Author Archives: theatala

William Peeters is a graduating senior at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. His self portrait explores the ties to childhood being broken as he transitions to college life, with the woodpecker representing hope for the future.

Flyers were placed throughout the school. There was a picture of a girl with dirty blonde hair with rosy cheeks, smiling. Emilee Reen.  The word, “MISSING” was bolded in red at the top. There was a description of her appearance at the bottom of the page. She had a tulip tattoo on her right ankle.Continue reading “The Missing Light”

*This poem is a villanelle, a French verse form written in nineteen lines and following a specific pattern of two rhymes and an alternating refrain. I am bound by the things I can’t say The great adventure I will never shareMy words I will not speak today Some terrible loss in the game I playMyContinue reading “Bound”

Sarah Phelps-Hill is finishing up her freshman year at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. She is an artist and theatre student who loves art in all forms.

*This poem is a villanelle, a French verse form written in nineteen lines and following a specific pattern of two rhymes and an alternating refrain. My mind won’t stop, it’s like a runaway train.I hear the clock keep ticking, yet I’m wide awake.These midnight thoughts drive me insane.Overthinking everything that I can’t explain.My regrets areContinue reading “Runaway Thoughts”

Brianna Chin is finishing up her junior year at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. She is passionate about creative writing and art, and she loves to share her work with others. Sunshine on Water was created using oil pastels.

An ekphrastic poem is inspired by a work of art. Danika Rivera’s “The Ocean, The Sky, and The Wind” is inspired by Edvard Munch’s 1892 painting, Despair. Orange and yellow engulf The SkyIt haunts my every dreamAs I watch the grass sway byThe Ocean calls out to me, its waves disturbedThe boats honk against myContinue reading “The Ocean, The Sky, and The Wind”

Camila Vaca is finishing up her junior year at Pembroke Pines Charter High School. She has been invested in art for most of her life, occasionally experimenting with different subjects and mediums. Her inspiration for this piece came through in her AP Lit class, where she learned about Kafka and his take on the absurditiesContinue reading “One Push Away”

Warm butter sizzles in the pan near the window popping and sparking as the sun streams in coating the kitchen in a warm, honey glow. I feel hot and sticky, like a stranger in my own skin, stretching and picking at it as if to make more room. I look out at the newborn calves,Continue reading “The Hottest Day of the Summer”

I must keep my thoughts at bay. By now she should be right around the block. I wait for her to come today. 3 hours pass and then a day. I sit criss-crossed by the clock. I must keep my thoughts at bay. The calendar tells me it is Wednesday. Back and forth, I rock.Continue reading “Come, Someday”