FIRST PRIZE WINNER
Danielle Morris, Woodstock, ON
When I was a child,
My hands were smooth, small and innocent.
My hands wiped away tears.
My hands reached for help from parents.
When I was a child,
I thought and played like a child.
My hands got dirty.
My hands built sandcastles.
Soon my hands began to tell a story.
I became a teenager.
My hands started to be roadblocks,
As my epilepsy slowed me down.
My hands had no will because I had no control.
Taking medicine put my hands back in control.
Painting was a way to express myself.
My hands became magic.
I finally could express myself with my hands.
I love to give gifts.
With painting I can express myself more than just writing.
“Loving Hands”, is a gift to my nephew Anthony.
My nephew is a child of two.
He really loves playing with me.
I notice when I say good-bye, he is so sad to see me leave.
I gave him this painting as a Christmas gift.
Anthony was so surprised.
He said to me, “my hand is in my Daddy’s”.
My gift is on the wall above his crib.
SECOND PRIZE WINNER
JOANNA DRASSINOWER, Toronto, ON
“Where Do I Belong?”
Where do I belong?
Is a question we ask ourselves.
From time to time
When we’re kids, teens or adults.
Asking ourselves “Where do I belong?”
Helps us fit in with friends.
Helps us fit in with family.
Helps us fit in at our workplace.
Asking ourselves “Where do I belong?”
Helps us fit in society.
Or even at home with our parents.
Ask yourself “Where do I belong?”
Everybody fits in somewhere.
Everybody belongs somewhere.
We all have a place in the world.
Where do I belong.
SECOND PRIZE WINNER
MEAGAN IPSEN, Woodstock, ON
day that is just about to begin.
Don’t look at the gloomy side, leave the rain aside.
Step into the sunshine, I am sure you will feel glad.
Look at the positives in your life’ I am sure there must be one.
What about being alive? You should be glad of that.
It makes you want to be in a pool of bright colors and ready to make a tremendous dive.
Orange and yellow are positive colors; bring those colors into your life. Leave the blue, grey and brown for those colors will make you
depressed.
Your life is surrounded by the color wheel, but let the arrow stop at the positive colors.
Let the sun shine in your life!
If you’re living in a cold world, all you would see is darkness. There
wouldn't be any excitement, only icy cold tears running down people’s faces or the expression of anger. Why would you want to live in darkness? Now is the time to change, if you’re living in that kind of world.
Have I got my point across, what did you choose?
Did you choose to stay in that cold, icy world that is surrounded by
darkness? Or did you choose to be in a warm, sunny world which is full of happiness? I hope you chose to live in the world of happiness.
SECOND PRIZE WINNER
Aleith Cox, Hamilton, ON
“New Beginnings”
As I touched your skin,
The warmth of your glow,
How soft your first touch is,
Your love is mine.
Your voice called to me,
As I ran to you,
My hand touched your soul,
Made me tremble with fear.
Your sky blue eyes warmed my heart,
With the soft touch of your hand,
Happiness grew within me,
Happiness is being with you.
As I saw your warm smile,
I felt peace,
And love,
And serenity.
Happiness is the night turning into day,
The stars disappearing into the light of the sun,
A new beginning,
A new baby.
SECOND PRIZE WINNER
Nicholas Sicard, Kanata, ON
You can take away my old movies
You can take away my VCR
My remote control car!
I can do without honey
I can do without bees
But I can’t do without my
Homemade movies.
I can live without shrimp
I can live without fish
But I can’t live without my
Satellite dish!