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 [...]
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FRIED BEETLES, FROGS, LIZARDS
Posted in Art, culture, humanities, inspiration, Literary, nature, Poetry, tagged Argonza, beetle, frog, lizard, Philippines, technorati on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TYPHOON’S A GREAT BARBER!
Posted in Art, culture, ecology, Erle Argonza, inspiration, Literary, nature, Poetry, tagged Erle Argonza, humanities, Los Banos, Makiling, nature, Philippine arts, Philippine poetry, Philippines, typhoon on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago A great barber it is This powerful typhoon Of wrathful cyclonic winds It trims down twigs Branches and leaves Of many trees along Its determined path Nay it does the work Of thousdands of barbers altogether Felling trees a-plenty Done with frenzied liberty Such felled branches Are instantly offered [...]
FIRST TYPHOON
Posted in Art, culture, ecology, humanities, inspiration, Literary, mysticism, nature, philosophy, Poetry, tagged climate, Erle Argonza, Laguna, Makiling, Philippine arts, Philippine culture, Philippine poetry, southern Tagalog, technorati, typhoon, UP Los Banos, weather on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago Rains fell ceaselessly the day Before it arrived. Almost without Warning its gusty winds slammed Upon my apartment studio like huge Tennis racket walloping windows Walls, streets, trees and all. ‘Tis my first taste Of mighty Typhon’s wrath Here where it passeth: my new home Walloping winds before [...]
MACQUILING’S CALL
Posted in Art, culture, ecology, inspiration, Literary, nature, tagged creative writing, Erle Argonza, humanities, Laguna, literature, Los Banos, Makiling, Philippine poetry, Philippines, technorati on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
LET ME MEET YOU O! MOTHERLAND!
Posted in Art, culture, Erle Argonza, inspiration, mysticism, nature, Poetry, technorati, tagged 3rd World, arts, culture, developing country, Erle Argonza, literary, motherland, Philippine literature, Philippine poetry, Philippines, Poetry, technorati on July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago Let me O! Motherland meet you With warm embrace and sweet solace On wind and air above you. I now have grown more than the bud That I was then some dozens of summers past Now am I prepared for tougher tasks As all the carabaos are in your sturdy [...]
