Bro. Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Why pump the lifeblood
Of poor nations with Aid
From modern Titans?
This Aid’s a footstool of Ceasar.
‘Tis nothing but cancer that encroaches
Upon the weak body of the recipient:
Eroded are the remaining vestiges
Of moral strength for the Poor’s will
To rise from the maelstrom of wretchedness;
‘Tis the fattest of parasites
That rapidly saps all nourishment
From [...]
Archive for April, 2008
AID, MORE AID!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 3rd World, 3rd World literature, aid, development, global finance, poverty on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ON PITFALLS & STARS
Posted in Poetry, tagged 3rd World literature, Art & liberation, inspiration, nature, psychology, self-actualization, self-realization on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Man,
In times when mind’s soaked
in an intoxicating concoction
of rage and fiery resentment
ought not battle against pitfalls
that are really no pitfalls
when gauged against virtues
that they unintendedly unlock
for such virtues are ever present
in the labyrinth of pursuits
awaiting to float to the surface
of riverine Existence
no matter how inconspicuous these are;
they [...]
THOUGHTS ON ACTION
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 3rd World literature, humanism, inspiration, self-actualization, self-realization on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Actions of a kind
And those of others
Ever demand a plethora of decisions
Whether erroneous to some quarters
Or righteous to the rest.
The mind fulfills the thinking
Balanced with the doing
In a majestic rhythm
Of poetry and calculus,
Tempered by Justice
And the quest of the Will,
Astride the vehicle of Wisdom
Fueled by noble Inspiration,
It measures the outcome
Whether least [...]
SONGBIRD’S MELODY
Posted in Poetry, tagged 3rd World literature, inspiration, nature, travel & tours on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Songbird of the country
Please sing your tunes tirelessly
On valleys and hills
Sing afloat your theatre of amusement!
You are forever rewarded
With rice, shelter, care
By humble folks who truly cherish you.
Sing!
Sing for them! – the poor and wretched—
They who were left forlorn
By trusted lords
By false guardians of welfare
By deified magnates;
[...]
ASPIRATION
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dream, inspiration, psychology, self-actualization, self-realization on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bro. Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
O! Aspiration!
You majestic road
To where all are brought
To fate’s myriad conclusions,
You are beheld
As a plane in Pythagoras’ universe
Contained in Euclid’s space
A foot away to grasp in an instance.
Yet how come that you,
In each one’ pathway
Seem millions of miles away,
Far beyond anyone’s reach?
O! Aspiration!
Please don’t appear as any
Unconquerable chimera
To willful [...]
ABOARD TRICYCLES, JEEPNEYS, FERRIES
Posted in Poetry, tagged 3rd World literature, Art & liberation, ecology, Philippines, transportation art, travel and tours on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Well they do
Carry you
To your travel’s destination
These tricycles
Jeepneys
Ferries
Hallmarks of tropical Filipiniana
Whose travel trails are mixtures
Of well paved avenues
And dusty rugged roads
They do make your tours
Altogether fascinating and crucifying
Even as the good buses
Flashy yatch and jet planes
That cater your travels
Lead your ocular organs to witness
The tapestry of wretchedness
And inertia of blighted villages
That [...]
CHEERFULNESS
Posted in Poetry, tagged Art & liberation, children, inspiration on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bro. Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Cheerfulness
Is never allowed to be dormant
Among children
In whose currents it
Freely flows
When it erupts
Like sunbursts
That all other cosmic bodies
Gladly accept
As life blessings.
[Writ. 09 Oct. 1987, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila.]
