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Wilfredo R. Bongcaron
Willie Bongcaron, Manila
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Wilfredo is an operations personnel working with the Philippines transport system.
He is married with three kids.
Many words he uses are explained in more detail in the Philippines Saijiki.
Daily Life in the Philippines
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Fish Market
Tea Time
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Laundry Day
Donsol Beach
Dynamite Fishing
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March 31, 2008
I grow
heaven
in my garden.
I transplant black pines,
magnolias and fir trees
in building my nest.
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April 6, 2008
Yellow fledlings
with their protective mother
paddle playfully.
The rising heat
swiftly envelopes
the bermuda grass.
Sighs of the lagoon
I ponder silently
under a grass hut.
Hungry tilapia
gamely bites the bait
of the fishing rod.
The bamboo foliage
to fishing father and son
serves as cool cover.
I make funny face
with my hazy reflection
on the green lagoon.
Slimy earthworms
feast hungrily
on rotten peelings.
Bed of water cress
floats lazily on the side
of the lake.
A milkfish jiggles,
trying to escape
the fisher's net.
Before the sun sets -
billows of clouds linger
in the humid sky.
Before the sun sets -
long-tailed bird pounces on fly
for its supper.
A brief drizzle
greets afternoon bystanders
with its musings.
Tireless children
still playing in the street
at dusk.
Summer break -
a boy sitting all alone
at the school gate.
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April 8
CRACKED COCONUTS
Summer scene:
a pile of cracked coconuts
beside the tree.
GOLDEN SHOWER
Narra blooms -
golden yellow showers
on a hot summer.
. Narra or Angsana (Pterocarpus indicus) .
EUPHORBIA
A column
of blooming euphorbias
under a clear sky.
SYNERGY
Sampaguita blends
with papaya scent
attracts the bees!
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April 12
Laundry Day
There are laundry days here in Manila, specially for those who work to death and has no time to wash clothes but during Saturdays or Sundays of every week. When summer days are really hot, it is nice to hang clothes to dry under the sun because these dry fast. And the clothes smell really nice.
kigo for summer
The windy morning
strains the clothesline heavy
with wagging bed sheets.
I use
clothespins for laundry
on windy summer.
Drying of laundry -
interrupted by sudden
afternoon drizzle.
Summer days -
drying heavy clothes
fills the clothespress.
An old woman
carrying laundry basket
towards the clothesline.
I keep a clothes tree
beside the front door
for my hat and coat.
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April 13
TOSSED SALAD
I handpick lettuce,
cucumber and tomato
for tossed salad.
BITTER LEMON
A day for picking
in the sandy fields,
bitter lemons.
WATERMELONS
Waking up early
for plump watermelons,
happy days ahead!
COW FODDER
Cornstalks and hay,
fodder for cows
during summer.
FOR SALE
Bunch of turnips
by the dusty road,
for sale.
SWEET HARVEST
Sugarcane
from the grindstone -
a sweet harvest.
PEANUTS
Pulling up the plant
in the loamy soil
for crunchy peanuts.
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April 19, 2008
Hard-tail mackerels
swim deep into the sea,
the net is empty.
Red groupers
taste differently
on bamboo skewers.
I chase
the red snapper away,
silly me!
Whale sharks
ah! the gentle giants
of Donsol beach.
Donsol Beach PHOTOS !
Whale Shark PHOTOS !
Sparrows
perched on dead branches -
the sky lay still.
Cockatiel's feather
flies over the lake -
an open bird cage.
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), also known as the Quarrion and the Weero
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May 4, 2008
by the blue sea
the staccato sound -
dynamite fishing
The depths of destruction
Dynamite fishing ravages Philippines' precious coral reefs
Dynamite Fishing, Blast Fishing More Reference
by the serene lake
fish nets attached
to bamboo stilts
by the serene lake:
growing black tilapia
for sunday market
by the serene lake
a row of bancas
suffused in light
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May 9, 2008
a bunch of nude tykes
prepares for the dive -
river full of grime
chef's delight:
manta in coconut milk
melts the heart
bird nest:
fledglings and feathers
smell fish
spider
sews web -
breakfast
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May 13, 2008
fiesta day –
the display of street bands
coaxing for street dance
heavy rains
fill every roof gutter –
the end of summer
raindrops create
pitter-patter on the roof
disrupt my noon nap
the lash of typhoon
drowns every street corner –
wails of an orphan
the screeching sound
on the catenaries –
train overshoots
ticket sellers
ask for loose coins –
red faces, the queues
fenced nest –
the coos of feeding doves
please snatching beaks
escargots
breeding freely in the pond
best with San Mig beer
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Paco station is a station on the Southrail line of the Philippine National Railways. It serves Paco in Manila, Metro Manila. This is also the last station beside Quirino Avenue before turning left beside Pres. Sergio Osmeña Highway (formerly South Superhighway).
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Paco Station
the choo-choo's of the train
on the other track
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