New Day, New Hope

~Anna

Looking Beyond...

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes."
                St. Clement of Alexandra

       "The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by    

       going beyond them into the impossible."

                      Arthur C. Clarke 

~Mahreen 

Bringing Color to a Dull World

~Anna

Jai Hyun Ahn

made in Korea

pride of my being

blood of my ancestors

Born to live and be bright

But fading into a mist

David Ahn

picked up off the street

with no true identity

unknown even to himself

Refused by society

Because of his flaws

Davy Ahn

a mistake gone right

proven to be true

the last piece of my puzzle

Here to stay

For the rest of my days 

~Davy

Leadership

Give time
Give energy
Give inspiration
Give faith
Give hope
Give love
Give everything

Some will throw it away
That's easy to see
It will hurt
Questions ensue
Thoughts of quitting
Does it matter?

Others will remember it forever
That's hard to see
Barely felt
The impact left
Those who need every ounce you give
That matters.

~Emily





It's time for another contest! This winter, tell us about one of your favorite holiday memories! Submit your short story to mvgs.ramble@gmail.com for a chance to win a Borders gift card and to have your story featured on our blog! Please include your name, your grade, and which campus you attend in the email. All entries are due before midnight on January 6th, 2011.

~MVGS Blog Team

No Snow

Oh Snow
Where did you go?
It’s getting colder
And yet you make no appearance.
Why aren’t you bolder?

Oh Snow
When will you show?
I’m ready for you
Why can’t you be ready too?

Oh Snow
Why must you act as my foe?
We want the same thing
You and me together
Try not to wait forever!

Oh Snow
Stop causing me woe
We’ll have lots of fun,
In the absence of the sun.

Oh Snow
I love you so.

~Anna

Choices

Our lives can be consumed by them,

Our lives can be guided by them,

But don’t let your decisions in life curtail them.

~Garrett

What Am I?

I'm light, but I have no light
I'm big and yet small
I'm distant and close
I circle but don't spin
I can be showing but not seen
What am I?

~Sara

Letter to the US

Dear Parents,

            I am in Austria hiking the beautiful mountains and going everywhere I can on foot. It has been an amazing and a tough journey. I am at the end of my trip and I have found something life changing.

            I was walking through a dense forest full of life and death. Everything felt so different, so magical. I lost my sense of direction and reckoned I should head back to civilization but something kept pulling me in. I was exhausted and starving but my body would not be led off its track. I was at the brink of death when I saw a beautiful opening in the middle of the dense forest.

            As I walked onto the patch of grass, I saw a gorgeous dining table and a massive refrigerator in the middle of the opening. Before I had the chance to ask why such things were there, I flew over to the refrigerator and opened its gigantic doors. As the gates opened, I felt like my bones had turned to jelly and my brain had turned into liquids. I examined all of the food in the cool closet and my mouth started to water immensely when I set my eyes upon a steak big enough to feed our whole family. All cooked and ready, the steak tempted my stomach. And just by instincts, I grabbed the steak and took it to the dining table to devour it. As soon as I took the first bite, I was in love. Every bite I took, I fell more intensely in love. But before I knew it, I was down to the last bite and a wave of sorrow drowned me in tears.

            I walked over to the refrigerator again after the last bite and opened the door. What I saw blew me out of my mind and a drop of water trickled down my face. I saw another massive steak. I fell in love with that refrigerator that day and I intend to stay with my love for the rest of my life. I wish not to leave this place until death does us apart. This is goodbye.

                                                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                                                Your Son.

Haiku to Harry Potter

You have changed my life

Your black hair and bright green eyes

Love is your magic

~ Anna

Pumpkin Carving WINNER

And the winner of the pumpkin carving contest is........

Kyle!

a junior from the Warrenton campus

 Congratulations Kyle!!

 

Both campuses, be on the lookout for our next contest!

~MVGS Blog Team

The Little Things

Be sure that you appreciate
everything you've got
Be thankful for the little things
in life that mean a lot

~Amy

Ever Shifting

From the coast they blow

From the mountains they can drift

Sweeping peoples' lives  

~Garrett

The Messenger

East to West They roll

To bring the message of death

To shout about life.

~Wind Master aka. Davy

"Outside Looking In"

"A Lone Leaf"

~Mahreen

Back to the Basics

Isn't it cool how the most basic and necessary thing we have on Earth is just so beautiful? I love water. Not just because it keeps me alive, but because it is clearly not afraid to shine its awesome light in our world.

~Anna

The Storm

Rain falls down

Collects on the branches

Weighing down the tree

The pressure becomes too much

Branches creak

Closer and closer to the ground

Going to break

Can’t take anymore

Sun comes out

Dries the branches

Lifting up the tree

Feeling lighter than air

Branches sigh

Higher and higher towards the sky

Filling with relief

Made it through the storm

~Emily

Word of You

Beautiful
When I first saw your face
When I first heard your voice

Preternatural
How you and I became Us
How you and I became We

Transcendental
What we went through
What we are now

Stupendous
Why we met each other
Why we came to be

Phenomenal
Where it all started
Where it will all end

Breathtaking
When I confessed my obsession
When you said "yes"

~Davy

End of the Beginning

Now he has come into my life
He makes me feel so happy
But when you come back to fight
You make my happy turn crappy

I want you to be my friend you see
You know I really do
But you won't stop being so mean
You called me heartless too

You tell me to please stay
You never meant to be rude
You say your love will never go away
You say you will be true

But now I'm done with these tiresome games
And I walk away with him all the same

~Sara and Amy

Pumpkin Carving Photo Contest!!!!!

We are having a pumpkin carving contest!

 Send a picture of your best carved pumpkin to mvgs.ramble@gmail.com.  In the email, include your name, your grade, and what campus you attend.  All entries need to be submitted by 12:02 AM on November 2nd.  The winner will be announced within the week and will receive an iTunes gift card as the grand prize! Check mvgsramble.blogspot.com for voting possibilites and submission updates.  The MVGS blog team can't wait to see your creativity at work!

Illusions

A building caught on fire
My wife was inside
It was my biggest desire
To run away and hide

This was just a dream
I knew I would awake
Then a bear took a beam
And whacked me in the face

I didn't think it could get worse
Until I saw my wife fall
This dream was a curse
I needed a wake up call

And then I noticed with a bang
Sleep had never came

~Sara

My Photography

Here are just a few pictures that I've taken that I like a lot. Hope you enjoy them!

~Amy

A thought for the day...

~Anna

Weeping Willow Trees...

I love them.

~Mahreen

Limerick Poem

There once was a rat named Matt.
He was always being chased by a cat.
He would always run,
But not for fun.
Therefore he never grew fat.

~Garrett

The Epic Straw Tower

It was time for the annual straw tower competition at MVGS. Everyone was scrambling to make the tallest tower out of straw. One group, however, went a different direction- one that MVGS had never seen before.

It was desperation. It was genius.

"Everything was going wrong for us- nothing according to plan. When the one minute warning came, we didn’t have anything ready. Malec yelled 'Quickly, cover me!' and we stuffed him with balloons. It was pure intelligence." -Yazan

Here is the aftermath of this event:

~Emily

An Apple Tree

She waLked

Into the realm of the unknown 

Knowing that she’d find only darkness.
She walked through fright and fear
For a reason incomprehensible
Through struggles indescribable
Some asked why
SOme asked where
But she only walked
Until the very last moment
Until she came upon a hill
A hill of perspective
And as she climbed
She saw the light within the darkness
Coming from a distance,
At the end of her View.
There stood an apple tree
A tree mature and divine
With a man sitting at its roots
Waiting, as she approached
And He, without a hello
Held hEr in his arms. 

~Davy

Kinetic Photography

So, it's getting close to midnight and we're running down to Wendy's because we're cravin' some Frostys, and I had read some stuff about kinetic photography, so on the way there, I decided to try it. And here's how it turned out:

And I've got just one thing to say:

                                      

  WHOA!

~Mahreen

Evening Skies

King's Dominion at twilight from the top of the ferris wheel.

Sunset.

~Sara

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