Oh scarlet door,
what lies beyond your brightly painted panels?
Do you lock yourself to safely seal your secrets?
What mysteries are waiting to be discovered

in the nooks and crannies of the chambers behind you?
Are you shut close, aloof, wary or afraid ...
of unbidden strangers,
of unwelcome neighbours who might come calling at your doorstep ----
and sniff the stew simmering on your stove?

-Jennifer Melendez-Penaflor

Modesty looks out on the world.
Be not deceived.
Time and weather
may leave their mark,
but the scars belie
the secrets that reside within.

-John Rock

Seven hills next to the sea
Sitting there
washed white by the sea
Storm after storm, inch by inch
Erode the hills
Slowly they return to the sea.

-Midnight Nike Panusart

a present day image of a saint? 
a guardian of the sea?
a resurrected Bob Marley? 

Behind the dark sunglasses 
 is a soul that is ready to tell us one or a few things about his life, his domain. 
His story can be a reggae song…it can be a storybook…
it can be another film in the making.
Whatever it is, I am sure of one thing.
This man has a story to tell and is eager for us to listen.

-Luchie Flores

Standing on the edge of my seat…
It could all disappear at the blink of an eye…
Gone…
I had an angel on my side…
The memories will always remain…
I win…

-Adisara

Another day is done as the sun slowly sets into the deep blue sea…
whispering to its watchers, go relax and rest,
for the night will slowly creep…
the moon will shine next to give you glow through the night…
and when dawn shall come,
i'll be the first to greet good morning with my burning light…

-Eileen Abuzo-Neri

 

The peeling layers of paint on the multi colored door
is an eloquent pastiche of stories and histories
that have gone through and passed by the door.  
That it is closed all the more tempts our curiosity
and tests our courage to open and explore its secrets.  
The flatness of the visual field cries out
for the opening of the door so its depths can be revealed.

-Cris Rollo

They say the meek
shall inherit the earth…
just hang in there buddy
this is just a temporary paradise…

-Ryan Rivero

After a storm,

nature shows its most beautiful side.
Just as people do.


-Leif Softing

A microcosm of man’s dilemma:
Where do I go from here?
What fate awaits me in the next town?
Did I make the right decision?
Can I still turn back?
At the end of this journey, life will unfold.

-Amy Rodil