Monday, April 25, 2016

HONG KONG KOWLOON


HONG KONG KOWLOON

 

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

 

 

A civil society was I then to advocate

Love and concern for overseas Filipinos

As Treasurer of Kanlungan Center Foundation

& Kakammpi president for overseas’ dependents

 

Came December 1990 we flew to Hong Kong

From across the globe we leaders converged

Stayed in Maryknoll sisters’ compound to camp

There to workshop too and build camaraderie

 

We then decided to architect Migrante International

Finally had it graduate from a Committee for nigh years

Just in time when we were lobbying for sanguine law

To care for overseas Pinoys across the globe

 

We did pay visits to bars & toured places

Victoria peak and cable car I recalled

With company of Pinay domestic helpers too

We toured the nights for songs & cocktails a’satiate

 

In one bar did I belt out songs to make for free beers

With gusto I sang La Bamba of Mexican folk fame

Accompanying myself with electric guitar to feel

As electrified eyes of tourists watched with awe

 

To the wonderful city built by British taipan

I bid not farewell as it’s o’so near to fly

My appreciation for glorious city planning will stay

This Asian city is one we islanders can be proud of

 

[Philippines, 03 February 2011]

Friday, April 15, 2016

HUNDRED ISLANDS


HUNDRED ISLANDS

 

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

 

 

Sometime in ’93 did I and some university students

Motored to Pangasinan to visit idyllic Mangayao

To workshop biodynamic farming and homeopathy

Care of Bro Edgard Guevarra of my adeptic circle

 

Upon concluding workshop in rustic Mangayao

We motored pronto to famed Hundred Islands

Lucky enough we came on a nice weekday

With few people we got Quezon Island solo

 

On late afternoon I climbed a mount of site

To meditate and pray to Almighty’s Presence

And at dusk fall we camped on concrete edifice

That awaited our camaraderie with songs & poems

 

Truly beautiful and mystical too are those islands

With Manuel Quezon gracing statue on an isle

Amid howling winds at night we slept so real good

At morning photos & time to go to bless our mood

 

[Philippines, 27 January 2011]

 

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

BANAHAW


BANAHAW

 

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

 

 

In Sept ’93 came the momentous occasion

For me to climb the bosom of Mt Banahaw

A mystical moment twas truly memorable

With students in UP Manila to share the time

 

After the class in social movements did I decide

We go up great Banahaw to conclude the term

And then by late afternoon we shall swim & camp

As dusk approaches we read poems & stories too

 

Just upon arrival did the mountain Diva reveal

Herself to my inner focal sending messages

Intuit did I those thoughts of camaraderie

With Nature world to share the holy estate

 

Then came the knowledge sometime in ‘99

That Banahaw will be home to Planetary Chi

To beacon Filipinas’ role in Aquarian Age

As Mother’s Womb for all the times’ adage

 

[Philippines, 22 January 2011]

 

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