Hello! Welcome to the 2022 Arrow – Hackley Middle School’s Arts & Literature Magazine. Stay tuned for more posts to come over the next few weeks and then keep an eye out for the hardcopy, published version coming soon.
Jackie & Mia collaboration:
Jackie R. ’28
Sunset City
by: Mia S. ’28
The birds sing their song
As they soar
High above the sky.
Caw
Caw.
The wind
Blows
Swaying the trees,
Gently.
The rooftops,
Empty,
Deserted,
People in their homes.
The sun lowers,
Colliding with the rooftops.
Filling the rooftops
With an eerie
But gorgeous
Hue.
I sit
On the rooftops.
Waiting,
Wishing,
Hoping
That this sunset would last forever.
I let the wind whip my hair
As I opened my arms.
I stand at the edge,
Gazing at the sun colliding with the city.
The birds sing their song
As they soar
High above the
Jackie R. ’29
Snow
by: Mia S. ’28
Mother Nature
Wore
Her sparkling
White dress
Today.
It shimmered
In the sun.
A
Beautiful
Gauzy texture.
The still-awake animals,
Stopping to stare at its beauty.
The people,
Built from snow,
Standing proud
Despite fear of melting.
The sun,
Finding the lovely folds of her dress
So devastatingly attractive,
Leapt down from the sky
To embrace her.
She was the spotlight,
On this crisp,
Snowing,
Day.
Jackie R. ’29
A Whole Story (Mia also decided to write a poem for this painting)
by: Mia S. ’28
Some people,
Look at this bridge,
And think,
It’s just a bridge.
But,
this little
glazed wood bridge,
Has a whole story.
Built
A long
Time ago,
This frail,
Little bridge
Has seen
Wars fought
Across her land.
She stood proud and tall, through
All
Of this.
She is still beautiful,
However,
Nature,
Ran to her,
Bowing their branches,
Or petals,
Or leaves,
To her.
Saluting her.
A lake, formed,
Under her,
Flowing freely.
Cherry blossoms,
Falling
Gently
Onto the mirror that is the lake’s surface.
Walk across
The sandy road
And greet her.
She is here.
And she will stay.