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El Padre Capitan, 1624
Fray Agustin’s military skill would eventually
make him feared and renowned among Mindanao
Muslims as “El Padre Capitan.”
– Francis Madigan SJ
To God be the glory,
but the hour is his:
from the fortress,
his men burst like
thunder
upon them
now falling
like stalks under
their arquebuses,
the rain of spears
and arrows,
blowpipes and darts.
Right now
the sword he wields
over his head
is light like a halo.
His horse has wings.
Under the crescent
moon, his young
blood, all of twenty-
three years, tells him
he is every inch
a soldier.
poetry, Carayan Vol 1. No.1 Dec 2015
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