by Megan Miller
So, as the month of February approaches faster with every passing day, Valentine's Day comes too. Love is a precious and rare thing, and should be cherished while it lasts because too soon, something can happen and it's all over. This reporter has found the following poems and quotes all about love in honour of this special day that comes but once a year. May the words in these poems inspire you to show that special someone just how much you care. (All poems retrieved from http://www.lovepoemsandquotes.com/LovePoems.html)
Never Have I Fallen
Your lips speak soft sweetness
Your touch a cool caress
I am lost in your magic
My heart beats within your chest
I think of you each morning
And dream of you each night
I think of your arms being around me
And cannot express my delight
Never have I fallen
But I am quickly on my way
You hold a heart in your hands
That has never before been given away
- Rex A. Williams -
Love Is ...
Love is the greatest feeling,
Love is like a play,
Love is what I feel for you,
Each and every day,
Love is like a smile,
Love is like a song,
Love is a great emotion,
That keeps us going strong,
I love you with my heart,
My body and my soul,
I love the way I keep loving,
Like a love I can't control,
So remember when your eyes meet mine,
I love you with all my heart,
And I have poured my entire soul into you,
Right from the very start.
-Author Unknown-
I Will Love You Forever
I love you so deeply,
I love you so much,
I love the sound of your voice
And the way that we touch.
I love your warm smile
And your kind, thoughtful way,
The joy that you bring
To my life every day.
I love you today
As I have from the start,
And I'll love you forever
With all of my heart.
- Amanda Nicole Martinez -
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When I'm with you,
eternity is a step away,
my love continues to grow,
with each passing day.
This treasure of love,
I cherish within my soul,
how much I love you...
you'll never really know.
You bring a joy to my heart,
I've never felt before,
with each touch of your hand,
I love you more and more.
Whenever we say goodbye,
whenever we part,
know I hold you dearly,
deep inside my heart.
So these seven words,
I pray you hold true,
"Forever And Always,
I Will Love You."
- Chris Engle -
My Love
My love is like an ocean
It goes down so deep
My love is like a rose
Whose beauty you want to keep.
My love is like a river
That will never end
My love is like a dove
With a beautiful message to send.
My love is like a song
That goes on and on forever
My love is like a prisoner
It's to you that I surrender.
- Tasha Shores -
By MoD
The sensation is perfect: Professor Hyde Takarai has finally started his mission to bring back his beloved smilie, the lol � smilie.
It had been replaced by our dear Headmistress some time ago when she went out to find our school some even funnier smilies than before. Her hunt has been successful and she brought back a big collection of new ones, only to replace and add them to the current list. Along these smilies, the one smilie we are talking about, has been a victim of her action, too. The lol smilie. Most of our
students were delighted about the minor changes in the smilie-selection of this board. Well, except for our dear Hyde.
He has been watched to complain about his missing smilie from the moment he realized its absence and I bet some of the students listening to him have waited for Professor Takarai�s final step to bring back his favourite smilie alive and enjoy himself again at our beloved Board: He started a poll where we have been given the option to choose between whether we want this smilie back (Yes!) or �not really�. The comments have been magnificent so far, as Mister Kamron Flame
stated that he would miss it and want it back so much. Closely followed by my dear friend Napoleon, who admitted that it was a joy and �What fun� to have such a poll started. However the list continues here with Miss Linda Danes,
exclaiming her passion for the teacher with a �YAY! HYDE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!�. Some others followed, and at the looks of it, there is only a minority of students not wanting the lol-smilie brought back on our board. This minority, however, stays quiet so far, as they have to fear to be! hunted down just like myself, by our dear Mister Kamron Flame by stating that �whoever said no, is going to pay�. It would be wise to stay quiet if you ask me.
Miss Andela Schmorgie had a nice idea by stating that everyone should go out and write an essay about how much we love this smilie, in order to bring it back, as the poll itself doesn�t seem to start the action of bringing this smilie back on the board. Nice idea, Andela. I wouldn�t be surprised if our Headmistress would add it again, only to stop the students from sending her 1000 words long essays
each day. At the moment it looks like we can be safe to expect several articles about this subject, as Professor Takarai and his fellow lol-smilie-fighters seem to plan to gain even more fighters to convince our Headmistress to bring back the smilie in the end.
Talking about PAD�she commented the poll only after Professor Takarai contacted our Headmistress, and what she had to tell them wasn�t that much. Only �Yes, I saw the poll...I don't know if I'll bring it back or not yet. We'll see...� but in the end, we were pleased to see, that the lot of them was able to convince her. Though I honestly wonder how they did it�.
I have to admit that I am quite surprised by the fact that she didn�t stop the poll whatsoever. However, I doubt that Hyde, being a Professor of some kind, was ever afraid to face detention for it�but then again, didn�t this poll huddle students of different houses together. They planed on several things as having shirts, mainly to show their shared passion for the smilie, and even had
specifically modified smilies, telling �Bring back the lol!�, only to be modified again to �Thank you, PAD!�. Whoever paid attention, even discovered a
certain staring contest, obviously started by Miss Danes, to show that you care, as this contest even has a motto: �We stare because we care � Bring back our smilie�, which also showed in her signature, and at the looks of it, there were certain students following her example to add this to their signature. Well, thank you very much, Hyde, for bringing this to our attention. We all know how
much you love your smilie. Besides, even I voted for �Yes!��there you go.
By MoB
What do you all have against MoD, anyway? She�s really a wonderful person, quite intelligent and, of course, beautiful. All she does is report the truth�perhaps it�s more a matter of you all wishing to keep certain sins secret. Well, that�s all well and good, but this is a school; MoD is here to bring terrible, hidden things out into the open, to rid this amazing institution of those who would tarnish its good name. How dare you say such things against her? Especially those of you in this ludicrous �Hunting MoD Club.� Do you think MoD doesn�t have plans for you? You, who don�t believe in the virtues MoD practices in to make PADs a safer place for us all; you, who are probably the worst of them all? Make no mistake�MoD will find your secrets, and she will expose them. And I will be there at her side, searching the dark corners for those who seek to
hide. Until that day, sinners�adieu.
By Kiley Blaire
It seems you can�t pick up a copy of the Owl Gazette these days without seeing some mention of this person who titles herself �MoD.� Speculations abound as to the identity of this rumor-spreading student; what house is she in? What year? Where does she get all this information from? In this article I will attempt to answer these questions, and more; perhaps, with a little sleuthing, we can finally determine once and for all�
Who is MoD?
The assumption would be that I, as the interviewer, would already know the answer to this question. However, that is not the case. For our interview, MoD fashioned herself a disguise, one even I could not see through. I was content with this, however; after all, what fun would it be to have the answer revealed to me in such an obvious manner? No, I sought to discover MoD�s true identity through our interview�And what an interview it was!
I first asked, and rightly so, why MoD would even agree to an interview in the first place�one in her position would surely want to remain as anonymous as possible, right? But she wasn�t too worried: �As long as you don't figure out who I am,� she says, �I don't mind anyone interviewing me. And trust me: I'll make sure that you will never find out.� MoD was also confident that no one would ever guess what her alias stands for; in fact, she quashed all rumors that are going around, including that the �M� stands for �Mischief.�
Her attitude toward the slanderous articles she pens is a seemingly innocent one: �I thought, why not take a closer look and try to find out if it's true...� she stated when asked about her article on Prof. Snape and Prof. Ripley being the same person. And as far as where she gets her information from�well, would you really expect someone like MoD to be forthright? �I can't give away the name of this particular student. I promised to keep this information secret...�
I proceeded to ask about her feelings towards those who she�s angered, most especially those in the �Hunting MoD Club.� But frankly, she wasn�t too worried about the club, which she called �ridiculous.� In fact, she welcomes the competition eagerly. MoD even has a few confident words for those (myself included) who would try to discover her identity: �I am pretty sure that no one really knows who I am...I won't have to go and get rid of that person...if you get me.�
From a reader�s standpoint, this interview may have seemed futile; MoD was very secretive, as usual, and dropped almost no clues whatsoever. But she did slip one little interesting tidbit into our interview�one that I�m sure you all will have fun thinking about: �I have to admit that I would love to be a Gryffindor. [Professor Opal] keeps telling me how amazing Gryffindor is...and if I would like to switch, she would be very happy to welcome me there.�
By MoD
As some of you might know, Professor Lockhart gave out presents to the students of Hogwarts, the same goes with our dear Professor Snape, the popular Professor Opal, and our fantastic Headmistress PAD, however, only one certain Penshire Prefect DARED to complain about the present. Not about all the presents, but about one particular, given out by the Head of House of Hufflepuff.
The well- known Professor came to us students in order to share his newest passion. Shalamar Magoo, however, seemed not too keen about getting a CD by Leona, the winner of the latest X-Factor contest. But this seems to be an ongoing issue, as I know from my source that the two of them already had a
dispute about it at the Yule Ball. As I have heard, Professor Lockhart even ended up crying about it, but the reason for his emotional outburst has probably been a lost bet about the show, the �Most-Charming-Smile� Professor and Miss Magoo were talking about.
Now, for everyone missing the dispute, I managed to scribble down the contents of the Penshires complaint and the following conversation.
Shalamar Magoo: Wow Prof Snape, I love your presents! Thank you so much Sir, how
very thoughtful. Prof Lockhart �
Prof. Lockhart: don�t you like my presents?
S.M.: The autographs - yes,. The hair care - yes. That infernal woman�s singing
voice?
P.L.: Well she is the only x-factor winner in the village you know!
S.M.: She�s the most horrible and you have terrible taste in music Sir And
presents for that matter, unlike Professor Snape's presents which get no
complaints
P.L.: I suppose it could be worse...it could be a CD by this x-factor Contestant
S.M.: Awww look at him Kayla shares my love and so does Bry
Now, what does this tell us? Well, first of course that our dear staff members do watch muggle TV, as I happen to know that our wizarding world doesn�t have any such shows. Second, that Shalamar Magoo and Professor Lockhart obviously like each other like�.erm, yeah�. And that both of them have a different taste, since they couldn�t manage to stop talking about this particular issue up to the given moment.
But, what is it we learn from the both of them? First, you should never, NEVER dare to complain about a present any Professor gives out, because else we won�t get anything for Christmas next time. Second: Don�t ever start a conversation when you have to fear that MoD is around�because else, well, you end up in the OG. Au revoir.
By: Jennifer Kull (JUNK)
Muggles and wizards alike are familiar with all of the symbols used during Valentine�s Day showing adoration, love, etc., but here is a secret: they�re all different when Slytherins decide to celebrate Valentine�s Day! We have the usual, like the cupid�s arrow (no matter how gothic it looks, or how much blood is left on it from the PREVIOUS shooting�), the heart (even if it is black and usually broken in two), the skull (which, if anyone ELSE thinks about it, would become obvious, but no, we�re Slytherins and do NOT need to explain ourselves), and last, but most certainly not least, we have the snake! This most important Valentine symbol represents long-lasting love, can be shaped to spell anything the giver wishes, AND the snake values the hunt, which is really, EXACTLY what Valentine�s Day is all about. So, if you decide that you like a Slytherin this year, think about it first before you decide to humiliate yourself and send that person something PINK!
- Staff! Be sure to vote for the winner of this month's IHC in the Faculty Lounge.
- Students! Be sure to vote for the winner of this month's Monthly Contest on the Bulletin Board!
- Stay tuned for a staff contest!
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