by Tracy GoonetillekeArt by Justin Wingkee it was cold without you beside me,but at the thought of you,a million suns caressed my heart like a blanket on a rainy day,you embraced me with warmthand filled me with comfort i didn’t think existed moments with you felt likewatching the sun peek out through the horizon,painting the...Read More

By Sofia Geolingo (Grade 9 – Mendeleev)Graphics by Theone Tiu (Grade 10 – Rizal)  Lightning comes and goesLike a flash of hopeBringing light yetBringing destruction too Thunder comes after lightningAs if a scream of painIts roaring is powerfulEnough to shake everything The laptop screen shines brightAs it becomes the only source of lightThese voices are...Read More

“Only he is truly a patriot who, whatever his post, high or low, tries to do the greatest possible good to his countrymen.” —Apolinario Mabini As you go through the works penned by their respective artists as tribute to those who dedicate their lives to the betterment of ours, don’t forget to thank and honor...Read More

by Samantha MokArt by Theone Tiu You’re staring at the future.And it stares hauntingly back.Transparent yet opaque,So vague yet so clear, so far awayIndefinitely defined.You try to reach for itSo, you move. A second, an hour, a day, a yearYou move towards it, whether a tiptoe or a stride.Is what’s at your feet a minefield...Read More

By Divine Grace Llamas (Grade 10 – Rizal) Love can look like a sweet smile over the smell of bread Baking in the oven, for it to be served by your bed. It can look like taking time out of a busy day To watch a movie with you on a Friday Love can look...Read More

By Jumery Grace Sobrevega (Grade 10 – Rizal) Love like it’s a matter of life and death.A situation, I see myself gasping for breath.A feeling felt once in a lifetime,yet asked to be felt every time.Lost my will, my strengthcouldn’t hold it out ’til the tenth.Thoughts roam my mind, wasting time;even waves, ripples arrive at...Read More

By Neriah Keren Ahhi (Grade 9 Mendeleev) You started to learn the words “Me too.” You’re starting to heal from the trauma. Now, you’re seeing life in a whole new view. Your circle has become smaller. I see you grow. I can see you’ve become someone who’s better. You seem to have that glow from...Read More

By Matthew Elixer Lanario (Grade 7 – Li Bai) It always feels different, whatever it may be, when it’s your firstyou will know and see. I took my first shotwith my uncle’s airgun. Feelings of satisfaction, I was overcome. I took more shots;I felt it again.It was New year then,but I can still feel it...Read More

By Patricia Gaille Tiu (Grade 10 – Luna ) Back to the time I first felt fear, a little age of sevenwith a conscience cohered. Stubborn I was,proud and complex, hard to love, and easy to vex.Yet, one day sat Iin the middle of the room all dark and dull,when a sudden gloom tore through...Read More

Harvy Dalida (Grade 8 – Jacinto) She is a great womanwho clearly doesn’t need a man,a woman who is my greatest supporter,and the woman who is my comforter,a woman who is no damsel in distress,that can handle the stress.Yes, she sometimes spanked me when I was a kid,but I know it was for my own...Read More