Sunday, August 19, 2012

SENTIMENTS FROM EROS

SENTIMENTS FROM EROS

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago


Sentiments from Eros’ royal house
Here it lies within my being.
A chasm it shall try to bridge
And warm up your cold heart a-glow.
It will grow, it will merge
From the shadows of the iceberg’s underneath.
It will seek its proper moorings
In your heart it is wont
To nestle; only in your heart or nevermore.

[Writ. 24 July 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila.]


Sunday, August 12, 2012

WISH SHE COMES O! COCONUT TREE!

WISH SHE COMES O! COCONUT TREE!

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago



Wish for me O! Coconut Tree!
Of benign Filipinas that She comes in beauty
Her luggage filled to the brims

With love and tenderness. Let her caress
My longing heart. I shall meet her
Under your secure shade O! Coconut Tree!

Where we shall pledge the vow
Of eternal sharing of trust and care;
A bnd you’ll judge with favors
One stroke like a million devoted caretakers’.


[Writ. 19 June 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

JUAN’S NIGHTMARE

JUAN’S NIGHTMARE

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago


Sleeping while inner rage brews
Inside one’s cognitive vat does not make
A sleep the fulfillment of a day’s toil.
Not for Juan the unlettered and dispossessed
Whose wretchedness is a correlate of wealth
Amassed by his other brothers whose
Purses and stocks do bulge ad infinitum.
Not for Juan. Reserved inner rage
Sooner unfolds into a thousand nightmares:
Spoiled is the timeless joy of dream’s utopia.


[Writ. 19 June 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]



Saturday, August 4, 2012

FAREWELL TO A DECEASED KIN

FAREWELL TO A DECEASED KIN

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

 
History is Judge and Witness
to the truth that my heart is ne’er
A nest of
Resentment

for you o! deceased kin
You were never a
Creator of terror and trouble

nor villain are you for the anguish
you’d upon me outpoured from time to time

No resentment!
Be in peace as the Dove that is now
your fulfilled state.

Farewell!


[Writ. 11 June 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]