watch then the entire site and swims
The enchantment then replaced by meditative stance
Memory was spiced up by typhoon coming our way
We almost lost the chance to traverse the sea back
To Batangas bay astride huge bancas
Yet safely we all came home back to Manila
Thankful still am I for the gracious tour
[Philippines, 26 June 2011]
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EARTHAVEN D’ SAN MATEO
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Only a hearsay was the ecotour site Earthaven in ‘99
Shared by fellow Adept Edgard Guevarra who was tasked
To help design and run the idyllic paradise site
Then came 2003 when I was back in the academe
After a short stint in California for tour & work
Did I bring along university students to Earthaven cool
There they listened to wisdom notes about ecology
Spiced by unique lemon grass tea and snacks
Then proceeded to the tough yet fun obstacle courses
At times they crawled by mud as value-cherishing task
To learn to love Earth and her beneficence a-plenty
Finally exhausted we were brought to lake pool
Watered by cascading falls so breezy and gentle
Then took late lunch amid gentle talks & sharings
Earthaven is nestled in the humble town of San Mateo
A town that has grown to urban prosperity of late
Amid mountainous terrain and bamboo groves
The site is wondrous to behold for campsites & obstacles
And retreat from the ferocious city life in Manila
[Philippines, 19 June 2011]
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OLONGAPO & SUBIC
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
As American troops finally left Subic naval base
Olongapo now left on its own to peddle its future
Did I visit the corridor of fame in early 90s cool
Like kibitzer cat sneaking in once dirty prostitution towns
Came one occasion when I was with university students
Toured Subic site astride a funny bus with open sides
Then watched baseball at night while eating packed dinner
Till past 9 pm we moved on to bars in Olongapo
From there to hop from one bar to another
Till we noticed that by 4 a.m. we’ve had toxicity enough
As many bars we’ve been to listening to live bands
Chatting peaceably too in band-less sites
Till finally we said goodbye to the fun city
Delivered farewell to the Ulo ng Apo
Saying thanks for the gracious short stay
[Philippines, 13 June 2011]
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