Many a stone fort
has been breached:
 
through a magic word,
a beloved's promise,
a friend's betrayal,  
a Trojan horse,
an armed attack.
 
No defense,
no wall is invincible.

-Carmeli Chaves

The magic is magnified
as the sun sets over Bagan.

 
-Leif Softing

...He walks in beauty
like a knight in hue
...he's a man
he should know perhaps,
a ghost riding on a white horse
weapons of none 
only at his best of steed
...unarmed
for all i know
he's a knight in blue.

-Albert de la Serna

Soar high, soar low

Be it swift or too slow

Wind be gentle, sun be kind

As I looked up at the blue azure sky

Poor aching wing as it flapped

Welcoming the setting of the sun!

-Therese Pearson-Neri

Life is a drama.

The world is our stage.

-Noli Olarte Jr.

I dream
of flying,
of creatures of the seas,
of beautiful houses,
of superman.

-Russell Shelley

The glorious voice of stone
rises to the heavens
even as the shadows of the earth
extends its fingers,
encroaching on its ethereal 
golden towers.

 
-Leorey Saligan

Hope. Wish. Pray.
Please make one true.
Faith. Trust. Believe.
I know you’ll make it come true…
 
-Adisara

All looks the same.
All are very different.
Born from the same seeds but grew in different ways.
Some went through enough sun and water and some didn’t.
Identical twins look the same.
Identical twins are very different.
Born from the same mother but grew in different ways.
One went through enough care and love and little problems 

and maybe the other went through the opposite.

-Alyssandra Maniri

“Row, row, row our boat, gently across Tonle Sap Lake...
It’s wiser to paddle these murky waters
To keep our limbs and save our lives,
Than to run across the fields and
step on any one of the six million land mines.”

 
-Jennifer Melendez-Penaflor

We’re going to Brighton
Pavillion, pier, promenade,
Fish and chips, 99 flake and rock,
Shop, shop. shop!
 
Drinking on the pebbled beach
Laughing with friends
Sunset behind West Pier
Brighton is waiting for you my dear!

 
-Midnight Nike Panusart

Some people in this world
are fortunate enough
to not have known
the concept of poverty.
 
-Ms. Pinky