DISNEYLAND & ENCHANTED KINGDOM

DISNEYLAND & ENCHANTED KINGDOM

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Theme parks aren’t a fave site of this enthused traveler

But did I visit a pair of them in the ‘90s through ‘01

So wide spaces with shops & fancy fun specialty sites

The Annaheim land of Disney is one taking hours to tour

Likewise is Enchanted Kingdom d’Laguna long to traverse

Tiring yet exhilarating in their specialty funs

With virtual chamber of theatres to simulate scenes

Theme parks will rise in many more places

Round the globe and in my own country Filipinas

Will be glad to visit them for as long as I am

In company of families with kids to satiate fondness

For fun and memorable histories to craft

Rendering life like a merry go round

[Philippines, 27 May 2011]

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LAMBANOG COUNTRIES

LAMBANOG COUNTRIES

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

As late adolescent did I immerse in lambanog subculture

Came to know early whether colored or colorless liquid

Of the fiery fuming liquor is more powerful than the other

From provinces Lagua, Batangas, Quezon to boot

So did I came challenged to visit the towns of fellow studes

To holiday on weekends while freed from campus work

Batangas City with pal Julian to toast colorless quaffs

San Pablo d’ Laguna of pal Butch to toast & chat

Lucena & Tiaong of Quezon likewise to relish the same

Delicacies anchored on fiery lambanog for record-setting

In one’s personal sojourns the quaffs blend history

Of immersion with folks and lambanog subculture

So absolutely admirable is this jungle liquor so potent

As it is now exported to shores and cities afar

Witness was I to how lambanog so cool was found

In California groceries owned by Filipinos & Asians

The potent jungle drink has conquered the planet at last

[Philippines, 14 May 2011]

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PAGSANJAN FALLS

PAGSANJAN FALLS

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Straight from Jeddah of Saudi Arabia my Mom came

Back to holiday for a month in Filipinas circa ‘84

Role playing itinerary maker as always in family tours

I fixed Laguna trails of Calamba hot springs swims

And last leg of an inglorious tour in Pagsanjan Falls

Bad luck twas to recall as a stormy month did it hap

Yet tour is tour and like an fuming warrior I quipped

We go forth and swim in hot springs to warm us all

As rainy days keep dropping waters from the sky

And onwards finally to famed Pagsanjan Falls

There to cruise the river & falls via local canoe

Twas a time when my cousin Arnold was always along

Still like a normal one yet for someone bipolar

Drinking and dining by a bar that seemed vampire’s lair

On occasion of so rainy days like Dracula is expected

There to join dirty guys with sextour girls & boys in hand

With brandy to warm up the body till call it a night

Pagsanjan is surely a witness to Transylvania coming

Once in a while in my life sojourns

[Philippines, 26 April 2004]

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CALAMBA SHRINE & HOT SPRINGS

CALAMBA SHRINE & HOT SPRINGS

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

A privilege it was to visit Calamba many times

From 80s through early 2000s did I come to strut

The glorious home of noblest Asian hero Jose Rizal

A resource speaker for educational tour companies

Accompanied by fellow patriotic professors

We who once served club Education Forum

Ennobling tasks as teachers were thereafter tapped

To showcase Rizal Shrine and Rizal cults to listeners

Enthused students and adults from diverse schools

So did I visit Calamba many times to bath

In its famed hot springs shaped by tour resorts

Into swimming pools warm waters flowed like lake

Bathing in the waters burnt down germs and fungi

In the company of social activists and pals

From among university professors of UP fame

Shrine & hot springs will always be in my heart

To treasure moments of thought sharing and baths

Beacon of Rizal staying in my psyche till old age

[Philippines, 28 February 2011]

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MACQUILING’S CALL

Erle Frayne D. Argonza


The calling
To do sublime tasks in Macquiling
Could have been gladly whispered
Thousands of times before
Via winds of heraldries
Upon my enthused ears

Though seemingly muffled
By time spent
In the Big City
The calling reached me back
Till I heard past my lips
I recall betwixt my veins
Beyond doubt I obtain

No more to entrust to oblivion
To the charge of chores I came


[Philippines, 05 July 2010]

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MACQUILING’S CALL

Erle Frayne D. Argonza


The calling
To do sublime tasks in Macquiling
Could have been gladly whispered
Thousands of times before
Via winds of heraldries
Upon my enthused ears

Though seemingly muffled
By time spent
In the Big City
The calling reached me back
Till I heard past my lips
I recall betwixt my veins
Beyond doubt I obtain

No more to entrust to oblivion
To the charge of chores I came


[Philippines, 05 July 2010]

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CAFÉ COUNTRY

Erle Frayne D. Argonza


Walking leisurely along Grove avenue
Past the noble gates of Plato
O’ my new academic den

I breezed by coffee shops
To my left and to my right
I seem to be transported
To famed Bohemia of halcyon days
There to sip coffee and chat
With minds of bedazzling brilliance
Shaped thoughts that changed
Old worlds broken down by innovations

In like vein this Little Bohemia
Offers thee myriads
Of cafes and novelty shops
Of bars and pastry foundries
They can make one stay here
Glued like thick gel leaving marks
Of genius and galores of ideas

[Philippines, 05 July 2010]

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