The Fear of the Wonderful Tree

A Sijo
By Kyrra Dominique Kho
Grade 8 - Dignity

Oh wonderful tree, what are you most afraid of?  Is it me?

You’ve been afraid of people; is it because we killed your friends?

But now, you’ve overcome your fear to fight us until the end.

Time to Go

An Elegy
By Tisha Gail Miranda
Grade 9 - Mercy

You are like a tree

That people want to see;

Like a leaf that was falling,

You didn’t hear them calling.

My sleepless nights

Can be seen in lights.

The sorrow I feel inside

Makes me cry outside.

The good things you made

Will never fade.

They will stay in our minds

Like the day you left behind.

A Haiku by Lovely Joy Monacillo
Grade 8 - Dignity

Trees give air always

Sun produces heat always

But both are needed