2006 HONORABLE MENTION

WAR AND PEACE
Yangfeifei Gao
16 years old, Illinois

9.1.8.0.2.8.3. Just numbers,
numbers in a world with a long history of numbers.
These happen to be from the end 1918
With a little or nothing known of what they are made of;
The substance unabsorbed by the world that was already forgotten.

1.4.7.7.3.0.3.6. Boom!
Warsaw down!
Nanking down!
Hiroshima down!
And finally Berlin down…
Millions buried in one big dugout,
Faces hidden, names known, and never to be remembered again.

also another number,
the number that all hopes will not become reality.
This number will grow and grow until peace is achieved.