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INDEX
Grades K-2 Page
Chen, Reimi Marlborough The Adventure to the North Pole 3
DeCoste, Breton Aubrey My Dreams of Freedom 1
Grewal, Mia Cascade Heights Fish 1
Jay, Nikki Kitchener Magical Forest 4
Jiang, Abigail Buckingham Alevins Hatching 1
Lee, Colton Brantford Penguins 2
Moskalenko, Ava Marlborough Si J'étais une fleur 2
Moxam, Sabet South Slope The Snow Storm 5
Okazaki, Aika Kitchener Summer! Summer! 1
Ramos, Sebastian Brantford Quand un flocon tombe 2
Ukryn, Sienna Clinton February Lunar Moon 2
Wang, Alice Brantford Un oeuf de saumon 4
Grades 3-5
Barn, Saasha Marlborough Le temps gaspillé 6
Bhangu, Harkirat Second Street Canada 7
Brown-John, Nora Brentwood Park The Devastating News 12
Chan, Alice Clinton The Red Mittens 11
Chen, Anita Suncrest The Legend of the Four Seasons 11
Diep, Mia Suncrest Escape from Reality 8
Jung, Kaira Brentwood Park The Darkness Within Me 9
Lee, Bronwyn Brantford Personification of a Chili Pepper 6
Lee, Isaiah Brantford Monkey Madness 9
Li, Joone Suncrest Winter's Spell 6
Li, Tyler Taylor Park Mysterious Mist 7
Lin, Leon Lakeview I Am From 8
McGowan, Sophie Chaffey-Burke Decisions 7
Patel, Mahee Kitchener Music 6
Polansky Richardson, Apollo Taylor Park The Storm Cloud 7
Rajarathinam, Ajay Buckingham Hope 8
Tavakoli Saberi, Arnica Maywood The Story of the Crow 10
Titievsky, Noa Stoney Creek Nature's Power 8
Toews, Vincent Taylor Park The Facility 12
Yee, Sherman Suncrest The Seasons of Life 6
Zhang, Sophia Brentwood Park Nervousness 10
Grades 6-7
Afadish, Aymen Morley I Am From 16
Carlsen, Maya Clinton Residential Schools 17
Chen, Adam Buckingham Writer's Block 16
Chou, Ling South Slope Dusk to Dawn 15
da Palma, Alex Chaffey-Burke Black Belt 13
Dellebuur O'Connor, Sadie Kitchener If we could just 13
Fessahaye, Mahanaim Morley I am from 15
Foltz, Sarah Sperling Young Life 16
Kelman, Samantha Brentwood Park Freedom in Reach 19
Lam, Joli Lakeview Estuary: Where the river meets the sea 20
Lee, Candace Buckingham The Old Piano 14
Lee, Noah Brantford My Life as an Eraser 21
Liu, Ryan Buckingham The Feeling of Getting Lost in a Book 14
Lu, Aisling Chaffey-Burke My Job 15
Luo, Catherine Stoney Creek My Heart Soars 17
INDEX
Grades 6-7 Continued Page
Maio, Lauren Kitchener Path of the Gods 18
Marchetto, Lucas Westridge Discrimination 13
Paz, Sevie Lyndhurst Recovering from Darkness 19
Sagal, Harishveer Westridge Discrimination 13
Sahukhan, Alishba Westridge I wish, but… 13
Serdar, Zoe Brentwood Park Black Figures in the Sky 18
Spooner, Eala Westridge Je Fuis 17
Su, Sunny Chaffey-Burke Reality 14
Vu, Rachel Second Street Art of the Eye 14
Zhou, Alicia Brantford Un jour dans la vie d'un dé 21
Zhou, Jaden Westridge Discrimination 13
Grade 8
Chui, Hana Moscrop Les Réseaux Sociaux 23
Goudron, Lindsay Burnaby Central Conquering 22
Li, Melanie Burnaby Central Lullaby 22
Li, Melanie Burnaby Central Painting Outside The Lines 24
Logan, Clare Burnaby Central A tide pool of life 24
Ogalino, Cassandra Byrne Creek Who am I? 23
Sriragu, Kaviya Burnaby Mountain Ode to the Cello 22
Grades 9 -10
Chen, Andrew Burnaby South Can Dreams Die? 27
Chow, Aiden Burnaby South The Woman in the Store 25
Cowpar-Mark, Maya Moscrop La Realité 31
Dublin, Denice Burnaby South The Stranger Across the Table 42
Emes, Chloe Burnaby Mountain Life is Not a Fairy Tale 28
Gaythorpe, Emily Burnaby Mountain Mentality 28
Han, Jenna Cariboo Hill Bioluminescence 40
Hofmann, Lindsay Burnaby Mountain Perfect 29
Ip, Shana Moscrop Qui je suis 41
Jang, Annika Burnaby North Jeanne d'Arc 26
Khanlou, Ida Alpha Secondary The Sands of Time 30
Kuban, Anika Burnaby South Golden Veil 37
Lee, Kayla Alpha Secondary Portrait 25
Li, William Burnaby North Everyone Has a Part 29
Liu, Emily Burnaby North Sirénes 39
Logan, Amelia Cariboo Hill The Side of Frosty We Don't See 44
Ma, Emily Alpha Secondary Cyanide Seeds 26
Majstorovic, Mia Burnaby South Anthropocene 38
Paco, Emilie Burnaby South Nobody Likes You 35
Pallister, Sophia Burnaby North Mathematics 30
Park, Jessica Burnaby Mountain Fantasy 27
Richardson, Kaia Burnaby South Her Little Brown Bag 43
Scott, Annette Cariboo Hill Crocodile Tears 28
Shaban, Negar Moscrop Cherry Pie 27
Song, Eugenie Burnaby Mountain Bus Stop 30
Villareal, Alexei Byrne Creek The Apple 33
Villareal, Alexei Byrne Creek Scuirophobia 32
Yen, Jennifer Burnaby North A Search within Itself 36
Zhou, Hugo Burnaby North Blizzard 34
INDEX
Grades 11-12 Page
Beharrell, Jinian Alpha Secondary A Dark Corner of A Dark Library 55
Chang, Alyssa Burnaby South Identity 53
Cui, Hannah Burnaby North wish upon a star 51
Dong, Serena Moscrop Gray 45
Esmail, Imran Burnaby Mountain Ode to postage stamps 50
Ferguson, Skylar Burnaby Mountain Imbroglio 56
Han, Julia Burnaby Mountain Little Black Dress 47
Huang, Chloe Burnaby North First Love 47
Joe, Max Moscrop Le temps 50
Kanauchi, Utae Burnaby North Like Freshly Dipped Candy 58
Kurahashi, Mika Burnaby North Grandma 60
Li, Sarah Burnaby Mountain How to Make a T-Shirt 49
Lieu, Erika Burnaby North Letter to Lucy 52
Lieu, Erika Burnaby North A Leap of Faith 54
Lu, Christina Moscrop Une larme 57
Lumowah, Stephanie Burnaby Mountain Starshowers 48
Ma, Austin Moscrop Le temps 45
Mansouri, Suroor Burnaby South My Tall, White Wall 61
McDonald, Elizabeth Alpha Secondary The Small Hours 62
Ng, Amy Moscrop In the Red 46
Olivares, Karen Cariboo Hill Rose Coloured Lenses 49
Park, Alice Burnaby Mountain Sunday 46
Petlitsyna, Polina Burnaby South Seagulls 46
White, Ella Burnaby North Changes 59
Zhang, Jeff Burnaby Mountain Roasted 48
Adult Education
Sakai, Michiko Burnaby Comm & Cont Ed Memory of Kagura 63
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/NCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE THREE KIDS WHOSE NAMES WERE 2EIMI 9ASMIN AND *AKE 4HEY WERE
PLAYING AT 2EIMIS HOUSE 3UDDENLY THEY SAW 2UDOLPH AND THE OTHER REINDEER PULLING 3ANTAS SLEIGH IN THE
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4HE KIDS CALLED TO 3ANTA AND JUMPED INTO HIS SLEIGH h9IPEEv THEY SHOUTED
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2EIMI SAID h7E ARE GOING TO THE .ORTH 0OLE WITH YOUv
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h7OWv SAID 2EIMI h) FEEL LIKE )M FLYINGv
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4HEN 9ASMIN SAID h,OOK ITS AN !RCTIC &OXv
h.ICE v SAID 2EIMI h7E MUST BE GETTING CLOSEv
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3ANTA SAID h!LL RIGHT CHOP CHOP TIME TO GET TO WORK EVERYONEv
3ANTA PUT 2EIMI IN CHARGE OF WRAPPING PRESENTS 9ASMIN HAD TO TEST THE TOYS WITH ALL THE OTHER ELVES
,AST BUT NOT LEAST *AKES JOB WAS TO MAKE THE TOYS FOR ALL THE GOOD GIRLS AND BOYS
! FEW HOURS LATER 2EIMI WAS ALL OUT OF PRESENTS h/H NO WHAT WILL ) DO 7HAT IF 3ANTA SEES ) HAVE
NO MORE TOYS v
!T THE TOY TESTING ROOM ALL THE ELVES WENT TO BED 4HE ONLY PERSON LEFT WAS 9ASMIN 3HE KEPT TESTING
THE TOYS WHEN #,)#+ ALL THE LIGHTS WENT OUT 9ASMIN WAS VERY SCARED 3HE FELT LIKE SHE WAS IN A BAT
CAVE
)N THE TOY MAKING ROOM *AKE WAS VERY BUSY (E WAS GETTING TIRED FROM MAKING ALL THE TOYS (IS HEART
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)T WAS A 3UNDAY ,ITTLE -IA COULD NOT WAIT TO GO HIKING 3HE PACKED HER WATER BOTTLE HAT AND FAN IN HER
LITTLE PRETTY BACKPACK &INALLY IT WAS TIME TO GO HIKING !S -IA WALKED BY THE TREES SHE SAW A SQUIRREL
4HE SQUIRREL WAS TRAPPED IN A HUNTERS TRAP "UT LUCKILY -IA DIDNT HAVE TO SAVE THE SQUIRREL BECAUSE THE
SQUIRRELS FRIEND CAME TO THE RESCUE
,ITTLE -IA KEPT ON WALKING AND WALKING UNTIL SHE SAW SOME NAUGHTY BOYS SCRATCHING A POOR TREE WITH SHARP
LITTLE KNIVES -IA SCARED THE BOYS AWAY BRAVELY 3HE HAD AN IDEA 3HE GOT SOME BROWN PAINT AND PAINTED
THE TREE 3UDDENLY SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENED 4HE TREE CAME TO LIFE 4HE TREE SAID h9OU HAVE KINDLY
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4HE TREE SAID h7AIT AND SEEv
-IA CONTINUED HER HIKE 3OON -IA HAD TO CROSS A LONG BIG LAKE 4HE TREE WAS THERE TO HELP 3OON -IA
REALIZED THAT THE WORDS OF THE TREE HAD COME TRUE 4HE TREE BENT OVER THE LAKE AND LET -IA STEP ON ITS BACK
-IA THANKED THE TREE AND WENT HOME THINKING h&ROM NOW ON ) WILL ALWAYS RESPECT NATUREv
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)T WAS WINTER 4HE SNOW WAS FALLING SOFTLY AND GENTLY !LL OF THE CHILDREN WERE PLAYING IN THE SNOW !LL
EXCEPT ONE KID (ER NAME WAS #LARA 3HE HAD LONG GOLDEN HAIR AND A PINK SATIN GLITTERY BOW 3HE WAS
SIX YEARS OLD 3HE WASNT PLAYING OUTSIDE BECAUSE HER PARENTS WERENT HOME 4HEY WERE IN *APAN
4HEY HAD BEEN IN *APAN FOR A LONG TIME 3HE MISSED THEM A LOT AND NOW SHE WAS STARTING TO WORRY
9OU SEE HER PARENTS SAID TO HER THAT THEY WOULD ONLY BE IN *APAN FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE BEEN IN *APAN SINCE LAST SUMMER h-AYBE THEY GOT TRAPPED v #LARA WONDERED
WORRIEDLY
-ORE THAN ANYTHING #LARA WANTED TO GO TO *APAN WITH HER PARENTS 3HE WOULD SNEAK OUT AT MIDNIGHT
SINCE SHE WAS STAYING WITH HER GRANDMOTHER 4HE NEXT NIGHT SHE WOKE UP AND SNATCHED A FLASHLIGHT
3HE GOT DRESSED PUT HER TABLET IN HER POCKET AND CREPT DOWN THE STAIRS AND OUT THE DOOR
3HE SHIVERED IN THE COLD !LTHOUGH IT WAS CHILLY SHE KEPT GOING 3HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET HER
PARENTS HOME 'OOD THING SHE HAD PACKED LOTS OF FOOD IN HER DADS BACKPACK )T WAS LOADED WITH FOOD
FOR HER AND HER PARENTS )T WAS GOING TO TAKE $!93 TO FIND HER PARENTS *UST THEN A SNOW STORM STARTED
4HE SNOW STORM WENT ON FOR EVER AND EVER 4HEN WHEN SHE HAD GIVEN UP ALL HER HOPE SHE NOTICED THE
SMALLEST SNOWFLAKE EVER 3HE CAUGHT IT WITH HER MITTEN 3HE NOTICED THAT THE SNOWFLAKE WASNT MELTING
)T WAS GROWING BIGGER 7HEN IT POPPED SHE NOTICED A MAP INSIDE IT /N THE TOP OF THE MAP THERE WERE
THE WORDS h(OW TO &IND 9OUR 0ARENTSv 3HE TOOK THE MAP AND FOLLOWED IT TO A LAKE 7HEN SHE WENT TO
THE LAKE SHE SAT AND ATE A BIT OF FOOD FROM THE BACKPACK !FTER RESTING A LITTLE BIT SHE SET ON AGAIN
4HEN SHE GOT TO AN OCEAN (ERE SHE GAVE UP ALL THE HOPE BECAUSE SHE HAD WALKED FOR MANY DAYS !
MAGIC GROUND HOG WHO HAD DUG A HOLE UNDER THE BENCH SAID h$O NOT GIVE UP HOPE +EEP TRYING TO
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EITHER OF THEMv 3HE BURST INTO TEARS h4HERE THERE DONT CRY v THE GROUNDHOG SAID TO #LARA 4HE
GROUNDHOG THEN POINTED OUT A COTTAGE NOT FAR FROM THERE .EXT TO THE COTTAGE WAS A HOLE IN THE GROUND
h7HAT COULD THIS BE v SHE WONDERED #LARA TOOK OUT HER FLASHLIGHT AND LOOKED IN THE HOLE THERE WERE
HER PARENTS 4HEY SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE HOLE BY EVIL WITCHES #LARA WENT TO THE SIDE
OF THE COTTAGE 3HE GOT A LADDER 3HE QUICKLY AND QUIETLY HELPED HER PARENTS OUT OF THE HOLE 4HE OF
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1UAND JE SUIS CENSÏ FAIRE MES DEVOIRS 4HE BLOOMING BUDS OF #HERRY "LOSSOMS n
*E DESSINE 4HEY ORCHESTRATE
1UAND JE SUIS SUPPOSÏ PRATIQUER LE BALLON PANIER 4HE ARRIVAL OF 3PRING
*E REGARDE LA TÏLÏ 4HE BIRDS SOAR IN THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY
1UAND JE SUIS CENSÏ NETTOYER MA CHAMBRE 3EEKING FOOD FOR THEIR YOUNG
*ÏCOUTE DE LA MUSIQUE 4HE SPARKLING OF THE SILKY RIVER
4OUT CE TEMPS QUE LES GENS DISENT GASPILLÏ &LOWING WITH A UNIQUE GRACE
-APPORTE DE LA JOIE !S THE DAY GETS BRIGHTER AND LONGER
*E LES AIME 4HE PETALS START FALLING PEACEFULLY DOWN THE TREES
3ELON MOI LES SEULS MOMENTS GASPILLÏS SONT LES 4REES FORM BUDS TO SLEEP IN THE COLD
MOMENTS DE MALHEUR 4HE BIRDS BUSY MOLTING THEIR FEATHER
1UAND JE FAIS DES CHOSES QUE JE NAIME PAS !ND STOP DAWNgS CHORUS
2IVERS AND STREAMS FLOWING LOW IN SUMMER
0EOPLE CHERISHING THE BEAUTY OF RIVERS
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RED LEAVES AND SUN
FLAME GOLD
,EAVES FALLING MAJESTICALLY CARPETING THE GROUND
Joone Li Suncrest Elementary "IRDS TRAVEL DOWN 3OUTH WITH FLAPPING WINGS
&LYING FEARLESSLY IN THE AUTUMN NIGHT
4HE WORLD TURNS FROM GREEN TO WHITE #OURAGEOUS SALMON LEAPING UP HIGH
4HE ADULTS GRUNT AND THE CHILDREN DANCE WITH GLEE 3PAWNING TO LEAVE LEGACY BEHIND
#ATCHING SNOWFLAKES ON THEIR COLD WET TONGUES "ARE TREES SCATTER THE SNOWY LAND
7HEELS SCREECH SLEDS DIVE 3TAND SLEEPING IN THE CHILLY AND GLOOMY NIGHT
4HE CHILDRENS HOLLERS CAN BE HEARD MILES AWAY "IRDS DOWN SOUTH AWAITING PATIENTLY
&OR THE DEPARTURE OF WINTER
3UDDENLY THE TREES SAG &ROZEN RIVERS SLUMBERING THROUGH THE ICY DAYS
'ROANING WITH THE WEIGHT OF SNOW 3URVIVING THE COLD AND DUSKY TIME
&ROST ENVELOPS THE %ARTH
-AKING CRUNCHY GRASS AND FROZEN LEAVES
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,±INSIGHTFUL MEANINGS ONLY SOME CAN SEE
4HE SASSY SPICE MAKES YOU AMBITIOUS
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PLACE ADVENTURING THE DEPTHS OF THE WORLD ! CHOICE
)T IS ENVELOPED IN A MYSTIC BLANKET OF WONDERS MATTER OF OPINION
4HE MISTS PLAYFUL NATURE ROAMS TO ITS HEARTS 7HETHER OR NOT
CONTENT IN ITS ENDLESS GAME OF TAG ) WILL
-OTHERLY AND OVERPROTECTIVE IT NOURISHES THE /R WONT
PARCHED PLANTS IN THE VICINITY /NE DECISION
OFFERING SHELTER TO THE TOWNS INHABITANTS FROM CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING
DANGERS UNKNOWN 4HE WAY WE THINK
4HE SUNS GOLDEN RAYS PART THROUGH THE MIST
LIKE 4HE WAY WE ARE
CURTAINS 7HO WE WERE
4HE MIST TAKES ITSELF TO YET ANOTHER CITY SETTING !ND WHO WE WILL BE
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Second Street Community School BUT HOW CAN ) CHOOSE
WHEN THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG
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,UNCH POUTINE THATS MY ROUTINE SURROUNDED
2IVERS GIVE ME SHIVERS IN THE 0OLES BY THE MILLIONS OF
&REE SAMPLES FROM #OSTCO POSSIBILITIES
ALL RELYING ON A DECISION
-OVIES FUN AND FLAG RED AND WHITE 9OUR DECISION
2AINY DAYS SUNNY DAYS WARM AS TOAST #HOICE IS A PRIVILEGE
SO DECIDE NOW
BEFORE THEY DECIDE FOR YOU
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Apollo Polansky Richardson
Taylor Park Elementary
4HE GLOOMY DARK STORM CLOUDS REFLECTION ON THE HONEY CRISP GRASS
MAKES IT DULL
&OR IT IS NOT ONLY THE CLOUD THAT IS POUTING
"UT INCLUDED IN THAT DUO IS THE MOURNFUL GRASS WITH DEW DROPLETS ROLLING
OFF THEIR DARK SIDES
4HE MELANCHOLY CLOUD WAS SNUBBED BY THE SUN FOR NOT SHINING ON HIM
-R %MPATHETIC 3UN FEELING FOR THE SORROWFUL STORM CLOUD
$ECIDED TO SHINE HIS BRIGHT FLASHLIGHT THROUGH THE BODY OF MIST
2IGHT THEN
4HE DARK STORM CLOUT BECAME THE MOST ALLURING CLOUD EVER
7ITH LIGHT RADIATING OFF ITS TRANSPARENT BODY
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) BLINK )T IS ALL DIFFERENT
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-Y VISION IS CLOUDY BUT IN A FEW SECONDS ) CAN JUST
&ROM DUMPLINGS AND SALMON
MAKE OUT AUBURN MAPLE LEAVES ON TREES
) AM FROM THE CLEAN ORGANIZATION
) RISE 3PEECHLESS
-ESSY DIRTY IS NEVER MY THING
5NAWARE OF MY LOCATION
) AM FROM A ROSE
) START GLIDING ACROSS THE SMOOTH YELLOW PAVEMENT
4HAT LOOKS PRETTY FROM THE OUTSIDE
%VERYTHING IS SILENT EXCEPT THE RUSTLE OF TREES
BUT SPIKY IN THE INSIDE
) INHALE THE SCENT OF CINNAMON AND TREAD DEEPER
)M FROM MUSICAL TALENT DAY BLACK HAIR
!S ) REACH THE END OF THE FOREST ) SPOT A RIVER
&ROM ,INS AND (SU
) PACE OVER TO THE RIVER AND GLANCE AT MY OWN
)M FROM THE JOKING FAMILY AND STAYING COZY TOGETHER
REFLECTION
&ROM NEVER SMOKING AND NEVER TALKING TO PEOPLE YOU
) TRY TOUCHING THE WATER BUT THE WATER IS FROZEN
DONT KNOW
) PICK UP A LOOSE SHARD OF ICE AND LIFT IT UP
)M FROM LISTENING TO MY PARENTS TALK ABOUT ME WHEN )
)TS MULTI
COLOURED SHINE GLIMMERS THROUGH THE DIM
WAS YOUNG
SUNSET
)M FROM NEW 4AIPEI CITY
3UDDENLY ) HEAR A DISTANT BARKING BEHIND ME
%ATING WHITE RICE AND DELICIOUS MANGOES
) WHIRL AROUND ) FIND A WOLF RUNNING OVER TO ME
&ROM MY CHEF FATHER WITH SKILLFUL HAND MAKING TOFU
4HE WOLF BARKS SOFTLY AT ME SO
4HE MOTHER THAT CONTROLS THE WHOLE FAMILY
) STOOP TO ITS MUZZLE AND TOUCH IT
#HILDHOOD PICTURES IN EVERY CORNER OF THE HOUSE
.IGHT HAS FALLEN TO REVEAL THE TWINKLING STARS
.EVER GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT SITUATION IT IS
) LOOK UP INTO THE AIR !MAZED
) LOOK AROUND THE LAND AND TAKE IN EVERYTHING
4HEN A DOOR SLAMS ) BLINK
+RSH ) AM BACK AT SCHOOL IN CLASS WITH MY MATH TEXTBOOK
.OW BACK TO REALITY
Ajay Rajarathinam Buckingham Elementary
3HOUTING
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)T IS THE GALLANT ACT TO END ALL WARS Noa Titievsky
3OLDIERS DROPPING DEAD AROUND ME LIKE LITTLE KIDS WHO
JUST DROPPED THEIR ICE CREAM CONE
Stoney Creek Community School
4ANKS ROLLING IN LIKE MONSTERS WAITING TO TAKE THEIR NEXT
MEAL 4HE FRESHNESS OF THE TREES
"OMBS DROPPING OVERHEAD FILLING ME WITH BLACKNESS 4HE RUNNING OF THE WATER
AND DREAD 4HE FRAGRANCE OF THE AIR
+IDS DESPERATELY TRYING TO OUTRUN THE FEROCIOUS 3PEAK TO ME
DARKNESS READY TO SWALLOW THEM UP
0ARENTS FILLING UP THE OCEANS ON LAND WITH THEIR TEARS 4HE DARKNESS IN THE NIGHT
!LL OF A SUDDEN THE BLACKNESS CEASES 4HE THUNDER OF THE WATERFALL
#HILDREN ARE HELPED UP WITH AS MUCH CARE AS IF THEY 4HE CHIRPING OF THE BIRDS
WERE A FLOWER 3PEAK TO ME
3OLDIERS ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL HOLDING ON TO THEIR LAST
BREATH AS IF IT IS A JEWEL FROM THEIR QUEEN 4HE RHYTHM OF THE SEA
4HIS IS THE DAY WE WILL NEVER FORGET A DAY OF VIOLENCE 4HE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN
4EACHING US LOVE FOR OTHERS AND MOST OF ALL HOPE 4HE RAINDROPS ON THE FLOWERS
4HEY SPEAK TO ME AND ) IMAGINE
.ATURES POWER
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Isaiah LeeBrantford Elementary
/NCE THERE WAS A SMALL TOWN NEAR THE JUNGLE CALLED "ANANA TOWN WHICH WAS A TOWN FOR MONKEYS )T
WAS PERFECT FOR MONKEYS WITH FOOD WATER SHELTER AND EVERYTHING A NICE AND HEALTHY MONKEY NEEDED !ND
IN ONE MEDIUM SIZED HOUSE LIVED THE 7AMP FAMILY 4HE 7AMP FAMILY LOVED TO TRAVEL 4HEY WENT ALL AROUND
THE WORLD AND BARELY STAYED IN THEIR HOME 4HERE WERE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY 4HERE WAS THE YOUNGER
BROTHER NAMED (EHE AND THE OLDER BROTHER (AHA 4HE DAD WAS 0EPO AND THE MOM WAS 0IPO
/NE DAY THEY WENT HIKING IN THE +RONKY WOODS NAMED AFTER A TERRIBLY DANGEROUS BEAR AT THE CENTRE
OF IT %VEN OTHER BEARS WERE SCARED OF HIM !S THEY GOT CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE THEY ALL STARTED TO HEAD BACK
HOME BUT A WONDERFUL BANANA TREE GOT (EHE AND (AHAS ATTENTION 4HEY STARTED TO RUN TOWARDS IT AS THEIR
PARENTS CHASED AFTER THEM !LL OF A SUDDEN THEY HEARD A LOUD GROWL %VERYBODY FROZE WITH FEAR 4HAT COULD
ONLY MEAN ONE THING +RONKY WAS WATCHING THEM h25.v 0EPO YELLED h'ET BACK HOMEv !S THEY RAN THEY
HEARD LOUD FOOTSTEPS h(ES CATCHING UPv SHOUTED (AHA !T THAT MOMENT (EHE TRIPPED ON A ROOT 4HEN
EVERYTHING TURNED BLACK
7HEN HE WOKE UP HE WAS IN A DARK PLACE STUCK IN A CAGE h) MUST BE IN A CAVEv HE THOUGHT 4HEN HE
GRABBED A TWIG ON THE GROUND AND USED IT AS A KEY 7HEN HE GOT OUT HE FOUND HIS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IN
CAGES AND UNLOCKED THEM TOO !S THEY STARTED TO WALK OUT OF THE CAVE +RONKY SHOWED UP (E LOOKED AS
SURPRISED AS THEY WERE h(
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SNOUT h/7v GRUNTED +RONKY RUBBING HIS NOSE h9OU WILL PAY FOR THATv !LL OF A SUDDEN HIS MASSIVE CLAW
SLASHED AT THEM ,UCKILY THE MONKEYS DARTED AWAY JUST IN TIME h'ET BACK HERE YOU RATSv SCREAMED
+RONKY 4HE MONKEYS COULD SEE THE RAGE IN HIS EYES 4HEY CLIMBED A NUT TREE AND PELTED +RONKY WITH DOZENS
OF NUTS 3OON +RONKY COULDNgT TAKE IT ANYMORE (E LET OUT A DEAFENING ROAR AND SLAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST
THE TREE WITH FULL POWER KNOCKING IT DOWN 4HE MONKEY JUMPED DOWN AND RAN AWAY BUT GOT TRAPPED IN A
CIRCLE OF LARGE BLUEBERRY BUSHES
7HEN +RONKY CAUGHT UP THEY REALIZED THEY WERE CORNERED h9OUR TIME IS UP MONKEYSv HE GROWLED
AND WENT STRAIGHT AT (AHA WITH AN OPEN MOUTH "UT 0IPO THREW A HANDFUL OF BLUEBERRIES IN +RONKYS MOUTH
(E FROZE 4HEN CHEWED AND SWALLOWED h4HESE ARE REALLY GOODv HE SAID 7HERE DID YOU GET THEM v 0IPO
SHOWED HIM ALL OF THE BLUEBERRY BUSHES AND SOON HE WAS FEASTING ON THEM 4HEN HE OFFERED THE MONKEYS
SOME 3OON THEY WERE TALKING AND EATING AND BECAME FRIENDS 4HEY HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING
DARK SO THEY SAID GOODBYE AND WENT HOME !ND EVERY WEEK 0IPO WOULD GIVE +RONKY A FRESH BASKET OF
BLUEBERRIES !ND THE 7AMP FAMILY WAS NEVER AFRAID OF +RONKY AGAIN
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Kaira Jung Brentwood Park Elementary
) CAN FEEL IT BURNING INSIDE OF ME MY SHOULDERS GETTING MORE AND MORE TENSE WITH MY HANDS IN TIGHT
HARD FISTS #LENCHING MY TEETH TRYING TO CONTROL MY EMOTIONS TO NOT BURST OUT IN FURY -Y EYEBROWS SLANTED
INWARDS EYES GLARING STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH MY NOSE SCRUNCHED UP 7ANTING TO CRUSH SOMETHING WITH MY BARE
HANDS TO LET OUT MY RAGE ) TRIED TO NOT EXPLODE BUT ) COULDNT HOLD IT BACK NO MORE "REATHING HEAVILY AND
SQUINTING MY EYES ) STARTED SCREAMING LOUDLY YELLING MY HEAD OFF ) DIDNT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME
4HEY LOOKED SO SCARED THAT THE COLOUR IN THEIR FACE SEEMED TO AS IF IT WAS DRAINING AWAY 7HO AND WHAT
WAS THIS MONSTER ) HAD BECOME
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Arnica Tavakoli Saberi Maywood Community School
/NCE THERE WAS A CROW WHO WAS VERY HAPPY AND SATISFIED IN LIFE BUT ONE DAY HE SAW A SWAN AND HE THOUGHT TO
HIMSELF h7OW 4HAT SWAN IS WHITE AND ) AM BLACK 4HAT SWAN MUST BE THE HAPPIEST BIRD IN THE WORLD v THOUGHT
THE CROW LOOKING AT THE SWAN WITH A SERIOUS BAD LOOK
!FTER A WHILE THE CROW DECIDED TO GO TO THE SWAN AND SAY h'OOD MORNING SWAN ISNT IT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
!ND ALSO ) THINK YOU ARE THE LUCKIEST BECAUSE YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BIRD IN THE WORLDv 4HE SWAN RESPONDED
h!CTUALLY ) THINK THAT THE PARROT IS 3HE HAS COLORFUL WINGS BUT ) DONT 9OU SHOULD GO TO THE PARROT NOT MEv !ND
THATS WHEN THE ADVENTURE STARTED FOR THE CROW
4HE CROW FLEW TO PARROT AND STARTED THE CONVERSATION h(ELLO PARROT 9OU MUST BE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH COLOURFUL
WINGSv SAID THE CROW WHILE TRYING TO GET THE PARROTS ATTENTION h.O 4HE PEACOCK IS HE HAS BIG FEATHERS BLUE
AND GREEN v SAID THE PARROT LOOKING DOWN IN SHAME h"UT DONT YOU ) THINK THAT YOUR WINGS ARE GORGEOUS AND
SCRUMPTIOUSvCRIED THE CROW TRYING TO CHEER UP THE PARROT h4HANK YOU BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE PEACOCK YOU WILL
UNDERSTAND WHAT AND WHO ) AM TALKING ABOUT v SAID THE PARROT POINTING OUT THE WAY THE CROW SHOULD GO TO FIND
THE PEACOCK 4HE CROW GAVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT h/KAY ) AS THE CROW SHALL GO OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SAIL THE
SEVEN SEAS AND FIND THAT PEACOCKv THE CROW SAID JOKING h'REAT ) WISH YOU GOOD LUCKv SAID THE PARROT FLYING
AWAY
7HEN THE CROW ARRIVED TO THE ZOO HE THOUGHT h7HOA 4HIS PLACE IS HUGEv !FTER FLYING AROUND THE ZOO TWO TIMES
HE FOUND THE PEACOCK (E WENT TO HIS CAGE AND SAID h7HOA 4HIS PLACE IS HUGE !FTER FLYING AROUND THE ZOO TWO
TIMES HE FOUND THE PEACOCK (E WENT TO HIS CAGE AND SAID h7HOA SO PARROT WAS RIGHT 9OU REALLY ARE BEAUTIFUL
BUT WHY ARE YOU IN A CAGE v ASKED THE CROW h4HATS THE PROBLEM -ILLIONS OF PEOPLE COME TO SEE ME EVERYDAY
AND THATS WHY ) AM KEPT IN A CAGE 9OU MIGHT NOT BE BEAUTIFUL BUT YOU ARE FREE IN THE WILD AND YOU CAN FLY
WHEREVER YOU WANT ) WISH ) WAS YOUv 4HE CROW HAD NOTHING TO SAY !LL HE WAS DOING WAS STARING AT THE PEACOCK
IN SURPRISE (E TRIED EXPRESSING HIS THOUGHTS AND FINALLY HE RESPONDED h7OW !LL THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORDS YOU JUST
SAID MADE ME CHANGE MY THINKING 4HANK YOUv !FTER THAT THE CROW REALIZED HE WASNT BEAUTIFUL BUT IT WAS MORE
IMPORTANT TO BE FREE AND HE WAS HAPPY AGAIN AND NEVER COMPARED HIMSELF TO OTHERS
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Sophia Zhang Brentwood Park Elementary
4REMBLING ) LOOK AROUND ) SEE PEOPLE TALKING TO OTHERS .O ONE ELSE LOOKS NERVOUS ! HUGE LUMP
GROWS IN MY THROAT -Y KNEES FALL INTO EACH OTHER AND TOUCH IN THE MIDDLE ) FEEL SHAKY -Y HAIRS SLOWLY
START RISING
4HEN ) HEAR MY MOM SAY h4AKE A DEEP BREATH YOURE GOING SOONv -Y LUMP GROWS BIGGER 4HEN
TAKING MY MOMS ADVICE ) OPEN MY MOUTH EVER SO SLIGHTLY AND AIR GOES IN AND OUT -Y LUMP GETS SMALLER
AND MY HAIRS GO BACK TO NORMAL
4HEN ) START WARMING UP -Y KNEES BEND AND RELEASE 3UDDENLY A LOUD ANNOUNCEMENT GOES ON AND
MY MOM REMINDS ME hYOU ARE IN GROUP AND YOURE LAST SO YOU WILL BE SOONv -Y KNEES GO SHAKY AS )
WALK TO THE STADIUM .UMBER AND ARE FINISHED )TS MY TURN TO SHINE ) WALK AND TAKE MY ST STEP
ONTO THE ICE
!FTER )M DONE THE RESULTS COME IN h4HAT WASNT SO BAD AFTER ALL v ) THINK OVER AND OVER AGAIN 4HEN
WE TAKE OUR PLACES ON THE PODIUM ) STAND PROUDLY AND RECEIVE MY SILVER MEDAL
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Alice Chan Clinton Elementary
&ALL GOES AND THE COLD WINTER COMES 7E SIT PATIENTLY IN THE DARK CLOSET WAITING TO BE PICKED UP 3UDDENLY
315%!+ 4HE SCRATCHED WOODEN DOOR OPENS 4HE LITTLE GIRL PICKS UP OUR COUSIN A BIG PURPLE COAT WHICH IS HER
FAVORITE COLOR !FTER SHE PICKS US UP TOO 7E GET VERY EXCITED 3HE PUTS US ON HER LITTLE HANDS 7E FEEL HER
WARM COZY HAND AND FEEL RELIEF IN OUR BODIES 3HE TAKES HER RIGHT HAND AND ONE OF US FEELS A SMOOTH WRAPPER
4HEN BOTH OF US RIPS OPEN THE SHINY WRAP AND WE ALSO SMELL THE FRESH SCENT OF TOOTHPASTE AS WE GO NEAR HER
MOUTH !FTER A WHILE SHE FINALLY OPENS THE BROWN DOOR 7E BREATHE IN THE COLD WINTER BREEZES 7E WATCH HER
WALK AS HER FEET SINKS INTO THE SNOW WHICH IS A FLUFFY COTTON BALL 7HEN WE HIKE UP TO THE ICY MOUNTAIN IT GETS
COLDER AND COLDER 3HE SLIDES AGAIN AND AGAIN DOWN A SLIPPERY HILL 7E SLOWLY GET WETTER AND WETTER !T THE
END WE GET SOAKING WET BUT IT IS LOADS OF FUN 3HE TAKES US OFF AND LEAVES US ON A WOODEN BENCH AND GOES
INSIDE FOR SOME HOT COCOA 7E CAN HEAR THE COLD WIND BLOWING AGAINST US 3NOWBALLS FORM ON OUR BODIES
37//3( 7E SLIDE OFF THE WOODEN BENCH AND INTO THE SNOW !FTER SOME TIME FLAKES OF SNOW START FALLING
AGAIN 3OON WE ARE BURIED IN THE WHITE SNOW 7E ARE LOST 7E LAY THERE FOREVER AND EVER
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Anita Chen Suncrest Elementary
7HO DECIDED WHEN THE SEASONS CHANGE 7HO STOPPED TO WAR BETWEEN 3UMMER AND 7INTER THAT NEARLY ENDED
THE WORLD 4HERE IS AN OLD LEGEND ABOUT THE SEASONS MOON SUN AND STAR
! LONG TIME AGO SO LONG AGO THAT WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE EXACT TIME THERE LIVED SEVEN
SEVEN WHAT 7E
COULD CALL THEM SPIRITS BUT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ANIMALS !GAIN WE MAY NEVER KNOW 4WO OF THE SPIRITS WERE
ENEMIES 4HEIR NAMES WERE 3UMMER AND 7INTER 4HEY HATED EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH BEAUTIFUL
3UMMER WAS WARM AND KIND BUT SHE COULD STILL SCORCH HER ENEMIES AND THATS WHAT SHE TRIED TO DO TO 7INTER
7INTER COULD BE CARING BUT THE MOMENT SHE MET 3UMMER SHE FLEW INTO A RAGE 4HE TWO RIVALS TRIED TO DESTROY
EACH OTHER MULTIPLE TIMES /NE DAY WHEN 3UMMER AND 7INTER WERE FIGHTING ONE OF THEIR MOST VICIOUS FIGHTS 3UN
SHOUTED h%NOUGH 3TOP FIGHTING )T DOES NO ONE GOODv
"UT OF COURSE 3UMMER AND 7INTER IGNORED HIM 4HEY WERE TOO CAUGHT UP IN THEIR OWN FIGHT SO THEY COULDNT
SEE THE DYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS !FTER HE WAS IGNORED HE CALLED A MEETING WITH -OON AND 3TAR WHEN THEY SAW
THE WAR ON %ARTH THEY STARTED TO PANIC
h4HE POOR ANIMALS AND PLANTS v SHE CRIED h3TAR 3UN WE MUST SAVE THEMv
h/F COURSE v 3UN SAID TAKEN ABACK BY HER URGENCY hBUT ) DONT KNOW WHAT TO DOv
h7ELL WE COULD SEPARATE THEM v 3TAR SAID THOUGHTFULLY
h(OW WOULD WE DO IT v -OON ASKED h4HEY WOULD DO ANYTHING TO KILL EACH OTHERv
h9OU COULD MAKE SURE THEY NEVER MEET EACH OTHER AGAIN v SUGGESTED 3TAR
h4HATS A GOOD IDEA v 3UN SAID THOUGHTFULLY h7E COULD PUT THEM TO SLEEPv
h7AIT ) HAVE AN IDEA v -OON SAID SUDDENLY hWE CAN PUT THEM TO SLEEP AND THEY HAVE HALF THE YEAR TO SHOW
OFF THEIR BEAUTY 7HILE ONE OF THEM IS AWAKE THE OTHER IS SLEEPINGv
h! GOOD IDEA BUT HOW WILL WE KNOW ONE WONT WAKE UP AND SEE THE OTHER SLEEPING v ASKED 3TAR
h7E WILL HAVE A BORDER THAT THEY CANT SEE ACROSS v 3UN SAID SADLY FOR HE HATED DECEIVING HIS ONCE UPON A
TIME FRIENDS
h/KAY WHAT WILL BE THE BORDER v -OON ASKED
h) WILL CREATE TWO SPRITES TO GO BETWEEN 3UMMER AND 7INTER v 3UN SAID
h)S THAT AGREED v 3TAR ASKED HOPEFULLY
h9ES v THEY BOTH AGREED
3O 3UN STARTED TO CREATE TO TWO SPRITES /NE HE WOULD CALL 3PRING WHO WILL GO AFTER 7INTER 4HE OTHER WAS TO
GO AFTER 3UMMER 3UN NAMED HIM &ALL 4HE TWO SPRITES RESTORED PEACE TO THE WORLD
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Nora Brown-John Brentwood Park Elementary
/NCE MY MOM BROKE THE NEWS TO ME ) COLLAPSED -Y EYES STARTED WELLING UP -Y USUALLY HAPPY SMILE
WAS OVERTAKEN WITH A CLOUDY AND GLOOMY LOOK -Y COLD AND CLAMMY HANDS REACHED UP TO COVER MY FACE
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE !LL ) COULD THINK WAS hWHY MEv -Y CRYSTALLINE TEARS RAN UNCONTROLLABLY DOWN MY FACE
AND ) WIPED THEM AWAY WITH MY RATTY TORN UP SLEEVE ) DIDNT WANT ALL THE SADNESS TO CONTROL ME 4HEN )
STARTED IN WHAT MY MOM AND ) CALL THE @WATERWORKS ) REALIZED FROM THIS DAY FORWARD NOTHING WILL EVER BE
THE SAME .OW WE HAVE ONE LESS MEMBER IN OUR FAMILY OUR SWEET DOG ,AVENDER
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Vincent Toews Taylor Park Elementary
"ACK THEN EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO THERE WAS A FACILITY )N THE FACILITY DEADLY CHEMICALS AND BIOHAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES WERE TESTED ON PEOPLE 4HE PEOPLE ON WHOM WERE TESTED WERE CRIMINALS AND GETTING TESTED WAS
THEIR PUNISHMENT 4HEY WERE ALSO TESTED ON FOR RESEARCH ) WORKED IN THAT FACILITY
4HERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM UNTIL *UNE ST /N THAT DAY WE WERE TESTING A BIOHAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
THAT WE HAD NEVER TESTED BEFORE 7E CALLED THE SUBSTANCE hv ) ENTERED THE ROOM WHERE THE TEST TOOK PLACE
4HERE WAS THICK GLASS SEPARATING ME AND THE TEST SUBJECT WHOSE NAME WAS #LYDE ! MAN WEARING A HAZMAT
SUIT INJECTED INTO #LYDE #LYDE HAD NO IMMEDIATE SYMPTOMS BUT WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR HE WAS COUGHING )
WROTE THE TEST RESULTS ON A PIECE OF PAPER ON MY CLIPBOARD ) HAD TO LEAVE FOR ANOTHER TEST SO ) EXITED THE ROOM
) ENTERED THE ROOM WHERE THE NEXT TEST TOOK PLACE 4HIS ROOM WAS A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE LAST ONE )N A HALF
HOUR ) HEARD THE ALARM ) ASKED THE CONTROL ROOM WHAT WAS GOING ON THROUGH MY RADIO h7HY HAVE YOU ACTIVATED
THE ALARM v ) QUESTIONED
h7E HAVE ACTIVATED THE ALARM DUE TO AN ESCAPED TEST SUBJECT CARRYING 4HIS COMPOUND IS CONTAGIOUS
SO SECTOR IS UNDER QUARANTINE AND THE DOORS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SECTOR ARE LOCKED v REPLIED SOMEONE FROM
THE CONTROL ROOM ) TURNED MY RADIO OFF ! GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ) RUSHED OUT OF THE ROOM AND ENTERED A HALLWAY
AND FOUND AN INJURED MAN 4HE MANS FACE AND CLOTHES WERE BLOODY AND HIS RADIO WAS MISSING h7HAT
HAPPENED TO YOU v ) QUESTIONED h#LYDE HIT ME IN THE FACE AND LEGS WITH A BATON (E ALSO TOOK MY RADIO SO )
COULDNT ASK FOR HELP v HE REPLIED 4WO PEOPLE HELPED THE MAN UP 4HEN ) HEARD A SCREAM FROM ANOTHER ROOM
AROUND THE CORNER IN THE HALLWAY ) WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND A DEAD MAN ON THE FLOOR 4HEN #LYDE CAME
OUT FROM AROUND THE CORNER AND ) SHRIEKED IN TERROR ) SPRINTED THROUGH THE HALLWAY AND HOPED ) WOULD LOSE HIM
BUT HE WAS STILL RIGHT BEHIND ME ) WAS GETTING TIRED AND THOUGHT HE WOULD CATCH UP AND KILL ME BUT THEN ) SAW
A RESTROOM AND QUICKLY WENT IN AND LOCKED THE DOOR ) WAS GASPING FOR BREATH BUT KNEW ) WAS SAFE ) TURNED ON
MY RADIO AND EXPLAINED WHAT JUST HAPPENED 4HEN ) JUST SAT THERE AND WAITED PATIENTLY FOR SOMEBODY TO REPORT
THAT #LYDE WAS CONTAINED BUT NOBODY DID
!FTER A WHILE ) DECIDED TO RISK IT AND EXIT THE RESTROOM 7HEN ) OPENED THE DOOR #LYDE WAS NOT THERE SO )
WALKED DOWN THE HALLWAY )N THE CORRIDOR THERE WERE BODIES ON THE FLOOR 3OME OF THE BODIES WERE DEAD AND
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ALIVE WERE INFECTED WITH 4HE SIGHT OF THOSE BODIES WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE THING ) HAVE
EVER SEEN ) KEPT MOVING THROUGH THE HALLWAY BUT THEN THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT ) COULD BARELY SEE
ANYTHING ) WAS TERRIFIED ) WENT TO TURN ON THE EMERGENCY GENERATORS BUT BEFORE ) GOT THERE ) RAN INTO #LYDE )
DASHED AWAY AND HE CHASED AFTER ME (E WAS SLOWER THAN BEFORE BECAUSE WAS WEAKENING HIM ) WENT
INTO A ROOM AND HID BEHIND A COUNTER ) KNEW #LYDE WOULD EVENTUALLY FIND ME ) WAS LOSING HOPE UNTIL ) SAW A
BATON ON THE FLOOR 3O ) PICKED UP THE BATON AND STRUCK #LYDE IN THE LEGS SO HE COULDNT MOVE THEN ) MADE
SURE HE WOULDNT ESCAPE BY BLOCKING THE DOOR ) EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONTROL ROOM THROUGH MY
RADIO !LL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INFECTED WITH ENDED UP DYING !FTER THAT WHOLE ISSUE THE FACILITY WAS FORCED
TO BE SHUT DOWN 4HAT WAS THE MOST FRIGHTENING DAY OF MY LIFE
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Alishba Sahukhan Westridge Elementary Alex da Palma Chaffey-Burke Elementary
) WISH TO SPEAK UP (ARD TO ACHIEVE
"UT MY THROAT IS CHOKED &OCUS
) WISH TO CRY 3ELF CONTROL
9ET THE RIVERS OF MY EYES RUN DRY )NDOMITABLE SPIRIT
) WISH TO SING MY SCREAMS 3TRENGTH
"UT MY MELODY IS MUTED 2OLE MODEL
) WISH TO FLY UP HIGH #OMMON SENSE
9ET MY WINGS ARE TIED 3IT UPS PUSH UPS DEEP SQUATS
) WISH TO RUN FREE "RUISES
"UT MY FEET ARE PLANTED 4RUST
4HERES NOTHING ) CAN DO
,EADING BY EXAMPLE
-Y LIFE IS PLANNED MY STORY IS WRITTEN
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Lucas Marchetto, Harishveer Sagal, !CHIEVABLE
Jaden Zhou Westridge Elementary
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Kitchener Elementary
-OCKED IN FACE
7ORDS BRINGING PAIN
7ITHOUT MUCH GAIN )F WE COULD JUST LISTEN
0UNCTURING THE MIND )F WE COULD JUST CARE
$OWN THE GRIM LANE )F WE COULD ALL LOVE
$EPRESSION LEADS FROM THERE 7E WOULDNT BE SO BARE
.O ONE CAN GIVE CARE )F WE COULD JUST LAUGH
&OR AN INDIVIDUAL )F WE COULD JUST LIVE
)SOLATED )F WE COULD JUST SMILE
$ROWNING !ND TRY TO FORGIVE
3TUCK IN DESPAIR
#ARRYING FEELINGS INSIDE )F WE COULD JUST HELP
7ITHOUT ANYONE WHO MAY PROVIDE )F WE COULD JUST BE AWARE
!NYTHING THAT CAN HELP )F WE COULD BE OURSELVES
4HE INDIVIDUAL YELPS !ND ADD OUR OWN FLAIR
!S HE IS CAUGHT
)N A ROOM OF DARKNESS 7OULDNT THAT BE SOMETHING
&EELINGS OF LONELINESS )F WE COULD HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS
!ND SADNESS "E ACCEPTED FOR WHO WE ARE
7ORDS &EEL COMFORTABLE IN OUR OWN SKINS
0ELTING ONE LIKE A STONE 9ET THE WORLD ISNT LIKE THAT
,EAVING DENTS IN BONE !T LEAST NOT YET
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Rachel Vu Second Street Community School
Candace Lee Buckingham Elementary
4HE WEEPING SKY CLEANSED THE WORLD WITH ITS TEARS
4HE WOOD SCRATCHED MIRRORING SIDEWALKS OF THE CITY $ELICATE DROPS OF
4HE KEYS YELLOWED FRESH PRECIPITATION ROLLED DOWN THE STAINED GLASS
9ET THE OLD PIANO SITS WINDOWS ONLY TO BE CUT SHORT BY AN END
%VERY TIME WHENEVER ) PLAY DISAPPEARING INTO ABSOLUTE NOTHINGNESS WITH HAVING
)T SIMPLY FILLS MY HEART WITH JOY BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR ONLY A FEW MERE SECONDS
%VERY NOTE SO CLEAR AND CRISP
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9ET ONE DAY ) FORGOT ABOUT THE PIANO 0ERHAPS IT HAD BEEN THE ONLY TRUTH )VE EVER BEEN
3LOWLY THE PIANO DIED TOLD COMING FROM YOU 3O HERE ) STAND GAZING UPON
4HE NOTES BECAME DULL AND ROUGH THE SAME SKY 6INCENT 6AN 'OGH ONCE HAD WHEN
4HE SOUND BROUGHT NO JOY PAINTING THE 3TARRY .IGHT FAILING TO NOTICE THE WATER
*UST SADNESS AND PAIN DAMPENING MY SHOES THE SAME ONES ) WORE THE
DAY WE FIRST ENCOUNTERED
!LL ) COULD MANAGE AS ) STARED AT THE PIANO
7AS NO LESS THAN A MURMUR $ARLING YOU WERE MY -ONA ,ISA 4HE MOMENT WE
h)M SORRYv MET ) KNEW YOUR MESMERIZING BEAUTY WAS MEANT TO
.OW THE OLD PIANO SITS BE CAPTURED AND DISPLAYED FOR THE THOUSANDS AND
)T STILL BRINGS ME JOY AND PLEASANT MEMORIES THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO COME
"UT IT ALSO BROUGHT ME MISERY
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(OW ) WISH ) CAN SEE THEM AGAIN
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9OU OPEN IT UP AND THE FEELING IS QUITE GRAND 'REY CLOUDY SKIES
"IG TRASHY OCEANS
&ALL SO DEEPLY IN THIS IMAGINED WORLD WONDER INSIDE
(OW ARE WE GOING TO SURVIVE
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'REEN GRASSY HILLS
!S WALLS AROUND YOU FALL AWAY AND WORDS BUILD NEW
4URN INTO BIG GARBAGE DUMPS
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"EAUTIFUL EVERGREEN TREES
9OU FEEL INQUISITIVE TO PEACEFUL TO EXTREMELY 4URN INTO LITTLE STUMPS
INTENSE 7HAT HAVE US HUMANS DONE
!S YOU TRAVERSE WITH THE CHARACTERS THROUGH MERRY 7HEN BIG FACTORIES ROAM
TIMES AND SUSPENSE 4HEY TAKE AWAY THE LITTLE CREATURES HOME
'ET LOST IN THE INTRICACIES OF THE WORLD THEYRE 7HAT WILL WE DO NEXT
PAINTING 7E EAT AND SLEEP IN PLASTIC
)N THE NUANCES OF THEIR CREATIVITY FLOWING AND 7E SHOO THE BIRDS AWAY
CHANGING 7E DONT PROVIDE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT
4O ALL WHO WANT TO STAY
4WISTING INTO WORLDS FABRICATED OUT OF THIN AIR )N A BEAUTIFUL GREEN LAND
,ET YOUR PROBLEMS DISSIPATE WITHOUT CARE
&ORGET THAT THERE IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOU AND THE
WORLD IN YOUR HANDS
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Aisling Lu Chaffey-Burke Elementary 4HE SKY IS DARK THE MOON IS BRIGHT
&OOTSTEPS CUT ACROSS THE NIGHT
) WILL BE AN ARTIST 4HE AIR IS COLD THE WIND IS DRY
.O ONE WILL EVER SAY "RANCHES SCRAPE ACROSS THE SKY
) WILL BE AN ENGINEER ,EAVES TWIST IN MINIATURE TORNADOES
) CAN EARN LOTS OF MONEY $IRT BUBBLE LIKE MINIATURE VOLCANOES
!S AN ENGINEER #REAKING TRUNKS AND GHASTLY MOANS
) WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING "ARE TREES WAVE THEIR BRITTLE BONES
!S AN ARTIST
3KELETAL HANDS CLAW AT FEET
) WILL SUCCEED ,INGERING SCENT OF ROTTING MEAT
)F ) BECOME AN ENGINEER 'NARLED TRUNKS SPLIT IN KNOTTED FINGERS
) WILL NEVER BE SEEN 2AVENS EYES SHINING AND EAGER
) WILL BE NOBODY
(OPELESSLY LOST FROZEN TO THE BONE
!S AN ARTIST
4WISTED CREATURES HUNT ALONE
) WILL AMAZE EVERYONE
/WLS HOOT IN TREES CROWN
)F ) BECOME AN ENGINEER 4HE COILED PATH SPIRALS DOWN
) WILL BE INVISIBLE
"EING AN ARTIST IS MY FUTURE )NKY HEAVENS LIGHTEN ABOVE
.O ONE WILL EVER TELL ME 0ANICKED BREATH CAME IN PUFFS
(OME SHOULD BE CLOSE 2EACH IT SOON
) WILL BE AN ENGINEER
'LOW STARTS TO EBB FROM MOON
.OW READ IN REVERSE
.EW LIGHT DRIVES SORE FEET TO RUN
!T ALL COSTS AVOID THE SUN
"LACKNESS IS A FRIEND OF MINE
3LOWLY LOSING A BATTLE WITH TIME
7ITH THE BRILLIANCE COMES PIERCING PAIN
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Mahanaim FessahayeMorley Elementary
) AM -AHANAIM
) AM FROM THE DUSTY ROADS OF 3UDAN WERE THE BEGGARS ARE ON THE STREET
) AM FROM CROWED APARTMENTS TO HELPING NEWCOMERS MOVE IN
) AM FROM A LITTLE RED BLANKET AND A BIG COMFY BED WHICH WAS A LUXURY WHERE ) USED TO LIVE
) AM FROM A BIG WHITE BIRD FLYING US TO A NEW WORLD
) AM FROM LAUGHTER AND LOVE FOR DAYS TO COME
) AM FROM A BIG FAMILY DINNER THAT LEFT YOU LAUGHING ALL NIGHT
) AM FROM SPEECHES AND SOCCER AND SLEEPING ALL DAY
) AM FROM 5"# TO A GREAT SCIENTIST WHO ) WISH ) COULD BE
) AM FROM FREEDOM AND LIBERTY FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME
) AM -AHANAIM
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Sarah Foltz Sperling Elementary Adam Chen Buckingham Elementary
4ICK TICK SLOWLY FADING
SECONDS INTO SPRINKLES 4HE IDEA THAT BUILT UP
DAYS OF LIFE 9OUR PERFECT STORY
YEARS EATEN 9OU ARRIVE HOME TO WRITE YOUR DREAMS
A LIFETIME WITH EACH SLICE 9OU SIT ON YOUR COMPUTER CHAIR
PASSES OF BIRTHDAY PIE ! GRIN CRAWLS ALL ACROSS YOUR FACE
WITH THE BLINK SIGNALING 9OU BEGIN TO TYPE
OF MY LEFT EYE A YEAR GONE )TS BEEN HOURS NOW
ALONG THE CYCLE OVER !ND YOUR STORY COMES TO A STOP
WEVE FOUND NEVER TO TICK $RAGONS &AIRIES !LIENS 6AMPIRES
LIKE ALL AND TOCK 7IPED OUT BY A 3).',%
THE OTHERS BY ME 7RITERS BLOCK
WITH LAUGHS AGAIN
AND TEARS 9OU STAND THERE DEVASTATED
BUT ) 9OU CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT
TO RELISH
CAN STILL SEE 9OUR GAZE FIXED ON THE FLOOR
THESE MOMENTS
THOSE HILLS 9OUR DREAM STORY
OUR HEARTS IN THE DISTANCE &OREVER UNTOLD
WORN SMOOTH BENEATH THE STARS
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Aymen Afadish Morley Elementary
) AM !YMEN
) AM FROM 3UDAN
!ND THE ROUGH FLOORS BENEATH OUR FEET
) AM FROM THE SMALL DARK GOLDEN STOOL THAT SAT IN THE CORNER OF OUR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
) AM FROM A TINY HOUSE THAT COULD BARELY FIT OUR FAMILY
&ROM THAT SMALL HOUSE THAT WAS JAMMED PACKED WITH COUSINS BABIES ONE BATHROOM AND A TELEVISION
THAT PLAYED OUR FAVOURITE COMEDY
) AM FROM A SMALL SHIRT THAT IS LIGHT BLUE AND HAS BUTTERFLIES ON IT
) AM FROM MY BROTHERS -ULU -UKHTAR AND MY DEAF BROTHER 3OLOMON
!ND FROM A LARGE FAMILY THAT STANDS UP FOR ONE ANOTHER
!ND FROM FORGIVENESS AND SECOND CHANCES
) AM FROM THE RICKETY PLANE RIDE THAT ) CANNOT REMEMBER BUT THAT BROUGHT MY FAMILY TO 3URREY "#
) AM FROM hTHE STREETS YOU CANT TOUCH ME v
!ND THE SCHOOL MOTTO OF 3AFE 7ELCOME AND 2ESPONSIBLE
) AM FROM !FRICA
) AM !YMEN
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Maya Carlsen Clinton Elementary 0\+HDUW6RDUV
3HE ARRIVED AT A STRANGE PLACE Catherine Luo
SHE WAS GREETED WITH A COLD FACE Stoney Creek Community School
BUT SHE WAS NERVOUS SO SHE DOESNT EMBRACE
3HE WISHED FOR A GOOD YEAR 4HE BEAUTY OF THE FLOWERS
BUT HER PARENTS WERENT THERE 4HE SOFTNESS OF THE BREEZE
ONLY SOME STRANGERS WERE NEAR 4HE PATTERNS ON THE TREE BARK
3HE FELT SCARED 3PEAKS TO ME
BUT SHE COULD BARE
4HE BRIGHT LIGHT OF THE SUN
BECAUSE SHE WAS BRAVE LIKE A BEAR
4HE SHADOWS OF THE MOON
3HE STEPPED INSIDE
4HE SHIMMER OF THE STARS
SHE GOT PUSHED ASIDE
3PEAKS TO ME
BUT ALL SHE COULD DO WAS ABIDE
4HEY CUT HER HAIR 4HE SOUNDS OF CREEKS SPLASHING
BUT THEY DID NOT CARE 4HE RHYTHM OF THE SEA
THAT HER MEMORIES WERE KEPT IN THERE 4HE COOLNESS OF THE OCEAN
3HE WORE A UNIFORM 3PEAKS TO ME
SHE TRIED TO INFORM 4HE SMELL OF MORNING GRASS
THAT THOSE CLOTHES WERE TOO ITCHY TO BE WORN 4HE PINE SAP ON MY FINGER
3HE COULDNT UNDERSTAND 4HE SINGING OF THE BIRDS
BUT THEY TOOK HER HAND 3PEAKS TO ME
AND THEY HURT HER TO THE POINT SHE COULD NOT STAND
4HAT NIGHT SHE LAID ON HER SHEET 4HE POWER OF THE THUNDER
AND CRIED HERSELF TO SLEEP 4HE SWEETNESS OF BERRIES
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BRAVE BEAR LEFT IN HER 4HE TRAIL OF LIFE
!ND THE SPIRIT THAT NEVER GOES AWAY
4HEY SPEAK TO ME
!ND MY HEART SOARS
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Eala Spooner École Westridge Élémentaire
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Zoe Serdar Brentwood Park Elementary
) WAKE MY EYES ADJUSTING MY BODY SLOWLY BEGINNING TO MOVE -Y PRISON IS DANK AND OPAQUE AND ) BEGIN TO FEEL
LIKE THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER ) HEAR SHUFFLING AND NOISES OUTSIDE AND A LITTLE VOICE URGES
ME TO ESCAPE ) TENTATIVELY TOUCH THE PRISON THEN ) BEGIN TO POUND AT THE WALLS FRANTICALLY 3OON AFTER MUCH LABORIOUS
WORK ) FIND A WEAK SPOT AND IT YIELDS AS ) KICK AT IT ,IGHT BEGINS TO SPILL IN AND ) CONTINUE AS THE WALLS BEGIN TO
CRUMBLE AND FRESH AIR FILLS MY LUNGS ) CHERISH THE GENTLE BREEZE AND THE SMELL OF PINE AND LEAVES !T FIRST ) CANT
SEE BUT WHEN MY EYES BEGIN TO ADJUST AND OPEN THEN ) SEE TOWERING STRUCTURES THAT STAND BEFORE ME
) TURN AND SEE PRISONS LIKE MINE /THERS ARE ALSO TRYING TO ESCAPE THEIR ARMS AND LEGS BULGE OUT OF THEIR PRISON
WALLS ) JUST WATCH PITIFULLY AS THEY THRASH AND KICK 4HERE IS NOWHERE TO GO UNLESS FALLING TO YOUR DEATH COUNTS SO
) JUST WAIT 4HEN ) SEE A TALL BLACK FIGUREx AS SHE WALKS THE BLACK SEEMS TO TURN PURPLE THEN GREEN AND THEN BLUE
AS IF THE COLOR WAS BEING SUCKED INTO HERx
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) STEP TO THE EDGE OF WHAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS KEEPING ME FROM FALLING THE SHEER DROP MAKES ME FEEL DIZZY
BUT ) FEEL READY READY TO TAKE THE LEAP )M CALLED BACK TO THE GROUP 4ODAY SHE WILL TEACH US TO FLY 4HE OTHERS ARE
ARGUING AND FOOLING AROUND LIKE ANY OTHER DAY AND SHE CALLS FOR OUR ATTENTION AND THE OTHERS RELUCTANTLY OBEY 7E
WATCH AS SHE SPREADS HER ARMS AND DIVES OFF THE PLATFORM AND GLIDES GRACEFULLY THROUGH THE AIR
) WATCH IN AWE AND WHEN SHE RETURNS SHE HAS BROUGHT FOOD ,ATER ) STEP TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM ONCE
AGAIN FEELING A BIT APPREHENSIVE ) GATHER ALL THE COURAGE ) HAVE AND BEFORE ) CAN DELIBERATE MY CHANCES OF
SUCCESS ) LEAP TOWARD WHATEVER IS BEYOND 7IND POUNDS AT MY FACE AND THE SPACE BETWEEN ME AND THE GROUND
IS CLOSING FAST AS ) HURTLE TO MY DEMISE SO ) QUICKLY SPREAD MY ARMS
"EFORE ) CAN ACCEPT THAT ) AM PROBABLY ABOUT TO DIE MY DECENT BEGINS TO SLOW AND ) BEGIN TO GLIDE THROUGH THE AIR
) FEEL EXHILARATION AND REJOICE AS ) BEGIN TO GAIN ALTITUDE AND THEN FLY UPSIDE DOWN FOR FUN ! PART OF ME IS SCREAMING
h4HIS IS AMAZINGv AND ANOTHER h9AY YOU DIDNT GO SPLATv
) SPEND AWHILE FLYING ENJOYING THE SOUND OF VOICES AND THE RUSH OF BEING ELEVATED UPON NOTHING BUT ) SOON RETURN
HOME AND THE OTHERS CROWD AROUND ME AND CHATTER ABOUT FLYING AMIDST THE DOGGED BICKERING OF OTHERS ) SOON GO
TO SLEEP READY FOR MY NEXT FLIGHT
) AM THE TALKATIVE FLYER
) AM A 2AVEN
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Lauren Maio Kitchener Elementary
)T IS AN EARLY SUMMER MORNING AND FOG FILLS THE AIR RISING OVER COBBLESTONED ROADS AND STONE HOUSES 4HE
SEATBELT STILL COLD TO THE TOUCH CATCHES SKIN WITH SURPRISE 4HE SUN SLOWLY AWAKENS CASTING ITS RAYS THROUGH THE
CAR WINDOW (EADING DOWN A NARROW ALLEYWAY THE AIR FEELS HEAVY AND DAMP .O ONE IS IN SIGHT BUT THE LINGERING
SMELL OF HORSES FILLS THE AIR 3UNFLOWERS GENTLY SWAY IN THE WIND AND A BREEZE CLEARS THE PATHWAY FOR THE SUN
&OOTPRINTS EMERGE AS FEET MEET THE DUSTY PATHWAY CREATING SMALL CLOUDS OF DUST LIKE THE POUNDING OF A CHALK
BRUSH !N UNEVEN STRIP OF RED HAND PAINTED ON THE ROCKS POINTS THE WAY
4HE PATH BEGINS TO CLIMB SLOWLY AT FIRST THEN MORE QUICKLY LIKE ENDLESS STEPS ON A STEEP STAIRCASE 0AST GORGES
AND TERRACES SQUEEZING BESIDE NARROW ROCK FACES THE PATTERN OF FOOTSTEPS BECOMES A SONG 4HE TEMPERATURE
RISES LIKE A POT OF BOILING WATER 3EARCHING FOR SHADE WATER POURS ONTO A DESERT
LIKE TONGUE 7AVES CRASH AGAINST
ROCKS SPRINKLING WATER OVER GRASS 4HE SUN SHINING LIKE A STAGE LIGHT NOW LEAVES BEADS OF SWEAT ON SCORCHED
SKIN 3TOMACHS GROWL LIKE CAGED DRAGONS AND LEGS BEGIN TO BUCKLE FROM DEEP THIRST
"IRDS FLAP THEIR WINGS AND FLUFFY CLOUDS DRIFT SLOWLY THROUGH THE AIR 7HEN THE PATH ASCENDS IT CLIMBS INTO THE
CLOUDS !ROUND THE CORNER AND A SMALL STEP OVER A ROCK A STARTLING FIND n THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ENDLESS VIEWS OF THE
!MALFI #OAST "OATS BUSES HOUSES AND CARS FIT PERFECTLY AROUND THE COASTLINE AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAD PLACED
THEM THERE "REATHLESS SHE IMAGINES GODS AND GODDESSES OF EARLY TIMES MAKING THE SAME JOURNEY STOPPING TO
ADMIRE THE SWEEPING VIEWS BELOW (ER HAIR BLOWS GENTLY IN THE BREEZE %VERYTHING GOES QUIET 4HE ONLY THING HEARD
IS THE WHISTLING SOUND OF THE WIND !T LAST SHE SPEAKS h)TS INCREDIBLEv
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Sevie Paz Lyndhurst Elementary
) WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING WITH ANGUISH AS ) LAY ON THE GRASS #LENCHING MY FISTS ) WONDER HOW ) CAME TO
THIS !S ) WAS PONDERING ) GLANCED OVER TO SEE STRIKING VISIONS ) AMBLED OVER TO A RESPLENDENT MAPLE TREE
AS GOLDEN LEAVES FELL ONTO THE GROUND #ALMING DOWN THE WIND SWIRLED AROUND ME ) SMILED REALIZING THE
TRUE BEAUTY OF NATURE 4HE COTTON CANDY CLOUDS ABOVE SOOTHED ME !LL OF A SUDDEN THERE ) WAS STANDING
AND WATCHING THE FIERY SUNSET GLOW &ALLEN FRAGMENTS WERE PIECED TOGETHER AS ) DISCOVERED THE GENUINE
SPLENDOR AROUND ME ) SETTLED DOWN INTO MYSELF COMPOSED ) TAKE IN THE HEAVENLY PINE SCENT WAFTING THROUGH
THE COLD CRISP AIR 4HE STARS ALIGN AND ) SEE TWINKLING DAINTY LIGHTS THAT SPARKLE ACROSS THE SKY
#OMPREHENDING THIS ) CLEANSE MYSELF IN A WATERFALL OF TEARS
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Samantha Kelman Brentwood Park Elementary
)RON BARS AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC WALLS GREETED ME AS MY EYES WERE AWOKEN BY A SEARING BRIGHT LIGHT
) SHOOK MY HEAD AND LET MY EYES ADJUST TO THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT ! MOMENT OR TWO PASSED BEFORE )
NOTICED SOMETHING WEIGHING DOWN MY NECK ) COULDNgT BEND MY HEAD DOWN SO ) LOOKED AT THE REFLECTIVE
WALL ! BLACK COLLAR STUDDED WITH SHARP SPIKES LOOPED AROUND MY NECK TIGHTLY AND A CHAIN TRAILED DOWN FROM
IT RUSTED AND COVERED WITH DIRT AND MUD
! FLASHBACK HUMAN HUNTERS CALLING OUT TO ONE ANOTHER AND A SHARP NEEDLE THING STICKING OUT OF MY FUR
4HE HUNTERS HAD A FOX EMBLEM WITH AN ARROW STUCK IN THE HEAD ON THEIR PALE WHITE SKIN ) TRIED TO STAND UP
BUT UNSUCCESSFULLY FLOPPED BACK DOWN
3UDDENLY A HUMAN CAME OVER AND GLARED AT ME WITH HATRED )T FORCEFULLY DRAGGED ME OUT OF THE BOX )
WOKE UP AND FELL HARD ONTO THE GROUND ) TRIED TO STAND UP BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL ) WAS FORCED ONTO THE
GROUND WITH THE LONG CHAIN THE HUMAN HELD ON MY COLLAR ) WAS PULLED ACROSS THE FLOOR INTO A LARGER CIRCULAR
CAGE AND AROUND THAT CAGE LOUD SCREAMING HUMANS SO LOUD THE FLOOR RUMBLED WITH THE VIBRATION OF IT
"EYOND THAT ! COLORFUL FLAPPY WALL IN WHICH AIR SPILLED IN FROM IT ! TENT
4HE HUMAN WHOM DRAGGED ME INTO THE CAGE TOOK OFF MY COLLAR THEN LEAPED BACK ) NOTICED BITE MARKS
ON ITS ARM ! FEW OTHER HUMANS CAME IN SHOVING IN FRONT OF THEM A SMALLER YOUNGER ONE THAT HELD A LEATHERY
WHIP 4HE OLDER HUMANS POINTED TOWARDS ME BARING THEIR TEETH AND SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE 4HE
YOUNGER ONE SEEMED EXTREMELY NERVOUS AND TIMID !S THOUGH IT DIDNgT WANT TO DO THIS IT SHOOK ITS HEAD AND
THE OTHER ONES SLAPPED IT /UT OF ITS TERROR ) WAS WHIPPED WITH THE LONG BLACK VINE (UMANS AROUND ME
ROARED THEIR APPROVAL ) WAS WHIPPED AGAIN TWICE ONCE MORE UNTIL ) FINALLY LOCKED EYES WITH THE YOUNG
HUMAN IT HAD STARTLING BLUE EYES AND TEARS STREAMING DOWN ITS FACE 7HILE BEING WHIPPED ) WAS CORNERED
INTO THE EDGE OF THE CAGE 4HE SMELL OF PINE AND DIRT BLEW PAST MY FACE
!N OLDER HUMAN SCREAMED LOUDER THAN THE REST THE YOUNG ONE WITH THE WHIP YELLED SOMETHING BACK
AND TOOK OUT A WICKED KNIFE ) CLOSED MY EYES IN RESIGNATION 5NTIL ) HEARD A CLATTER AND A LARGE RIPPING
NOISE
) OPENED MY EYES AND SAW PINE TREES AWAITING ME 4HE YOUNG HUMAN HAD OPENED THE CAGE AND
CUT THE FLAPPING COLORFUL WALL ) WAS REALLY CLOSE TO FREEDOM
7ITHOUT HESITATION ) DASHED THROUGH PAWS FLYING IN THE AIR "UT BEFORE ) DISAPPEARED INTO THE SAFETY OF
THE OUTSIDE FOREST ) TOOK ONE LAST LOOK AT THE HUMAN 7HO WAS NOW BEING WHIPPED THOUGH CRYING FROM THE
PAIN IT LOOKED AT ME AND SMILED
) FLICKED MY TAIL WINKED AND RAN
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Joli Lam Lakeview Elementary
!FTER BEING AWAY FOR A LONG TIME TO PURSUE AN EDUCATION AND CAREER IN A BIG CITY ) YEARNED FOR THE PEACE
AND SANCTUARY OF MY OLD HOME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BY A RIVER THAT LEADS TO AN ESTUARY ,IKE THE SALMONS
) HAVE JOURNEYED FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA AND NOW ) HAVE RETURNED TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED
7HILE GROWING UP MY PARENTS HAD VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF ME 4HEY ENROLLED ME IN MANY AFTER SCHOOL
LESSONS ) FELT A LOT OF PRESSURE ) YEARNED FOR A PLACE WHERE ) COULD RELAX AND ON ONE FATEFUL DAY ) HAD
FOUND IT
/N ONE SUNNY SUMMER DAY DURING HIGH SCHOOL ) SNEAKED OUT TO TAKE A WALK TO THE RIVER ) FOLLOWED THE
FLOW OF THE RIVER !LONG THE WAY ) DANCED ON LARGE ROCKS AND LISTENED TO THE VICIOUS RIVER RAPIDS ) NEVER
KEPT IN MIND THAT THE RIVER ENDED UNTIL ) NOTICED THE TREES WERE STARTING TO CLEAR AND THE ROUGH GRAVEL ON
THE GROUND WAS TRANSITIONING TO SILKY SAND ) HAD LANDED MYSELF AT AN ESTUARY
!S ) STOOD ON A ROCK MARVELING THE OCEANS BEAUTY A GIRL MY AGE COLLIDED INTO ME LIKE THE FRESH WATER
COLLIDING INTO SALT WATER 2ATHER THAN GETTING ANGRY WE BURST INTO LAUGHTER 3HE STARTED TO LIFT ROCKS
0UZZLED ) ASKED hARE YOU SEARCHING FOR CRABS v 4HE GIRL LOOKED UP AT ME AND REPLIED h)M LOOKING FOR
SEA GLASSv h3EA GLASS ARE GORGEOUSv ) EXCLAIMED 3HE SMILED AND INVITED ME TO JOIN HER SEARCH THE NEXT
DAY h)LL SEE YOU TOMORROW AND MY NAME IS !VERYv 3HE WAVED h)M .AOMI 3EE YOU SOONv ) REPLIED
SMILING
4HE NEXT DAY ) SCURRIED OUT OF SCHOOL AND MADE MY WAY STRAIGHT TO THE ESTUARY !VERY WAS THERE WAITING
FOR ME 4OGETHER WE SEARCHED FOR HOURS AND FOUND TWO BLUE STONES 3HE THEN MADE TWO NECKLACES OUT
OF THE SEA GLASS WE FOUND
&OR THE REST OF THAT SUMMER ) WOULD SNEAK OUT TO THE ESTUARY EVERY CHANCE ) GOT !VERY WOULD ALWAYS
BE SITTING ON A ROCK WAITING
%VEN THOUGH !VERY AND ) WERE VERY CONNECTED OUR LIVES LIKE WATER FROM THE RIVER MUST ENTER THE ESTUARY
AND FLOW OUT TO THE SEA ) HAD TO START COLLEGE SOON AND !VERY WAS GOING TO VOLUNTEER FOR CHARITIES AND
SCHOOL
/N THE LAST DAY WE MET UP !VERY AND ) THREW OUR NECKLACES INTO THE ESTUARY TO SYMBOLIZE WHERE OUR
FRIENDSHIP STARTED AND WHERE IT WILL END 7E WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS
-EMORIES OF THIS FRIENDSHIP PROPELLED ME TO TAKE A STROLL TO THE ESTUARY 4HE WATER LEVELS WERE LOW AND
THE WATER FLOW WAS SOFT ) DIPPED MY FEET INTO THE ESTUARY 4HE FEEL OF ICY COLD WATER BRUSHING AGAINST MY
FEET FELT NOSTALGIC TO THE TIMES !VERY AND ) WOULD SPLASH AROUND IN THE WATER ) SAT UNDER THE SUN WITH MY
FEET IN THE WATER AND MY EYES GAZING AT THE WATER RIPPLES (OWEVER ) DIVERTED MY FOCUS ONTO A SHINY
OBJECT REFLECTING ON THE SUNS GOLDEN RAYS ) REACHED DOWN INTO THE WATER AND TO MY SURPRISE ) PULLED UP
THE TWO NECKLACES OF SEA GLASS !VERY MADE TANGLED TOGETHER -Y HEART ACHED AND AT THAT MOMENT )
KNEW ) WANTED TO SEE !VERY AGAIN LIKE THE RIVER MEETS THE 3EA
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Alicia Zhou École Brantford Élémentaire
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QUOI TON NOM COMPLÒTE )LS UTILISENT CES NOMBRES POUR DÏTERMINER TON NOM COMME LE MIEN -ON MEILLEUR
AMI EST 3EPT )L A SEPT CÙTÏS COMME TU AS PROBABLEMENT DEVINÏ ET IL EST LA COULEUR BLEUE .OUS FAISONS
TOUS ENSEMBLE COMME ROULER ENSEMBLE ET CACHER ENSEMBLE 0AR EXEMPLE QUAND LE PROFESSEUR NOUS
AMÒNE DANS LA SALLE DE CLASSE ON MET DE LA COLLE ENTRE NOUS POUR QUE LE PROF NE PEUT PAS NOUS SÏPARER
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Noah Lee Brantford Elementary
%VER SINCE ) WAS CREATED ) WAS ALWAYS HOPING FOR A GOOD LIFE 3ADLY THIS DID NOT TURN OUT THE WAY IT
SHOULD HAVE ) WAS STUFFED IN BOXES CRAMMED INTO DESKS THROWN ONTO THE FLOOR AND ABUSED IN ANY WAY
POSSIBLE ,ET ME TELL YOU THE WHOLE STORY OF IT ALL
4HE TRUCK THAT HELD THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES INCLUDING ME WAS SHIPPED OFF DOWN A LONG ROAD TOWARDS THE
STORE 3TAPLES ) WAS SO EXCITED ) COULD HARDLY CONTROL MYSELF &INALLY WE WERE AT OUR DESTINATION ) LOOKED
AROUND IN AWE AT THE SIGHT OF THE MASSIVE BUILDING -ILLIONS OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL SUPPLIES LAY IN THERE WITH
EVERYTHING LIKE STICKY NOTES TO DIFFERENT COLOURED PENCILS 4HE TRUCK DRIVER TOOK THE PENCIL BOX AND BROUGHT
IT INTO THE STORE WITH A STAGGER IN HIS STEP BECAUSE THE BOX WAS SO HEAVY 4HEN THE BOX WAS DUMPED INTO
A SEPARATE BOX COMPARTMENT AND A WATERFALL OF PENCILS CAME OUT 4HE TRUCK DRIVER DID THIS FOR FIVE MORE
BOXES OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES THEN HE STARTED AT THE ERASERS 4HE BOX BECAME SHAKY AS HE LIFTED US INTO THE AIR
AND WITH THUNDERING STEPS LIKE RUNNING OVER CONTINUOUS SPEED BUMPS WE WERE POURED INTO THE BOX 4HE
IMPACT OF ME HITTING THE METAL BOX WAS NOT A PLEASANT FEELING &INALLY THE PAIN STOPPED 0ANTING ) LOOKED
OUT THE BARS OF THE BOX 4HE TRUCK DRIVER THAT DELIVERED US WAS DRIVING AWAY NOW PROBABLY TO PICK UP ANOTHER
BATCH OF SUPPLIES
&OR YEARS ) WATCHED MY FELLOW ERASERS GET PICKED UP BY CURIOUS CHILDREN OR ADULTS AND EVERY TIME A
HUMAN CAME BY ) WOULD ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK THE BEST OUT OF ALL THE ERASERS "UT ) GUESS ) GOT MY HOPES UP
%VERY TIME PEOPLE PICKED ME UP ) WOULD BE EXAMINED BY PARENTS WHO SAID THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY FIND
A CLEANER ERASER THAN ME (EARTBROKEN ) WAS PUT BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX &INALLY A FEW
HOURS LATER THAT DAY A TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY CAME DUG ME OUT OF THE METAL BOX AND INTO HIS WARM CLAMMY
HAND (E PURCHASED ME THEN BROUGHT ME TO SCHOOL WHERE ) WAS USED !T FIRST IT WAS A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE
) GOT TO SEE DIFFERENT THINGS IN A CLASSROOM THAT MY FELLOW ERASERS DIDNT GET TO SEE "UT THEN THE FIRST TIME )
WAS USED IT WAS LIKE RUNNING MY HEAD INTO CONCRETE OVER AND OVER 3HAVING MY HEAD OFF AND BITS OF LEAD
SMUDGED ON ME WAS THE WORST FEELING IN MY LIFE ) DIDNT THINK ) COULD HANDLE MUCH MORE OF THIS THEN
SUDDENLY ) WAS KNOCKED OFF THE DESK ROLLED ON THE FLOOR AND SKIDDED UNDER THE CABINET ) LAY THERE UNTIL THIS
VERY DAY WATCHING NEW GRADE SEVENS COME AND GO JUST WANTING TO BE PICKED UP ONE n LAST n TIME
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&ROM AN OAK TREE 3ULLEN YET GLORIOUS
#UT DOWN
4HE INTENSE PIERCING GLOW OF THE SUN
4HEN CARVED AND SANDED
0AINTED A RICH BROWN SPARKLING ON THE TRANQUIL SURFACE OF THE WATER
3TRINGS ARE THEN ADDED 4HIN SHEETS OF ICE
4HE BOW IS MADE AS CLEAR AS A DIAMOND
7ITH FINE HAIR SIMILAR TO GOLD SHATTERED INTO MILLIONS OF IRREMEDIABLE SHARDS
)T IS PLAYED AGAINST THE STRINGS WITH EACH STEP
5SING A STRONG HANDHOLD
4HE GENTLE CHIRPS
)T HAS THE CURVES OF A RAINBOW
3TRINGS AS LONG AS A RIVER OF THE LAST SOUTHERN BOUND BIRDS
)T IS CHALLENGING TO PLAY CARRIED IN THE BRISK WIND
3IMILAR TO WEARING A BLINDFOLD ! CRYSTAL COATING OF FROST
9OU CAN NEVER SEE COVERING THE ONCE PRESTIGIOUS LEAVES
"ECAUSE IT IS HUGE NOW DROWNING OUT THEIR PRESENCES
)T IS LIKE RIDING A WILD STALLION 4HE WELCOMING OF WINTER
/NLY SOME CAN PLAY IT
)T KICKS AND LANDS ON YOUR FEET CONQUERING WHAT CAME BEFORE IT
!S THE ROSIN GETS EVERYWHERE
"UT YOU STILL KEEP TRYING
!FTER MANY YEARS OF PRACTICE
9OU FINALLY FIND THE PERFECT PLACE TO HOLD YOUR BOW
/XOODE\
)T GLIDES LIKE A LONE DOVE Melanie Li Burnaby Central Secondary
&LYING ACROSS A FIELD OF WHITE COTTONS
!ND IT CREATES A MAJESTIC SOUND 5NABLE TO FALL ASLEEP
! SOUND YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE ) FACE THE BLANK CEILING
9OU FORGET EVERYTHING ONCE YOU HEAR CLOSED MY EYES
"ECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A CALM NIGHT SKY AND LISTENED TO THE LULLABY
,IKE A NEW BEGINNING 4HE FOOTSTEPS
"UT THEN YOU GET TO THE FINGERINGS SOFT AGAINST THE FROSTED ROAD
4HEY ARE COMPLICATED AND PAINFUL CREATED A PATTERN WITH EACH
!ND THE ONLY SONG YOU CAN PLAY IS #ANON IN $ STEP
9OU PLAY THE SAME EIGHT NOTES OVER AND OVER AGAIN
LIKE A BROKEN RECORD MACHINE 4HE WIND RUSTLING THROUGH THE
5NTIL YOU FEEL YOUR HAND WILL FALL OFF EVERGREEN TREES IN THE MOONLIGHT SEEM
"UT THEN THE CONDUCTOR POINTS TO YOU LIKE THEY ARE SINGING A CALMING SONG IN MY MIND
!ND YOU PLAY THE FINAL CHORD GENTLE AND SOOTHINGx
!S YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH 4HE ECHOING CREAKS FROM THE HEATERS DOWNSTAIRS
,ETTING YOUR FINGERS GLIDE ACROSS THE STRINGS TO THE CLOSET UPSTAIRS
!ND STOP TO THE SILENCE WAITING FOR THE AUDIENCE TO RING THROUGH THE ROOM LIKE CALMING BELLS
COME OUT OF THEIR TRANCE
$RIFTING OFF INTO A COMFORTABLE SLUMBER
!ND APPLAUD
THE LULLABY OF THE NIGHT PLAYS ON
WHILE ) ADVENTURE INTO A DIFFERENT
WORLD
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Byrne Creek Community School Hana Chui École Moscrop Secondaire
) WRINKLE SKIN !U PRÏSENT NOUS SOMMES AU MILIEU
4URN BONES TO DUST $UNE OBSESSION BOULEVERSANTE
)T IS MY JOB TO DESTROY AND CREATE 4ELLEMENT DE NOUVEAUTÏS MERVEILLEUSES
3OME SAY )M A THIEF #EST UNE BOUFFÏE RAFRAÔCHISSANTE
"UT INSTEAD ) LIKE TO SAY ) WORK ALONGSIDE DESTINY 6OULEZ
VOUS UNE SAVEUR ÏTRANGÒRE
) ONLY TAKE WHATS MEANT TO BE TAKEN /BSERVEZ TOUT LgUNIVERS
.OT FOR MY OWN SELFISH REASONS 3ENTEZ LgAIR DgUNE AUTRE MER
3OMETIMES ) AM INCONVENIENTLY LONG AND TEDIOUS -ÐME Ì LgAUTRE BOUT DE LA TERRE
3OMETIMES ) AM QUICKER THAN YOUD EXPECT CARESSER QUELQUgUN PROCHE ET CHER
4HOUGH YOU DESPISE ME #OMMENT LE FAIRE QUgAVEC LES SITES MODERNES
9OU NEED ME MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU DO $ES FONTAINES DE MÏDIAS SPECTACULAIRES
)M TAKEN FOR GRANTED ,ES RÏSEAUX SOCIAUX FINALEMENT MERCI
4HOUGH THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN YOU REALIZE 6IEUX OU PETIT TOUT LE MONDE LES UTILISE
) RUN FASTER AND YOU CANT KEEP UP $ANS LA SOCIÏTÏ DAUJOURDHUI
) ONLY MOVE FORWARD ´TRE UNIQUE CEST TOI LENNUI
!ND ) TAKE NO ONE WITH ME
%ST
CE QUE LES PHOTOS SONT TOUT CE QUON VAUT
9OU ASSUME ) HAVE NO MERCY
"UT ) DO NOT WORK IN FAVOR OF YOU NOR DO ) DEVIOUSLY
#EST TOUT NOUVEAU LES RÏSEAUX SOCIAUX
SCHEME AGAINST YOU -AIS BEAUCOUP DE CELA EST FAUX
) HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL BUT THATS UP TO YOU 4OUT BEAU MAIS ILS SERAIENT ILS NOTRE TOMBEAU
3MALL THINGS ONLY 0ENSEZ ENCORE Ì CE QUE VOUS AVEZ LU
3IDEWALK SCRAPES A FRACTURED ANKLE BROKEN HEARTS 4OUT CE QUE VOUS AVEZ SENTI ET ENTENDU
3OME PEOPLE THINK ) AM NOTHING MORE BUT A MADE
UP 0UBLICITÏS HORREURS ET MENSONGES QUON A CRU
CONCEPT AN ILLUSION A FRAUD -AIS ENCORE NOUS LES IGNORONS PAS SOURDS MAIS
/THERS THINK )M A FUNDAMENTAL FORCE A FACTOR OF TÐTUS
HISTORY
) AM TOO COMPLEX FOR YOUR LITTLE MINDS TO COMPREHEND
)RONICALLY SO ) AM USED TO SIMPLIFY THINGS
! REASON TO EXPLAIN WHY EVERYTHING GOES FORWARD ONE
AT A TIME
)NSTEAD OF ALL AT ONCE
) TELL YOU WHEN THE SUN WILL SET HOW MANY HOURS THERE
ARE IN A DAY
3O YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY WHEN THE SUN WILL SHOW
ITSELF AGAIN
3ADLY A NEW DAY IS NO LONGER A THRILL
) PASS BEFORE YOU AS YOU CONTEMPLATE THESE WORDS
) WAS THE PAST NOW THE PRESENT SOON ) TO BE THE
FUTURE
) AM A MYSTERY
) MIGHT NOT EXIST
) AM TIME
) CAN BE BRUTAL BUT BELIEVE ME WHEN ) SAY
) KEEP THINGS INTERESTING IN THIS MUNDANE WORLD
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Clare Logan Burnaby Central Secondary Melanie Li Burnaby Central Secondary
! LANDSCAPE OF DARK STORM CLOUDS LOOM ABOVE MY !S THE SUN FALLS DOWN A SERIES OF
HEAD FLASHBACKS PLAYED THROUGH MY HEAD
4HE SMELL OF THE SALTY SEA REACHES MY NOSE REMINISCING ABOUT HOW ) PAINTED COLOURFUL SUNSETS
) STAGGER ACROSS THE UNEVEN ROCKY BEACH AT THE AGE OF EIGHT
4HE OCEAN IS A ROARING LION IN MY EARS AS THE
WAVES DANCE THROUGH THE ROCKS (OW THE COLOURS SPLASHED TOGETHER
HOW THE BIRDS SOARED ACROSS THE PAGES
) COME ACROSS A SMALL PATCH OF LIFE AND HOW EVERYTHING WAS A BEAUTIFUL MESS
! TIDE POOL
) PEER IN SEEING MY REFLECTION A PALE GREY FACE !T THE AGE OF FIVE ) DREW THINGS DIFFERING
"UT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE SO MUCH BEYOND THAT FROM SMALL THINGS LIKE RED ROSES
&ISH THE SIZE OF MY THUMB TO THE TALLEST MOUNTAINS
4HEIR BACKS A COLOURFUL PAINTING OF RED AND GREEN THEN ) STARTED THINKING MORE DEEPLY
4HEY BOLT FROM ROCK TO ROCK
(OW EACH PAINTING WAS DIFFERENT UNLIKE ANY
,EAVING A RIPPLING TRAIL IN THE WATER
OTHERS
#RABS ALMOST INVISIBLE IN THE DARK WATER HOW THE PAINT WOULD GET OUTSIDE THE LINES
(IDING IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR SHELLS THEIR SAFE AND HOW NO ONE KNEW WHAT THE PICTURE WAS
HOMES EXCEPT ME AS IF IT WAS A CODE
! SINGLE STARFISH LIES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIDE POOL
)S IT LONELY LIKE ) AM )T FELT LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY
) EXPLORED THE VAST CANVAS WITH THE
)TS LIGHT PURPLE SKIN LOOKS AS SMOOTH AS A MIRRORED
SAME OLD PAINT BRUSH
LAKE
BUT NOW ) WALK THE SIDEWALKS WITH RESPONSIBILITIES
) REACH OUT TO TOUCH IT MY FINGERS OUTSTRETCHED
AROUND EVERY CORNER
! DRUMBEAT OF THUNDER FOLLOWS A SEVERE STRIKE OF
LIGHTNING
"EFORE ) KNOW IT ) AM RUNNING BACK ACROSS THE
RAGGED BEACH
"ACK
"ACK TO WHERE ) CAME FROM
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Kayla Lee Alpha Secondary
) TRY TO PAINT MYSELF BEARS THE WEIGHT
A PORTRAIT OF A STOLEN RAINBOW
2OLLING THE ROD -Y GREYS BURIED ) PAINT
BETWEEN THE TIPS #OLOURS ENTWINING
OF MY FINGERS MIXING
%NVISIONING CLASHING
STREAKS OF STRENGTH COLLIDING
BECOMING MY HAIR ! PORTRAIT
COLOURS OF PASSION OF A THOUSAND FACESBUT
BLOOMING MY CHEEKS ZKHUHDP,"
THE DEPTH OF WISDOM
GLEAMING IN MY EYES
/NLY
WHEN ) TURN MY GAZE
DOWN TO MY PALETTE 7KH:RPDQLQWKH6WRUH
ALL ) FIND Aiden Chow Burnaby South Secondary
ARE SHADES
OF GREY
) TURN TO THE NEXT PERSON 4HE BELL RINGS BEHIND US AND WE SHUFFLE INTO THE
2EDS DOMINATE BRIGHTLY LIT STORE
THEIR CANVAS ! SMALL WOMAN WITH A ROUND FACE ASKS A QUESTION
AS IF IN #HINESE AND MY FATHER ANSWERS HAPPILY
DARING THE WORLD THE FAMILIAR SMELL OF HERBS AND SPICES ENVELOPS
FOR A CHALLENGE OUR NOSTRILS
4HE NEXT "LUE AND ) BREATHE IN QUICKLY AS TO GET USED TO IT FASTER
DRAWS ME IN )TS ALL SO FAMILIAR AND YET SO ALIEN
!S SHE SWIRLS HER BRUSH AND ) CANT HELP BUT STARE AT THE FOREIGN PRODUCTS
IN CONFIDENCE LIKE A CHILD IN A CANDY STORE
'REEN SPLATTERS FROM
HIS TWITCHING BRUSH
-Y FATHER HOISTS A HEAVY BAG OF HERBS ONTO THE
%YES DARTING
BACK COUNTER
AND FORTH ACROSS AND THE LADY SMILES AS SHE RINGS THE TOTAL UP ON
HIS MASTERPIECE THE ANCIENT CASH REGISTER
) NOTICE A SMALL POLISHED WOODEN CABINET IN THE
) TURN BACK CORNER AND WALK SLOWLY OVER TO IT
TO MY GREY A GRAINY PHOTOGRAPH OF A SMALL CHILD WITH A ROUND
! DECISION PULLING FACE AND HER PARENTS STARE UP AT ME
ME UP AND THE DUST LOOKS LIKE IT HASNT BEEN DISTURBED FOR A
DOWN THE AISLE VERY LONG TIME
)TS GRAVITY URGING ME TO
DO WHAT ) SHOULD NOT
3TILL ) ACT
! SHADOW ) WEAVE
TO AND FRO
UNTIL MY PALETTE
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Emily Ma Alpha Secondary
4HERE ARE ROWS OF APPLES VEINY AND RED WAXING 4HEY ARE DISPOSABLE
AND WANING UNDER GROCERY
STORE LIGHTS 5SED UNTIL THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THEIR
2OWS OF MIGRANT WORKERS DIZZY IN THE BEATING 4WO
DIMENSIONAL FACELESS LABOUR
SUN BODIES STRETCHED INTO QUESTION MARKS 4HE BAD APPLES OF THE BUNCH THE THROWAWAYS
$IG A LITTLE DEEPER AND SEE FOR YOURSELF
'IVE THE UNDESIRABLE JOBS TO THE UNDESIRABLE
$IGGING FOR
CENT DEALS PEOPLE
$ISCARDING THE BRUISED THE BLEMISHED THE NOT
'OVERNMENT
ISSUED EXPLOITATION
GOOD
ENOUGH 4HATS TOO HARD FOR US TO
$ISCARDING THE FOREIGN THE LABOURERS 3TOMACH
'OOD ENOUGH TO PICK YOUR APPLES BUT
9OU DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE BITING
.OT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE #ANADIAN
)NTO
3UBSIDIZE THIS 4HE HEAVY CRUNCH THE SWEET JUICE OF
4HE CLEAN SLICE OF THE KNIFE DIPPING INTO THE CRISP PESTICIDES THE BLOOD RUNNING DOWN KNUCKLES
WHITE FLESH 3WEAT AND SUFFOCATION IN GREENHOUSE GASES
4HICK RED PEELS RUNNING BETWEEN THE MOLARS #AN YOU FEEL THE CHUNKS OF FLESH STUCK IN YOUR
7ORKING ITS WAY DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS
TEETH 2OTTEN TO THE CORE AND
4RYING TO TURN THE UGLY TRUTH INTO SOMETHING MORE )TS HARD TO GET RID OF THE AFTERTASTE RISING UP
$IGESTIBLE 9OUR THROAT
7E USE MIGRANT WORKERS UNTIL THEY GROW 7HOSE LABOUR ARE YOU EATING
INCONVENIENT "ITING DOWN UNTIL THE BITTER CORE
"URY THEIR REMAINS /F CYANIDE SEEDS
)N OUR BACKYARDS
THEY HELP OUR GARDENS GROW 0OISONING YOU FROM THE
)NVISIBLE DEATHS )NSIDE
/MAR 'RAHAM 3HELDON -C+ENZIE .ED /UT
,IVINGSTON 0EART !NDRES $OMINGUEZ -ORAN
$ONT WORRY THEY SAY ITS A CHEMICAL BUT ITS
HARMLESS -HDQQHG·$UF
#HLORPYRIFOS DIPHENYLAMINE
%VERYBODY KEEPS THEIR MOUTHS SHUT Annika Jang École Burnaby North Secondaire
4HEY CAN BE SHIRT
SHINED GREEN
YELLOW
RED
"AKED IN ALL
!MERICAN PIE 5NE GUERRIÒRE
DOLLAR
SWEAT SLIDING DOWN YOUR THROAT #OURAGEUSE ET HÏROÕQUE
HOUR
WEEKS OF WORK WRAPPED UP IN CRISP RED #OMBATTRE CONQUÏRIR ET INSPIRER
OFFERINGS %LLE A COMBATTU ET ELLE A GAGNÏ CONTRE LARMÏE
&INGERS LINED AND WEATHERED RAW AND SKINNED BRITANNIQUE
3HOWING A LIFETIME OF LABOUR $ÏFENDRE CAPTURER ET ENVAHIR
)TS A STINGING SWEETNESS THE LOCALLY
GROWN )NTELLIGENTE ET DÏTERMINÏE
PROCESSED TRUTHS 5NE GRANDE INFLUENCE
,OOK AT THE APPLES SHINY AND ROUND
,OOK AT THE WORKERS BRUISED AND BROWN
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4HE REFLECTION OF THE TINY GIRL IN THE PINK BOW Jessica Park Burnaby Mountain Secondary
FLOWING SUNDRESS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW
-OMMY MADE BRAIDS AS PERFECT AS SUNNY DAYS #HRYSANTHEMUMS SPECKLED THE FLOOR
&RUIT PUNCH AND CHERRY PIES 4HEIR GOLDEN PETALS FLOATING
(AZEL EYES OVERFLOWING WITH RIVERS OF RAPTURE !MONG THE BRIGHT WINE
(ER KISS ON MY CHEEK 4HAT SHE HAD SPILLED
h) LOVE YOUv
4HE FRANTIC GIRL WITH CROOKED TEETH 4HEY KEPT GROWING DESPITE
"RIGHT YELLOW BACKPACK PACKED TIGHTLY WITH 4HE DESPERATE HANDS
DREAMS 4HAT TORE THEM APART
4HE SCENT OF FRESH PAPER UNOPENED BOOKS 5NTIL THEY BLED
AND YET
#HAPTERS UPON CHAPTERS WAITING TO BE EXPLORED !S THE BLOOD COATED THEM
0" AND * SANDWICHES WITH NO CRUST 4HE YELLOW FLOWERS STILL
(ER KISS ON MY CHEEK +EPT GROWING
h) LOVE YOUv
3HE WELCOMED THEM
/LD SNEAKERS AND THE STENCH OF FILTHY LOCKERS
!ND LEFT THE RED ROSES TO DIE ALONE
4HE OBNOXIOUS AND NEVER
ENDING RINGING OF BELLS
4HE ROSES DID NOT DIE EITHER
2USHED FOOTSTEPS IN HUDDLED HALLWAYS
"UT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEST IF THEY HAD
(EAVY METAL BURSTING FROM THE SMALL MESSY
ROOM
7AILS OF WORRY A RESTLESS MOTHER
'ROWLS OF PROTEST A CARELESS DAUGHTER
&URIOUS STOMPS FOLLOWED BY CRIES
"ROKEN HEARTS CAUSED BY LIES
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#LOSED DOORS THAT NEVER OPEN Andrew Chen Burnaby South Secondary
h) STILL LOVE YOUv
0ERFECTLY IRONED GREY SUITS AND TIES ) USED TO WONDER
4HE SERENITY OF MORNING COFFEE ENDLESSLY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES
FRUSTRATION OF GETTING STUCK IN TRAFFIC OF LIFE
4HE BLAND TASTE OF FROZEN FOODS 4HE SINGULARITY OF HOPE WITHIN A
4HE STRESS OF ARRIVING LATE TO WORK GRASPING DISTANCE
A BREATH AWAY
$ROWNING IN GUILT FROM IGNORING CALLS FROM HOME 4HE ENDLESS WINDS OF DREAMS
&ORGETTING THE FEELING OF HER KISS ON MY CHEEKS WHISPERING INTO MY YOUTHFUL HEART
h) LOVE YOU CALL ME IF YOU HAVE TIME ) MISS YOUv ) IMAGINE MYSELF
0ULLING OUT THE NICEST BLACK DRESS FROM THE END STANDING AT A REALM OF SOLITARY BLISS
OF THE CLOSET IGNORANT TO THE FADING CHANTS OF HUMANITY
%VERY TEAR BOTTLED UP LETTING THE MELANCHOLY LIKE A TURTLE RETREATING INSIDE ITS BARREN SHELL
TAKE OVER TO SAVOR THE SILENCE OF THE BREEZY AIR
-AKING WAY TOWARDS THE STONE AT A MOURNFUL ) BELIEVED
PACE
0LACING THE CHERRY PIE ON THE GROUND THE
SWEETNESS AND WARMTH FILLS THE ATMOSPHERE
-ISSING THE FEELING OF HER KISS ON MY CHEEKS
h) LOVE YOU TOOv
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Chloe Emes Burnaby Mountain Secondary Annette Scott Cariboo Hill Secondary
,IFE IS NOT A FAIRY TALE BY THE SKIRT OF MOONLIGHT
0ERFECTION HAPPILY EVER AFTER JUST AN ILLUSION WE COLONIZE THE BITTER WIND
! FAIRY TALE IS LIKE LOOKING AT THAT BITES AT BARE SKIN
! MODEL ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE AS THOUGH EXCHANGING MOMENTS
.OT REAL IS AS EASY AS PLAYING CARDS
"UT EDITED AND FILTERED UNTIL THE END RESULT IS HOLDING HANDS
FLAWLESS WITH FISTS OF RED PAINT
"UT NOT REAL WHEN ) TOLD YOU OF THE DRUNK IN MY LIVING ROOM
2EAL LIFE IS A BUMPY ROAD YOU DIDNT SING
7ITH STRETCHES OF SMOOTH YOU BELLOWED THE HARMONY OF A HOLLOW
/R A ROLLER COASTER THAT NEVER ENDS SYMPATHY
/R A MAZE WITH MYSTERIES AROUND EACH BEND AN OCLOCK OCLOCK DEADLINE
"UT WITH NO WAY OUT OF FLEETING HEARTFELTS
0ERFECTION IS SIMPLY A LENS WE CAN PUT OVER THINGS SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO BLARE THE BIRDSONG
"UT WE CANT BE PERFECT OF YOUR SICKLY SOLICITUDE
3TILL THAT DOESNT MEAN WE CANT FIND HAPPINESS YOUR CROCODILE TEARS ARE SHOWING
7E CAN TRY TO REPLICATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS
"UT IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
3O WHY NOT CARVE OUT OUR OWN PATHS 0HQWDOLW\
&OLLOW OUR HEARTS
Emily Gaythorpe
4HINGS MAY GET MESSY
Burnaby Mountain Secondary
7E MAY GET BROKEN
"UT HAPPINESS IS WAITING FOR ALL OF US
3OMEHOW YOU RETURN WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST WARNING
.O MATTER HOW WE GET THERE 9OU LINGER IN THE AIR ONE MORNING
"ACK SO SIMPLY
) CANNOT CONTROL YOU
$ISBELIEF WASHES OVER ME
'ONE FOR MERE SECONDS
)T FELT LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
.OW )M NOT SURE HOW TO BREATHE
9OUVE MADE YOURSELF RIGHT AT HOME
!ND YET )M FEELING SO ALONE
) NOW PUT ON AN ACT
4HE SHOW
4HE OPERA
4HE SCENE
!LL IN THE GENRE OF
0RETENDING YOURE NOT SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED AS
ME
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William Li Burnaby North Secondary 3HUIHFW
Lindsay Hofmann
) AM AN RXWFDVW UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY Burnaby Mountain Secondary
!ND ) REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT
) CAN MAKE A GLIIHUHQFH
) REALIZE THIS MAY COME AS A SHOCK BUT GLANCE AT THE BLACK FRAMED MIRROR
) CAN HPSRZHU CHANGE IN THE WORLD RAYS OF LIGHT SWIFTLY STRIKING
)S A LIE AND THE GLASS
)M JUST A XVHOHVVQRERG\ IDEAL IMAGES REFLECTING
)N YEARS ) WILL TELL MY CHILDREN THAT CAPTIVATING
) HAVE MY PRIORITIES STRAIGHT BECAUSE THE WARM SMILES FROM OTHERS
0RQH\ MOTIVATE YOU
)S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEY SEE YOUR BEST
)DPLO\ PERFECT
) TELL YOU THIS NOTHING IS WRONG
/NCE UPON A TIME TWENTY
TWENTY VISION
4HERE WAS NO NEED FOR BATTLES AND WARS AND EVERYTHING IS A BLUR
"UT THIS WILL NOT BE TRUE IN MY ERA LIGHT REFLECTING THOSE IDEAL IMAGES
%VERYONE IS KHOOEHQW ON MORE ALWAYS WANTING NO ONE WANTS TO SEE
MORE PERFECT ME
%XPERTS TELL ME SHATTERED FRAGMENTS
4HERE WILL BE NO PEACE POTENT CRIES
) DO NOT AGREE THAT THESE ARE LULLABIES
) CAN MAKE A GLIIHUHQFH IN THE WORLD SWEET MELODIES OF TOGETHERNESS
)T IS SAFE TO SAY THAT ONLY SUNG IN AN ABYSS OF SOLITUDE
%VERYONE JUST CARES ABOUT THEMSELVES SHRIEKING SOUNDS STAND TALL
) DO NOT CONCLUDE THAT PRESENT CONSTANTLY
0EOPLE WILL FKDQJH FOR THE BETTER NOTHING CAN EVER BE HEARD
)N THE FUTURE SILENCE
4HERE WILL BE NO PLANET TO CALL KRPH SMILING IN THE BLACK FRAMED MIRROR
) DO NOT AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT SAY A BEAUTIFUL DAY
(UMANITY CAN WORK TOGETHER LUSCIOUS SUN RAYS
)T WILL BECOME CLEAR THAT BEAM DOWN ON MY FACE
6HOILVKQHVV IS MORE COMMON THAN GENEROSITY TEMPORARY TEARS PERMANENTLY
.O LONGER CAN IT BE SAID THAT WILL NOT WASH AWAY
! HEALTHY PLANET TO LIVE ON IS ZRUWKPRUH THAN PERFECT EVERY DAY
MONEY
)T IS EVIDENT
4HAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT OUR LITTLE BLUE MARBLE
HANGING IN SPACE
)T IS FOOLISH TO PRESUME THAT
3OCIETY IS DGYDQFLQJ FORWARD
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Sophia Pallister Burnaby North Secondary %XV6WRS
) AM MORE THAN THE SUM OF MY PARTS Eugenie Song Burnaby Mountain Secondary
) AM THE SUM OF MY PARTS
-ULTIPLIED BY THE CORES OF DYING STARS $ECEMBER IN THE 0OURING RAIN
$IVIDED BY THE CRIES OF BROKEN HEARTS ! GIRL BENEATH A RED UMBRELLA
3EARCHING FOR THE SQUARE ROOT OF ETERNITY 4OO SMALL TO COVER
!ND PONDERING THE FACTORS AND MULTIPLES IN EVERY 4HE ICY CHILL AND PAIN
WONDERING CHILDS EYE %YES STARING AT THE HORIZON LINE
4HE BUS SHOULD COME AT ANY MOMENT
) AM BUT ONE VARIABLE IN THE GRAND POLYNOMIAL )T SHOULD COME THIS TIME
/F LIFE THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING )T WOULD APPEAR OVER THE HORIZON
3EARCHING FOR THE TRUTH !ND RESCUE HER FROM THE CHILLS OF THE SEASONS
#AN YOU SOLVE FOR X 4HE SKIES WERE GROWING DARK
) AM A FRACTION OF A DECIMAL OF A $ARKER BY THE MINUTE
/NE HUNDRED PERCENT CHANCE THAT 4HREATENING TO CHAIN HER TO THE BUS STOP
7ERE NOT GOING TO LIVE THROUGH THIS 7ITH LOOMING CLOUDS BLOCKING ANY RAYS OF SUN
)F WE DONT LIVE THROUGH IT TOGETHER 7ITH RAIN POURING BY THE TON
/N HER LITTLE RED UMBRELLA
) AM THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CENTRE OF 4HE ONLY SPARK OF COLOUR
4HE DYING WORLD WERE LIVING ON !S THE REST OF THE WORLD DISSOLVED
!ND THE AREA )NTO THE MONOCHROME HUE OF TWILIGHT
/F HOW MUCH OF IT WEVE KILLED 4HE GIRL KEPT WAITING
) AM THE OF FATE (OLDING ON TIGHT
4WISTING ON WITHOUT PATTERN OR REASON 9ET THE RAIN KEPT FALLING
#ARRYING US ON ITS BACK 4HE BUS NEVER CAME
4OWARDS A FUTURE WE CANT SEE
4HERES SOMETHING COMFORTING ABOUT
(OW EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY
"ECAUSE CHANGE IS THE ONE THING
4HAT WONT CHANGE 7KH6DQGVRI7LPH
3O SIMPLY KEEP FOLLOWING Ida Khanlou Alpha Secondary
4HE FORMULAS AND RHYTHMS
!S DAYS ADD INTO YEARS THE SANDS OF TIME LEAPING THROUGH THE NARROW SPOUT
)NTO DECADES AS THE SWADDLED SOULS SLEEP SILENTLY
)NTO CENTURIES AS THE BLOSSOMS BEGIN TO BLOOM
)NTO EONS IN THE NURSERY THE GARDEN OF
!ND NEVER FORGET ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
9OU HAVE A PLACE IN THIS IRRATIONAL NUMBER BUT AS THE FLOWERS BEGIN TO WILT
AND THE ELDERLY TAKE THEIR
9OU ARE MORE THAN THE SUM OF YOUR PARTS LAST BREATH THE WORLD FALLS SILENT
UNTIL THE PIERCING CRIES OF A NEWBORN RESTART THE CLOCK
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Alexei Villareal Byrne Creek Community School
7HEN ) WAS YOUNGER ) RECALL BEING AT #ENTRAL 0ARK ON A CRISP AUTUMN MORNING 4HE CLOUDS
LOOKED READY TO BREW UP A STORM AND DRENCH "URNABY WITH ITS FAMILIAR RAIN 4HERE WERE CHILDREN PLAYING
ON THE COLOURFUL EQUIPMENT THEIR CHEEKS A ROSY PINK DUE TO THE NIPPY AIR -OST PARENTS KEPT A WATCHFUL
EYE ON THEM THE OTHERS DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THAT THEIR KIDS WERE SCRAMBLING UP TREES
!FTER GETTING SICK OF SWINGING ON THE MONKEY BARS ) DECIDED TO STRAY AWAY FROM THE PLAYGROUND
ESCAPING MY DADS SUPERVISION ) WANDERED AWAY EXPLORING THE WONDERS OF NATURE AND OBSERVING ALL
THE SHADES OF AUTUMN !LL AROUND ME LEAVES OF RED BROWN AND YELLOW TWISTED AND FLUTTERED UNTIL THEY
LANDED SOFTLY ONTO THE EARTH 4HE FRIGID AIR LEFT MY HANDS FEELING LIKE ICE BUT IT WAS NO STRANGER TO ME
/UT OF NOWHERE A FAT GREY SQUIRREL POPPED OUT BEGAN TO SCAMPER AROUND ME 0ROBABLY
SCAVENGING FOR FOOD IT RUSTLED THROUGH THE CRUNCHY LEAVES IN SEARCH OF IT )TS BEADY BLACK EYES PAID
CLOSE ATTENTION TO MY MOVEMENTS AS IF IT WAS STARING INTO MY SOUL
&RIGHTENED ) PICKED UP A NEARBY TWIG AND WITH ALL THE STRENGTH ) HAD IN MY SCRAWNY ARM ) HURLED
THE STICK AT THE WOODLAND CREATURE
)F ONLY ) KNEW HOW VICIOUS #ENTRAL 0ARK SQUIRRELS COULD BE )F ) DID ) NEVER WOULD HAVE THROWN THAT
TWIG !LTHOUGH ) MISSED IT PROVOKED THE SQUIRREL NONETHELESS
)T CHASED ME AND ) TRIED TO RUN AS FAST AS MY TINY LEGS COULD TAKE ME &RANKLY ) HAD NO IDEA WHERE
) WAS GOING !FTER RUNNING FOR QUITE SOME TIME ) TRIPPED 4HE SQUIRREL HAD STOPPED RUNNING AFTER ME
MOMENTS PRIOR
3HOCKED ) CRIED HYSTERICALLY ) DIDNT KNOW WHERE ) WAS ANYMORE !LL ) KNEW WAS THAT DADDY WAS
NOWHERE CLOSE AND ) WAS AS SCARED AS SOMEONE WALKING ALONE ON THE STREETS DURING THE UNHOLY HOURS
OF NIGHT -Y SCREAMS CAME FROM A PLACE OF TERROR ) WAS LOST IN ABSOLUTE FEAR ) BRUISED MY KNEE -Y
CLOTHES WERE WET AND STAINED WITH MUD ) ABSOLUTELY HATED WET CLOTHES
3OME MOMENTS LATER ) FELT IT THE MOVEMENT OF MY BODY THE FEELING OF MY FEET LEAVING THE GROUND
AND INTO THE SAFETY OF MY FATHERS ARMS WHO DIDNT LET ME GO UNTIL WE GOT HOME
3INCE THAT ENCOUNTER WITH THE SQUIRREL )VE AVOIDED THEM TIRELESSLY OUT OF FEAR !ND DONT YOU TRY
TO TELL ME THAT THEYRE MORE SCARED OF ME THAN )M SCARED OF THEM BECAUSE SQUIRRELS DONT BOLT THE
SECOND THEY SEE ME
) CANNOT EMPHASIZE MY FEAR OF SQUIRRELS ENOUGH IF WALKING THE LONGER WAY MEANS ) WONT RUN INTO
ONE )LL TAKE THAT PATH 7HEN ) WALK HOME AND ONE IS PERCHED ATOP MY DOORSTEP )LL CALL WHOEVERS AT
HOME AND ASK THEM TO SCARE IT OFF OR IF NO ONES HOME ) WAIT FOR IT TO LEAVE
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Alexei Villareal Byrne Creek Community School
!N APPLE RULED ALL OF THE 5NITED +INGDOM AND THE #OMMONWEALTH REALMS
)T WAS AN UNEXPECTED THING THE INCAPACITATION OF 1UEEN %LIZABETH )) WHO THEN ENTRUSTED THE
WHOLE MATTER TO A SIMPLE APPLE
4HE !PPLE 2EGENT WHO RESIDED IN "ROGDALE &ARM HUMBLY ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY 4HE OTHER
APPLES THE TREES AND THE FARMERS BOWED DOWN TO THEIR NEW TEMPORARY RULER
#ITIZENS FROM ALL OVER %NGLAND WOULD COME TO VISIT THE ORCHARD AND PAY THEIR RESPECTS /N A LIVE
TELEVISED PROGRAM 0RIME -INISTER 4HERESA -AY TOLD THE WORLD h4HIS IS THE ORCHARD WHERE THE !PPLE
WHO RULES THE 5NITED +INGDOM AND THE #OMMONWEALTH GROWS ON A SIMPLE BRANCHv 4HE PEOPLE WOULD
OBSERVE THE TRADITIONAL FORMS OF GREETING MEN BOWED FROM THE NECK WHILST WOMEN DID A SMALL CURTSY
$URING WEEKLY AUDIENCES THE 0RIME -INISTER 4HERESA -AY WOULD COME TO THE ORCHARD AND SIT
WITH THE !PPLE TO DISCUSS POLITICAL AND WORLDLY AFFAIRS WHILE THE !PPLE RETAINED ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO
hADVISE ENCOURAGE AND WARNv
7HEN THE TIME CAME FOR THE !PPLE TO BE PICKED NONE OF THE FARMERS WOULD DO IT 0ARLIAMENT
REFUSED TO ALLOW IT 4HE OTHER APPLES SWORE THAT THEY WOULD OXIDIZE IF SUCH AN EVENT WERE TO OCCUR "UT
THE !PPLE WHO RULED ALL OF THE 5NITED +INGDOM AND THE #OMMONWEALTH SAID h.O MY FRIENDS IT IS TIMEv
&INALLY (ER -AJESTY HAD RETURNED 3HE WENT TO THE ORCHARD AND ORDERED ONE OF THE MANY
EQUERRIES IN HER ENTOURAGE TO CLIMB UP A LADDER AND PICK THE !PPLE 4HE 1UEEN THANKED THE !PPLE FOR
ITS SERVICE AND THE !PPLE THANKED THE 1UEEN FOR THE HUMBLE OPPORTUNITY
4HEY SAY THAT WHEN THE !PPLE APPEARED IN THE MARKETPLACE IT WAS THE SHINIEST AND ROUNDEST
APPLE THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN 3OON APPLES HAD BECOME A FAD %VERYONE WHO ATE AN APPLE OF ANY
KIND EXPERIENCED A CATHARSIS
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4ESCO YESTERDAY AND FOR AN ENTIRE DAY IT SAT IN MY FRUIT BASKET AND TAUGHT ME THE RIGHT WAY TO DRINK
TEA 4HE !PPLE RECOMMENDED !SSAM AND %ARL 'REY MADE WITH TEA LEAVES IN A TEAPOT AND POURED INTO
A FINE CHINA CUP h9OU MUST HOLD THE CUP WITHOUT YOUR PINKY v THE !PPLE ADVISED ME "UT TODAY IT TOLD
ME hIT IS TIME v SO ) BAKED THE !PPLE INTO AN APPLE CRUMBLE AND ATE IT
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Hugo Zhou Burnaby North Secondary
) REMEMBER MYSELF LYING IN THE FREEZING SNOW WITH THE ONLY SOUND BEING MY HEAVY BREATHING %NDLESS
SNOW AND SEVERAL SCATTERED PINES SURROUNDED ME "LOOD TRICKLED DOWN MY NOSE DRIPPING ONTO THE
SNOW PAINTING IT RED 4HERE WAS NO ONE AROUND ME ) WAS ALONE
%ARLIER ) WAS STANDING IN MY SKIS AT THE PEAK OF -OUNTAIN 3EYMOUR GAZING DOWN AT THE EXPANSE OF
CIVILIZATION )T WAS AS THOUGH ) WAS AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD 4HE SUN LIGHT SHONE BRIGHTLY ON THE SNOW
CREATING AN INVITING GLOW ON THE SLOPE ) ACCELERATED DOWN THE CALM SLOPE LIKE SINKING DOWN SOFT CREAM
#OOL WIND BLEW PAST ME AS ) SPED UP ) WAS ANTICIPATING THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE THE $EVILS $ROP )T IS
A DOUBLE BLACK DIAMOND RUN WHICH WAS SOMETHING ) HAVE NEVER COMPLETED WITHOUT CRASHING PAINFULLY
TO THE BOTTOM
&INALLY ) CAME UP TO THE TOP OF THE DAUNTING SLOPE SLANTING ALMOST VERTICALLY DOWN (ARD ROCKS WERE
VISIBLE IN SOME PARTS OF THE SLOPE ADDING THRILL TO THE ADVENTURE )CY WIND PICKED UP IMPELLING THE
CLOUDS TO HIDE THE SUN ) PLACED MY GOGGLES OVER MY EYES !DRENALINE RUSHED THROUGH MY BODY ) COULD
HEAR MY HEART HAMMERING IN MY CHEST ) LEANED FORWARD AND DROPPED
) FOUND MY SKIS TURNING HARD UNABLE TO STOP THE INCREASING SPEED OF DESCENT 3TILL IT WAS A HUGE LEAP
FROM MY SKILL SET FROM BEFORE (ALFWAY DOWN ) STARTED GETTING THE TECHNIQUES &EELING EXCITEMENT )
CONTINUED DOWNWARDS 3UDDENLY WITHOUT REALIZING WHAT WAS HAPPENING ) TRIPPED FORWARD
) REMEMBER MYSELF FREE
FALLING THROUGH THE AIR EVERY MUSCLE OF MY BODY TENSE WAITING FOR THE IMMINENT
DOOM ! PANG OF PAIN CASCADED LIKE AN OCEAN WAVE DOWN MY BODY "LOOD RAN FROM MY NOSE ONTO THE
PURE WHITE SNOW ) COULDNT MOVE LET ALONE STOP THE TEARS WELLING UP MY EYES -Y THOUGHTS SCREAMED
THE WORD hWHYv 7HY CAN SOME PEOPLE ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS WITH EASE WHILE OTHERS STRUGGLE TO
EVEN FIND TRUE MEANING IN LIFE
! DELUGE OF MEMORIES FLOWED IN )N GRADE FOUR ) CAME TO #ANADA AS A SAD LONELY NOBODY
$ETERMINATION LIFTED ME OUT OF THE PAST 3INCE THEN ) HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TRYING MY HARDEST NOT GIVING
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*UST THEN ANOTHER MAN SKIED DOWN WITH EASE AND ASKED ME hDO YOU NEED HELP v
h.O THANK YOUv ) ANSWERED FIRMLY
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Emilie Paco Burnaby South Secondary
.OBODY LIKES HER
9OU KNOW HER EVERYBODY KNOWS HER
.OBODY LIKES HER
9OU SEE HER AT SCHOOL SHUFFLING WITH THE CROWD IN HER DUSTY !DIDAS 3UPERSTARS 4HEYRE BLEAK
AND COLOURLESS LIKE A SHEEP MATCHING HER INDIVIDUALITY 4HE SOLES ARE WORN DOWN WITH SELF
CONSCIOUSNESS AND SHAME !NXIOUSLY GRIPPING ONTO THE SLEEVES OF ONE OF HER SIX #HAMPION HOODIES
EACH ONE A DIFFERENT SHADE OF GREY AND PILLING WITH DECAY JUST LIKE HER PERSONALITY 3TRUGGLING TO KEEP
UP TO FIT INTO THE UTTERLY UNEXCEPTIONAL MAINSTREAM MOLD OF BRAIN
WASHED APPROVAL
#LAWING AND SCROUNGING HER WAY INTO ANY GROUP CLIQUE OR IMPORTANT CROWD 3CAVENGING FOR
ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR MEANING 9ET THEY PAY HER NOT THE SLIGHTEST CARE 0USHED ASIDE IGNORED
DISCARDED (ER PRESENCE TO THEM IS THAT OF A PIECE OF DANDRUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO FLICK OFF AND GET ON WITH
YOUR DAY (ER VOICE IS THE FAINT WHISPER OF A GHOST BLENDING IN WITH THE LOCKERS
WASHED OUT AND PUTRID
GREY 3HE MIGHT AS WELL BE OFF AT A DISTANT PLANET TWO THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS AWAY
4HE SHEER RESIDENCE OF HATRED FOR HER DEVOURS YOU
9OU NEVER KNEW WHERE IT CAME FROM BUT IT DOWNPOURS LIKE A HURRICANE AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN
DO TO STOP THE RAIN (ER FOOTSTEPS ARE NOTHING BUT AN ECHO THROUGH THE HALLS BUT THE MATERIALITY OF HER
PRESENCE PLUMMETS DOWN ON YOU LIKE THE WEIGHT OF A THOUSAND BRICKS 'LUMLY ROAMING AROUND WITH
HER SHOULDERS SLUMPED ROTTING AND DRIPPING WITH PURE ANNOYANCE LEAVING BEHIND A THICK STENCH OF
SELF
PITY AND NEEDINESS
3HE SITS IN FRONT OF YOU IN CLASS 9OU FOCUS ON HER WILTED MOUSEY BROWN HAIR )LLUMINATED BY THE
FRIZZ THE SPLIT ENDS SWAY BACK AND FORTH LIKE A THOUSAND LITTLE PENDULUMS SLOWLY DRIVING YOU TO MADNESS
3HE FOLLOWS YOU IN THE HALLS 9OU TRY TO IGNORE HER 3HUT OUT THE IMAGES OF HER DESPERATE
ATTENTION
OBSESSED LINGERING 9OU CANT GET RID OF IT 9OU CLOSE YOUR EYES BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE HER
CREEPING LIKE A TAILGATING CAR IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR OF YOUR MIND 4HE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO ASSOCIATE
WITH HER MAKES YOU SICK 9OU CANNOT STAND THE THOUGHT OF BEHAVING CIVILLY WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THIS VIAL
BEING 4HE SOUND OF HER FLAT FOOTSTEPS CHIPPING AWAY AT THE GROUND CLOSING THE SPACE BETWEEN YOU
POKES INTO YOU FROM BEHIND LIKE A NEEDLE 4HREADING YOUR SKIN YOU FEEL THE COMPLETE REVULSION
COURSING THROUGH YOUR VEINS 9OU ESCAPE TO THE NEAREST WASHROOM GRASPING THE GREASY METAL HANDLE
IN DESPERATION
7HY DO YOU DESPISE HER SO MUCH
9OU GLANCE IN THE MIRROR AND IN COMPLETE PATHETIC WRETCHED VERACITY
3HE REFLECTS BACK
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Jennifer Yen Burnaby North Secondary
%LIZABETH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEARCHING AND SEARCHING FOR TRUE ACCOMPLISHMENTS RECOGNITION IN HER
CRAFTS FULFILLMENT IN THE PEOPLE AROUND HER 0ERFORMANCE HAS BECOME AN INNATE PART OF %LIZABETHS LIFE
&ROM THE FIRST TIME SHE STEPPED ON STAGE IN THE SPOTLIGHT SHE KNEW IT WAS A PASSION TO KEEP
4HOSE AROUND HER SAID SHE WAS hLUCKYv ENOUGH TO TURN IT INTO A CAREER )T WAS TRUE SEVENTEEN AND
SHORT ON MONEY SHE STARTED STREET PERFORMING AS A CLOWN AND SURROUNDING HER EVER SINCE WAS THE
FAMILIAR SCENT OF MAKEUP %LIZABETH JUST HAD TO PLAY HER ROLE THROUGH THE GLEAMING MASK THAT HID HER
ASHAMED FEELINGS AND HER NON
EXISTENT SELF
CONFIDENCE 3HE ENTERTAINED WITH FUNNY GESTURES AND
REMARKS AS THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED HYSTERICALLY IN RESPONSE BUT HER SMILE WAS BUT A SHELL SHE NEVER FELT
HAPPY AND STILL LIVED OFF COINS FROM THE RED SOLO CUP SHE SET OUT EVERY DAY
h(EYv ! LITTLE GIRL APPROACHED HER AND TRIED TO PRONOUNCE HER hHSv TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITIES
%LIZABETH WAS A BIT STARTLED AND DID AN ANIMATED JUMP 3HE TRIED HER HARDEST TO STAY IN CHARACTER
h)TLL BE AN AWESOME PERFORMANCE IF YOU DID IT WITHOUT THE MAKEUPv 3HE PLEADED WHILE EXAMINING
THE POODLE %LIZABETH HAD SHAPED WITH A BALLOON
3HOCKED BY THE LITTLE GIRLS REMARKS %LIZABETH WAS AS STILL AS A STATUE SHE EVEN STRUGGLED TO VOICE
HERSELF
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CLOWN ONLY TO BE VIEWED AS A JOKE BY THE REST OF THE AUDIENCE
)T WAS IRONIC (ER FEAR OF PERFORMING WITH A BARE FACE IN FRONT OF A CROWD WAS AS ABSURD AS A PILOT
FEARING HEIGHTS 4HE LITTLE GIRLS WORDS CROSSED HER MIND BUT SHE CONTINUED TO PUT ON THE MASK THE
FOLLOWING DAY 4HROUGHOUT THE DAY SHE SCANNED THROUGH THE AUDIENCE IN HOPES THAT SHE WOULD SEE THE
PIGTAIL BRAIDS AND THE SMILE THAT BELONGED TO THE LITTLE GIRL %LIZABETHS SHIRT WAS STRIPED AND LOOKED AS IF
SHE HAD JUST BROKEN OUT OF JAIL 3HE FELT LIKE AN INMATE THAT WAITED ON A LETTER FROM HOME THAT WILL REKINDLE
HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HERSELF
3UDDENLY THE LITTLE GIRL APPEARED IN FRONT OF HER
h4O BE HONEST TODAYS PERFORMANCE FELT DIFFERENT !S IF ) REALLY COULD SEE HOW YOU FELT BEHIND THE
MASK DUHv 4HE LITTLE GIRL TEASED THEN DRAGGED HER MOTHER OVER
4HE WOMEN HELD A WARM TAKE
OUT #HINESE FOOD BOX AND OFFERED IT TO %LIZABETH )TZDV THE LETTER
%LIZABETH HAD ALWAYS ANTICIPATED FOR %LIZABETH ENDED HER MEAL ON THE PARK BENCH WITH A FORTUNE COOKIE
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THROUGH THE BARRIERS SHE HAD CONSTRUCTED AND REKINDLE THE RELATIONSHIPS SHE ONCE HAD WITH HERSELF (ER
ENCOUNTER WITH THE LITTLE GIRL TAUGHT %LIZABETH THAT THE SEARCH FOR FULFILLMENT IN OTHERS BEGINS WITH FINDING
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Anika Kuban Burnaby South Secondary
) CREPT THROUGH THE GOLDEN HALLWAY 1UEEN 6ICTORIA WAS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND IF &ANNIES
INFORMATION WAS CORRECT SHEgD BE DEAD WITHIN MINUTES
³(OHDQRU´HISSED SOMEONE BEHIND ME ) WHIPPED AROUND SLIPPING MY HIDDEN KNIFE INTO MY HAND
-Y SISTER %LSIE RAISED HER HANDS AS IF SURRENDERING
h%LSIE 7HAT ARE YOU DOING HERE v
h) WANTED TO SEE YOU IN CASE IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONGv
) SIGHED QUIETLY h) LOVE YOU %LSIE BUT YOU CANgT BE SEEN HEREv 3HE NODDED AND SILENTLY RACED
BACK DOWN THE HALL
) TURNED MY HEAD TRYING TO PEER INTO THE 1UEENgS BEDCHAMBER 3HE WAS EXPECTING HER LADIES
IN
WAITING TO HELP HER GET READY BUT LITTLE DID SHE KNOW &ANNIE HAD TOLD THEM TO WAIT UNTIL INSTEAD OF
) LOOKED AT THE ORNATE GOLDEN CLOCK ON THE WALL ) HAD MINUTES 4HE EMPTY HALLWAY
LOOMED AROUND ME WEAK SUNLIGHT FILTERING THROUGH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ) SLIPPED MY KNIFE INTO MY
BOOT THEN SLID AROUND THE CORNER INTO THE 1UEENgS BEDCHAMBER AND CRAWLED BEHIND THE BED
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!FTER CAREFULLY HIDING THE BODY UNDER THE ELEGANT BED ) QUICKLY OPENED THE DRAWER OF HER VANITY
AND FRANTICALLY RUMMAGED AROUND BEFORE FINDING WHAT ) WAS LOOKING FOR A THICK GOLDEN VEIL
4HE GEM
ENCRUSTED CLOCK ON THE VANITY SAID 4HREE MINUTES UNTIL THE LADIES
IN
WAITING CAME
IN
) HASTILY COVERED MY FACE WITH THE GOLDEN VEIL THEN ADJUSTED MY NIGHTGOWN AND HID MY BOOTS AND
DAGGER AMONG THE MANY GOWNS IN THE WALK
IN CLOSET ) MADE SURE MY HAIR WAS SLIGHTLY RUFFLED AS IF )
HAD JUST WOKEN UP THEN QUICKLY CRAWLED INTO THE BED
7HEN THE LADIES
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WAITING CAME IN THEY BUSIED THEMSELVES GETTING ME READY ) INSISTED THEY
LEAVE MY HEAVY VEIL ON AND &ANNIE REASSURED THEM WHEN THEY SEEMED SUSPICIOUS ABOUT MY IDENTITY
h(ER -AJESTY IS JUST FEELING A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER v SHE TOLD THEM
/NE OF THE LADIES SMILED THEN SAID h) WAS WORRIED (ER -AJESTY HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THAT
ASSASSIN %LEANOR (ARRIS ) BELIEVE WAS HER NAME v
) COUGHED DAINTILY TO HIDE THE STIFFENING OF MY SHOULDERS
,ATER ) RETURNED TO WHAT WAS NOW MY OWN BEDCHAMBER AND CAREFULLY DISPOSED OF THE STIFF CORPSE
7ITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY
FOUR HOURS ) HAD REPLACED EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER IN THE PALACE EXCEPT FOR
&ANNIE 4HE GOLDEN VEIL LAY GRACEFULLY SPREAD OUT ON THE BED ! STACK OF LETTERS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SAT UNOPENED ON THE ORNATE DESK -Y KNIFE RESTED IN THE DRAWER OF THE NIGHTSTAND
) SAT ON THE EDGE OF THE BED SATISFIED
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Mia Majstorovic Burnaby South Secondary
%LINA TURNS RIGID REMEMBERING HER FEAR OF THE DAWNED ERA /VER THE YEARS CONSTANT ANXIETY
HAS BECOME ORDINARY SUCCEEDING IN A WAR FOR SANITY BEGINNING DECADES AGO DURING
#URRENTLY ITS THE ONLY EMOTION DRIVING HER IN ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES )TS ALSO THE REASON %LINA IS POISED
IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER PREPARING FOR THE MOST CRITICAL DEBATE IN HER CAREER 3HE BELIEVES
THAT WITHOUT HUMAN IGNORANCE THIS ARGUMENT WOULD BE IRRELEVANT
! MAN WIDELY KNOWN AS ,OCKE STANDS ACROSS THE COURTYARD OPPOSITE HERSELF ,OCKE IS AN
EMBLEM OF WEALTH IN THE CITY A PHILANTHROPICALLY KIND BUSINESSMAN PURSUING NATURAL RESOURCES AND
HUMAN WELFARE WITHIN THE CONTINENT "UT IN TONIGHTS CONVENTION SHE ADVOCATES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PRESERVATION WHILE HE ENCOURAGES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT )TS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SOLUTION TO BE
BALANCED BETWEEN BOTH OPINIONS /NE ISSUES ANSWER BECOMES A CONFLICT AGAINST THE OTHER
(E LIGHTS A CIGARETTE AND %LINA LOOKS PAST HIM 4HE FUMES COIL INTO THE CHILLY AIR INTERMINGLING
WITH FACTORY SMOKE ASCENDING FROM THE QUAY DOWNRIVER &ROM HER POSITION IN THE CITY ON (ILLS #REST
THERES A VIEW BEYOND THE CRYSTALLINE TOWERS IN $OWNTOWN OFF THE SHORELINE 3TACKS OF TIMBER
MOUNTAINS OF COAL DUST BEING SPRAYED TO PREVENT COMBUSTION ALL ILLUMINATED BY YELLOW INDUSTRIAL
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%LINAS SKIN PRICKLES AT THE THOUGHT 4HE !NTHROPOCENE ISNT HER BURDEN BUT SHES SELFLESS ENOUGH TO
TREAT IT THIS WAY 4HE NEWEST GEOLOGICAL ERA WAS INEVITABLE WITH THE DESTRUCTION PEOPLE HAD CAUSED
POSSESSING JUDQGQHVV ABOUT IT IN HOW THE SUCCESS OF COLONIZING %ARTHS ENTIRETY HAS ULTIMATELY
CAUSED CIVILIZATIONS DOWNFALL 4HE INTELLIGENCE OF HUMANS HAS SPIRALED A NEW ERA INTO EXISTENCE
ALBEIT A TERRIBLE ONE
%NTRANCED BY THE HORRORS BY THE RIVERBANK %LINA SCARCELY NOTICES A CROWD ENTERING THE GLASS
DOORS OF THE BUILDING 0EOPLE BRUSH ALONGSIDE HER GIVING CONFUSED GLANCES 6AGUELY FROM HER
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THROUGH WHAT IS THE PERIPHERY OF HER FOCUS 6IGILANCE ISNT REQUIRED TO NOTICE THE THREAT
4HE SCENT OF CIGARETTE SMOKE ENWRAPS %LINA AND SHE TURNS ,OCKES EYES GAZE INTO HER OWN
4AKEN BY SURPRISE SHES FORCED INTO SILENCE AS HE GREETS HER
h,OVELY DAY TODAY NO )TLL RAIN SOON THOUGH v ,OCKES VOICE IS INNOCENTLY INQUIRING %LINA
WATCHES THE FACTORY SMOG AND WISHES TO CONTRADICT HIM h4HIS YEAR )VE GIVEN MUCH TO HOSPITAL
RESEARCH ) CAN HELP YOU TOO AT LITTLE COST ) REQUIRE YOUR SUPPORT IN INDUSTRIALIZING FURTHER DOWN THE
RIVER IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT RATES FOR THE POORv
%LINA ALMOST SCREAMS 12 SHE CANNOT DO SOMETHING CONTRIBUTING TO HER CRIPPLING FEAR OF THE
!NTHROPOCENE AND GLOBAL EXTINCTION AND THE PRESSURE OF SAVING %ARTH IN A SINGLE MEETING TONIGHT
4HEN A DROP FALLS FROM THE SKY MEETING ,OCKES WRIST BY HIS JACKETS CUFF (E HISSES SHOCKED HIS
FLESH REDDENS SHRIVELS AND DIES
h!CID RAINS GOTTEN MORE SEVERE SINCE v %LINA WHISPERS AND SHE STRIDES INSIDE THE
CONVENTION CENTER
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PÒRE EST LINCARNATION DU SOIN ALTRUISTE ET DE LgEMPATHIE *E ME SOUVIENS DE MON ENFANCE
QUAND IL MgEMMENAIT JOUER OU ACHETER MES BISCUITS PRÏFÏRÏS AVANT DE RENTRER CHEZ MOI POUR RACONTER
DES HISTOIRES PASSIONNANTES DANS NOTRE LANGUE COMMUNE )L NgA JAMAIS MANQUÏ DE SUIVRE MES
ACCOMPLISSEMENTS SOURIANT DE SA DOUCE MANIÒRE PENDANT MES RITES DE PASSAGE Ì LgÏCOLE CATHOLIQUE
OU LgEXUBÏRANCE DES JOURS DE PLUIE *E RÏPONDAIS Ì SON SOUTIEN DE LA SORTE EN GARDANT SA SANTÏ EN
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SOINS MUTUELS ONT CRÏÏ UN LIEN QUI NOUS A RENDUS INSÏPARABLES
#EPENDANT JE ME SUIS RETROUVÏ Ì POUSSER MON GRAND
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SEULEMENT COMME UNE INCARNATION DE SA GENTILLESSE MAIS AUSSI COMME UN RAPPEL DE PARTAGER
LgEMPATHIE QUgIL MgA INSPIRÏ Ì MAINTENIR
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Jenna HanCariboo Hill Secondary
) RODE MY BIKE THROUGH THE FOREST MY WHEELS GRINDING AGAINST THE DIRT PATH WHIZZING PAST THE
COMMUNITY OF UNDERBRUSH AND THORNS ! PEACEFUL BREEZE COOLED MY FACE ON A WARM SUMMER EVENING
A PLEASANT IMAGE COMPARED TO MY SPANDEX SHORTS STICKING TO MY SWEATY THIGHS 4HERE WERE STILL SLIGHT
TRACES OF LIGHT PEEKING THROUGH THE TREES n ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR AND IT WOULD BE DARK BY NOW !S
THE PATH TURNED TO A DESCENT ) COULD SEE THE DOCK DOWN IN THE DISTANCE AND THE BAY SURROUNDED BY
VAST GREEN MOUNTAINS ! STREAK OF PURPLE AND ORANGE SLICED THROUGH THE CLOUDS ALONG THE HORIZON
JUST BARELY PEEKING OVER THE LAND )T WAS ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES BEFORE A COMPLETE SUNSET
4HE BEAUTIFUL MOVIE LIKE SCENE ENDED ABRUPTLY AS MY FRONT WHEEL GOT CAUGHT ON A MUSHY LUMP
AND ) WAS THROWN OFF MY BIKE INTO A CLUTTER OF PLANTS THAT STOOD TALLER THAN MY WAIST 3TARTLED AND
DISHEVELLED ) SLOWLY EMERGED FROM THE BUSHES LIKE AN ALIEN THAT WOKE UP TO FIND ITSELF ON ANOTHER
PLANET ) LOOKED OVER TO MY BIKE TO SEE WHAT DARED STOOD IN MY PATH SLIGHTLY PISSED 4HERE ) SAW A
SQUASHED MOLDY ORANGE JUICE SPLATTERED ALL OVER MY WHEEL LIKE SPOILED ORANGE SPRAY PAINT 4HE
ORANGE OOZED ONTO THE PATH ITS SPILLED GUTS SLOWLY TRICKLING DOWN THE HILL
) TOOK AN EXAGGERATED STEP OVER THE MONSTROUS LEAVES THAT CLUNG TO MY CLOTHES BEGGING ME
NOT TO LEAVE ) DUSTED OFF MY SHIRT AND SHORTS THEN GRABBED MY BIKE FROM OFF THE GROUND TO CONTINUE
ON MY WAY "EFORE ) LEFT ) MADE SURE TO KICK THE REMAINS OF THE MOLDY ORANGE OFF OF THE PATH JUST SO )
COULD EXPRESS MY LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR IT 2OLLING MY EYES AT WHAT )M NOT SURE ) JUST FELT THE
NEED ) STARTED TOWARDS THE DOCK AGAIN MAKING SURE TO BE CAREFUL AND WATCH WHERE ) WAS GOING
"Y THE TIME ) REACHED THE DOCK IT WAS DARK OUT SO ) COULD SEE THE STARS AND THE FULL MOON 4HE
BREEZE WAS STRONGER NOW THAT ) WAS RIGHT BY THE WATER AND ) COULD FEEL MYSELF GETTING A BIT COLD )
UNZIPPED MY BAG AND GRABBED A BLANKET ) SAT DOWN RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WOOD AND LOOKED DOWN
INTO THE MYSTERIOUS ENCHANTED WATER ,ITTLE GLOWING SPECKS OF LIGHT FLOATED AROUND THE BAY A REFLECTION
OF THE STARRY NIGHT SKY 4HIS WAS THE WHOLE REASON WHY ) CAME DOWN HERE n TO SEE THE
BIOLUMINESCENCE )T WAS MAGICAL ALLURING AND CALMING ALL AT THE SAME TIME 9OU COULD ONLY CATCH IT
ON SUMMER NIGHTS LIKE THESE AND ) WOULDNT MISS IT FOR THE WORLD 4HE SERENE ATMOSPHERE COULD
RESOLVE ANY CONFLICT OR TURMOIL AND JUST THE THOUGHT OF THIS PLACE BROUGHT PEACE TO MY HEART
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Shana Ip École Moscrop Secondaire
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REVIENT PAS SI JE PEUX SURVIVRE SI LONGTEMPS
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ÐTRE POUR ME CALMER PEUT
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QUE JE PUISSE ME SOUVENIR QUIL Y A QUELQUE CHOSE QUE JE PEUX CONTRÙLER
AN MOIS JOURS ET MINUTES ,E TEMPS QUE JE SUIS ICI *AI COMPTÏ POUR TOUT CE TEMPS POUR
NE PAS OUBLIER QUI JE SUIS QUAND JgESSAIE DE CACHER MON IDENTITÏ !U LIEU DE DIRE LA VÏRITÏ DE MON
PASSÏ JE DIS QUE JgÏTAIS ORPHELINE QUE CgÏTAIT MA TANTE QUI MgA LAISSÏ ICI ET QUgELLE VA REVENIR *E DIS
QUE JgAI ENCORE DE LgESPOIR QUgELLE VA REVENIR MAIS CgEST SEULEMENT UN AUTRE MENSONGE PARMI UNE VIE
REMPLIE DE MENSONGES
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QUELQUE CHOSE IMMENSÏMENT IMPORTANTE Ì MA CULTURE ,A BOÔTE QUE MA GRAND
MÒRE MgA CONSTRUIT ET
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ANS MOIS SEMAINES ET MINUTES *E NE ME SOUVIENS PAS DE MON PASSÏ JE NE ME SOUVIENS
PAS DE QUI JE SUIS MA LANGUE SI JgAI UNE FAMILLE 2IEN DU TOUT 4OUT CE QUE JE SAIS EST QUE POUR NE
PAS ÐTRE TABASSÏE JE DOIS PARLER LEUR LANGUE RÏPONDRE Ì LEURS QUESTIONS ET RESTER SILENCIEUX *E
CONTINUE Ì COMPTER MAIS JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI *E NgAI PAS DE CHANCE POUR PARTIR MÐME SI JE
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*E ME SOUVIENS MAINTENANT #ECI REPRÏSENTE MON NOM QUI VEUT DIRE hTONNERREv )L Y A UN AUTRE OBJET
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UNE FAMILLE QUI MgAIME MA CULTURE QUE JE SUIS INDIGÒNE
*E SUIS .IMKII 3HAWANDA DE LA NATION !NISHINAABE ET PEU IMPORTE CE QUI SE PASSE ILS NE VONT JAMAIS
ME FORCER Ì OUBLIER QUI JE SUIS
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Denice Dublin Burnaby South Secondary
!S THEY SAT AT THE DINING TABLE THE SAME WAY THEY DID EVERY NIGHT SHE TRIED TO FIND THE EYES OF
THE MAN SHE LOVED "UT NO MATTER HOW HARD SHE TRIED SHE COULDNT FIND THEM !LL SHE FOUND WERE THE
CLOUDED INTOXICATED EYES OF A STRANGER
) THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WOULD STOP v SHE WHISPERED AFRAID AWAKENING THE MONSTER THAT COULD
ARISE IN HIM IF SHE ALLOWED HER VOICE TO REACH ANYTHING HIGHER THAN A MOUSES SQUEAK h9OU HAVENT
GONE TO WORK IN WEEKSv
) KNOW WHAT )M DOING v THE STRANGER GRUMBLED BACK BANGING THE BOTTLE IN HIS HAND ONTO THE
TABLE AND CREATING A LOUD %$1* %VERYTHING ON THE SURFACE SHOOK A LITTLE THE EMPTY BEER BOTTLES
CIGARETTE BUTTS UNWASHED DISHES AS IF HIS BOOMING VOICE SCARED THEM JUST AS MUCH AS IT SCARED THE
SAD GIRL AT THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE
3HE LOOKED AT HIS EYES HOPING TO FIND THE ONES THAT SHE CONTINUOUSLY FAILED TO FIND )T HAD BEEN
EXACTLY TWO WEEKS SINCE SHE LAST SAW THEM EXACTLY TWO WEEKS SINCE THE STRANGER STUMBLED THROUGH
THE DOOR WITH A DRINK IN HIS HAND AND A MONSTER GROWING IN HIS HEART 4HE UNFAMILIAR MAN IN FRONT OF HER
RESEMBLED THE PERSON SHE LOVED BUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIM WASNT QUITE RIGHT (IS EYES WERE ALWAYS
EMPTY AND SUNKEN HIS SKIN PALE AND LIFELESS AND HIS VOICE COARSE AND ANGRY 4HE MAN SHE LOVED WAS
NOTHING LIKE THIS THOUGH (IS EYES WERE BRIGHT AND WOULD LIGHT UP AT THE SOUND OF HER VOICE HIS SKIN
WARM AS IF IT WAS ALWAYS BEING KISSED BY THE SUN AND HIS VOICE WAS ALWAYS CALM AND SWEET 9ET SHE
KNEW IN HER HEART THAT THESE TWO PEOPLE THE STRANGER AND THE MAN SHE LOVED WERE INDEED THE SAME
,WKRXJKW\RXVDLG\RXZRXOGVWRS´SHE REPEATED WANTING HIM TO REALIZE HOW MUCH IT HURT HER
TO SEE HIM SLOWLY THROW HIS LIFE AWAY EACH TIME HE PICKED UP A NEW BOTTLE ³<RXKDYHQ¶WJRQHWRZRUN
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4()3 )3 4(% /.,9 4().' 4(!4 -!+%3 -% &%%,v THE MONSTER INSIDE OF HIM SHOUTED )N
THAT MOMENT SHE FELT HER HEART SHATTER INTO A MILLION PIECES 3HE KNEW HIS EYES WERE EMPTY BUT SHE
DIDNT REALIZE THE EMPTINESS SPREAD ALL THE WAY TO HIS HEART (E WAS DROWNING FAR TOO DEEP IN THE
ALCOHOL HER LOVE COULD NO LONGER MAKE HIM FEEL ANYTHING
4OGETHER THEY SAT WITHOUT A WORD LEAVING THEIR LIPS EYES DIRECTED TO THE FLOOR 3UDDENLY THE
YOUNG GIRL GOT UP AND WALKED AWAY
3HE RETURNED AND SAT DOWN IN HER SEAT ACROSS THE TABLE A FULL BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL IN HER HAND
4HOUGH THE SUBSTANCE WAS WHAT KILLED THE MAN SHE LOVED SHE WANTED TO FEEL WHAT HE FELT !FTER ONE
LONG DRINK SHE PULLED HER LIPS AWAY FROM THE POISON
h-AYBE NOW WE CAN FEEL SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR ONCEv
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Kaia Richardson Burnaby South Secondary
4HIS GIRL WAS NOT A NORMAL GIRL AND EVERYONE KNEW IT 3HE WOULD COME OUT AT SUNSET AND THEN
DISAPPEAR THE NEXT MORNING WITHOUT A TRACE !S A CHILD ) WOULD SOMETIMES CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE PETITE
GIRL IN HER TATTERED PINK DRESS SCAMPERING ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOME AFTER DARK ALWAYS
CLUTCHING HER LITTLE BROWN BAG ) WONDERED WHAT SHE HAD IN THAT LITTLE BROWN BAG )T HAD TO BE PRECIOUS
TO HER FOR SHE ALWAYS HELD IT TIGHTLY IN HER SCRAWNY HANDS -Y WONDER GREW AND GREW AND GREW UNTIL
IT CONSUMED ME COMPLETELY
/NE NIGHT AFTER SEEING THE GIRL RUN PASSED MY HOUSE ) CRAWLED OUT OF BED AND SNEAKED OUT ONTO
THE ROAD THROUGH MY WINDOW AND HURRIED AFTER HER CAUTIOUSLY AVOIDING HER GAZE ) WATCHED HER TIPTOE
ALONG THE OLD STREET 4HE NIGHT AIR WAS CHILLING AND ) COULD ONLY IMAGINE HOW THE COBBLESTONES MUST
HAVE FROZEN HER BARE FEET 4HE GIRL NEVER ONCE TURNED BACK BUT FROM THE SIDE ) COULD SEE HOW THE DARK
ILLUMINATED HER GHOST LIKE FEATURES (ER SHORT DARK HAIR BOUNCED AROUND HER FACE AS SHE DANCED ALONG
THE GROUND TWIRLING AND SKIPPING AND HOPPING TO WHEREVER SHE INTENDED TO GO 3OON THE GIRL STOPPED
KNELT DOWN OPENED HER LITTLE BROWN BAG AND PICKED UP A SHINING SILVER COIN 3HE DROPPED THE COIN INTO
HER LITTLE BROWN BAG AND CONTINUED TWIRLING AND SKIPPING AND HOPPING DOWN THE STREET 4HE GIRL
OCCASIONALLY STOPPED TO GATHER OTHER SHINY TRINKETS 3HE COLLECTED A BROKEN POCKET WATCH A LADYS
GOLDEN NECKLACE CHAIN WITHOUT A CLASP AND EVEN A CRACKED SPECTACLE
!S DAWN APPROACHED AND HER LITTLE BROWN BAG GREW HEAVY THE GIRL CROSSED THE STREET AND DUCKED
INTO AN ALLEYWAY AND THEN BEHIND AN OLD LOOKING WALL !S ) WATCHED HER THROUGH A THIN HOLE IN THE ROCK
) SAW HER LIE DOWN ON HER SIDE AMONG THE CLUMPS OF GRASS AND MOSS BEHIND THE WEATHERED STONE WALL
3HE CAREFULLY TOOK OUT HER LITTLE BROWN BAG UNTIED IT AND AS SHE PEERED LOVINGLY INTO HER LITTLE BROWN
BAG ) NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF THE BAG STARTED TO SHINE A SOFT GOLDEN GLOW 4HE GIRL EMPTIED THE GLOWING
TRINKETS INTO HER HANDS AND SUDDENLY A SMALL WHITE BIRD FLEW BEHIND THE WALL AND ONTO THE GIRLS ARM
3HE MOTIONED FOR THE BIRD TO TAKE THE TRINKETS AND THE ANIMAL OBEYED #ARRYING THE TREASURES THE BIRD
FLEW TOWARDS THE RISING SUN AND DISAPPEARED IN THE DISTANCE !FTER THAT THE SUN SEEMED A LITTLE BIT
BRIGHTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE
2EALIZING WHAT TIME IT WAS ) DASHED HOME ALONG THE COLD COBBLESTONE ROAD MY FEET RACING ALMOST
AS FAST AS MY HEART AND MY HEART ALMOST AS FAST AS MY MIND 3INCE THAT NIGHT THE SUNS BEEN A LITTLE
BIT BRIGHTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE
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Amelia Logan Cariboo Hill Secondary
&ROSTY THE SNOWMAN IS NOT THE FUN LOVING #HRISTMAS ICON THAT THE WORLD HAS COME TO LOVE %VERYTHING
YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM IS JUST A COVER BY THE WORLDS GOVERNMENTS TO CONVINCE US THAT &ROSTY THE
SNOWMAN WAS NOT A NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL
(IS STORY STARTS IN A RURAL VILLAGE JUST OUTSIDE OF -OSCOW IN EARLY
&ROSTY IS OF COURSE OF 2USSIAN DESCENT BUT HE WAS FORCED TO LIVE UNDOCUMENTED WITH HIS WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN 4HE 2USSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST INANIMATE OBJECTS
POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL 3OMEHOW THE POLICE FOUND HIS FAMILY &OR FEAR OF BEING IMPRISONED THEY FLED
THE COUNTRY (E FOUND REFUGE WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE LAND OF 3ERBIA (E WAS HIRED BY THE 3ERBIAN
GOVERNMENT AS A SNOW DEALING EXPERT
! FEW PEACEFUL YEARS PAST NOW HE HAD BECOME CORRUPT AND A RATHER BIG FISH IN THE BLACK MARKET OF
INTERNATIONAL SNOW TRADING 4HERE WAS NOW LOTS OF TURMOIL BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND (UNGARY
!USTRIA AFTER
THEY BLOCKED 3ERVIA OFF FROM "OSNIA "OSNIA WAS HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLDS FINEST SNOW THE BEST
SKI RESORTS IN THE WORLD &ROSTY WAS TASKED BY THE 3ERBIANS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE (UNGARY
!USTRIANS
(E ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF THE SEVEN DEADLIEST KILLERS IN THE COUNTRY TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON HIS MISSION
4HE !RCHDUKE &RANZ &ERDINAND WAS THEIR TARGET 4HE ARCHDUKE AND HIS WIFE WERE GOING TO BE IN A
PARADE ON THE DAY THE TERRORISTS WERE IN TOWN &ROSTYS TEAM WAS IN POSITION THE CARRIAGE CAME INTO
THEIR SIGHTS (E HAD THE PERFECT SHOT (E PULLED THE TRIGGER AND THE BULLET SHOT STRAIGHT THROUGH BOTH
THEIR SKULLS 4HE PERFECT SHOT #HAOS ERUPTED THE LOCAL POLICE CAPTURED THE REST OF &ROSTYS TEAM AS
HE FLED TO A NEARBY RIVER WHERE HE MELTED HIMSELF SO HE COULD TRAVEL UNDETECTED 7HILE HE FLOATED
BACK HOME THE OTHER TERRORISTS WERE BEATEN TORTURED AND EVENTUALLY EXECUTED FOR THEIR CRIMES
4HESE EVENTS STARTED 7ORLD 7AR ) AND SENT THE WORLD INTO VIOLENCE UNTIL !LL THE DEATH AND
SADNESS CAN SIMPLY BE BLAMED ON &ROSTY THE SNOWMAN
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Serena Dong Moscrop Secondary
$U COCON AU PAPILLON
$OTÏES DUNE PATIENCE FERVENTE (E IS A LIVING SHADOW
,ES LARVES ATTENDENT ET SE RÏJOUISSENT 4HAT TRAILS BEHIND HIS PARTNERS
!VEC LESPÏRANCE DUNE VIE PROSPÒRE "LACK AND 7HITE
,ES PAPILLONS SÏCLOSENT (E HAS HAIR
-AIS POUR EXHIBER LEUR BEAUTÏ THAT REFLECTS THE LIGHT OF A SOFT MOON
)LS NE VIVENT QUE QUELQUES JOURS 3ILVERING DUE TO THE BLOOMING OF LIFE
,E TEMPS CEST UNE TASSE DE CAFÏ (IS EMOTIONS ARE HIDDEN WITHIN
!MER COMME NOS ÏCHECS CINGLANTS 4HE MANY CLOUDS THAT COVER
)NSIPIDE COMME LENNUIE SANS FIN 4HE BRIGHT BLUE SKY
3UCRÏ COMME NOS SOUVENIRS RAVISSANTS #OVERED BY A LUSTROUS BARRIER
4HE EMOTIONS
,E PLAISIR NOUS INONDE MAIS
!RE EAGER TO BURST
ON SE NOIE DANS LOUBLI !ND RAIN DOWN ON EVERY LIVING THING
DU FOND IMMINENT DE -AKE THEM FEEL
CETTE TASSE DE CAFÏ ÏPHÏMÒRE (OW HARD IT IS
,E TEMPS CEST LA FUGACITÏ DU JOUR 4O BE AN ENDLESS STORM
!U CRÏPUSCULE UN TESTAMENT Ì LgILLUMINATION (E CRIES
,E SOLEIL CRÏE SON OEUVRE DART "UT NOBODY HEARS
AVEC SES COULEURS CHALEUREUSES (E BEATS THE CEMENT WALLS
-IROITÏE SUR LOCÏAN SEREIN 5NTIL HIS FISTS BLEED
LA SCÒNE PLONGE DANS LES TÏNÒBRES "UT HIS BLOOD
#ES MOMENTS ÏPOUSTOUFLANTS )S COLOURLESS
MÏRITENT PLUS DE TEMPS 4HE MORNING DEW
4HAT SHIMMERS IN HIS EYES
,E TEMPS CEST INJUSTE #REEPS AROUND AT DUSK
,E BONHEUR SE DISSOUT DANS UN INSTANT ,IKE A COWS BREATH ON A FROSTY MORNING
,A MARÏE ENGLOUTIT NOS CHÊTEAUX DE SABLE
,EAU COULE TOUJOURS ENTRE NOS DOIGTS (E IS NEITHER GOOD OR BAD
4ROP SOUVENT UN ENFANT VEUT JOUER DEHORS (IS SITUATIONS ARE NEITHER CLEAR OR
MAIS LA PERMANENCE DE LA NUIT MISUNDERSTOOD
IMPOSE SON OMNIPRÏSENCE (E IS UNLIKE OTHERS
$ÏSESPÏRÏ LENFANT SANGLOTE (E IS 'RAY
#EPENDANT CEST LE TEMPS QUI NOUS PERMET
$E FLOTTER AVEC LE COURANT DE LA VIE
$ÏTANCHER NOTRE SOIF Ì APPRENDRE
%T DE NAGER VERS LE SUCCÒS
3I ON VEUT ALLONGER LE TEMPS
ET MAÔTRISER LHORLOGE
)L FAUT LAISSER LEAU COULER
SÏVAPORER ET SE CONDENSER
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Amy Ng Moscrop Secondary
2ED IS
SHORTHAND FOR HIGH PASSION
.O ONE CAN STOP HER REVOLUTIONS
3HE LAUGHS AT OTHERS WHEN THEY TURN THE CORNER
"UT HIDES BEHIND HER PAINTED SMILES
2ED IS UNPOLITE DANGER
7ITH THE SOFT SWAY OF HER HIPS SHE CAPTIVATES THE ROOM
(ER HAIR TWIRLS LIKE THE FALLING AUTUMN LEAVES
!S SHE SAUNTERS EVER CLOSER HER GAIT LEAVING YOU BREATHLESS
(ER DRESS SHIMMERS LIKE ROLLING MIST ON A MIRRORED LAKE
1UIET AS SPIDERS SILK WHEN SHE STALKS THE ROOM
,OUBOUTINS THAT CLICK
CLACK ACROSS THE COLD MARBLE
%YES FEASTING UPON EACH GUEST AS THOUGH PREY
"LIND AND PASSIONATE IN PURSUITS OF LOVE WAR AND DANGER
&ICKLE AS A CAT IN CHOOSING LOVERS
7HOSE BED TO SLEEP IN EACH NIGHT
2ED WHO LEAVES WITHOUT A TRACE
BUT A CRIMSON LIPSTICK MARK IN THE MIRROR
!ND THE SWEETEST HIGH CHUCKLE
4HATgS 2ED
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Polina Petlitsyna Burnaby South Secondary
#RINKLING OF COTTON SHEETS
PRESSING QUIETLY AGAINST THE FLUTTER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
4HROUGH THE WINDOWS ) SQUINT TO FOLLOW
PASSING FILTERING DANCE OVER THE SILENCE OF 3EAGULLS
MORNING BIRDS (UNDREDS OF THEM
,IKE FROSTY WHITE ROCKETS SPLITTING THE SKIES
$EMURE WELCOMING BODY STILL FURLED
BURROWED IN WARM HEAVY
EYED CONTENT !DORNING THEIR FEATHERS WITH THE CRISP SALTY AIR
(IDE AND SEEK WITH DAWN AND DEW !WARE OF THE OCEANS DARK REALITY
CAUGHT BY THE SLOW SUNRISE ! TRULY HUMBLING SIGHT
RETRACT ALL GLORY THE DAY IS STILL COLD
&OR THEY COULD HAVE STAYED BY THE SHORE
7ALLS REBOUNDING MORNING AIR 7ITH FOLDED WINGS
MOURNING AIR SLEEP HAS PASSED
2OUTINE PEEKING ONE DROWSY EYE
LOOKS AROUND
IS THE WORLD STILL THERE
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Chloe Huang Burnaby North Secondary Julia Han Burnaby Mountain Secondary
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YES 9OU HAVE A STIFF HABIT FOR FEELING FABRICS
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PRIVILEGED FINGERS
IM NOT SURE &INGERS THAT LOVE THE FEELING OF ENCRYPTION OF
IT WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU SEE LIMITLESS
IN THOSE /SCAR
WINNING FILMS
OR .EW 9ORK 4IMES BESTSELLING BOOKS 9OU SLIP INTO THE SILHOUETTE THAT MIMICS EVERY CURVE
,OOKING AT YOUR REFLECTION
REAL LOVE IS NOT LIKE THAT !DMIRING THE WAY THE EBONY FABRIC HUGS YOU
THERE WERE NO HEART
WRENCHING SACRIFICES &IT TO PERFECTION
OR GRAND ROMANTIC GESTURES
3OMEWHERE MILES AWAY
NO DANCING WILDLY IN THE POURING RAIN
TO MUSIC ONLY WE COULD HEAR ! GIRL SITS UNDER THE DIMLY LIT ROOF OF A TEXTILE MILL
OUR WARM SKIN PRESSING AGAINST EACH OTHER &INGERS STIFF AND ARMS ACHING
NO KISSING AS A PERFECT RAINBOW PIERCES THE WET MIST 0RAYING TO AVOID THE HEAT OF THE LEATHER STRAP AGAINST
HER SUPPLE SKIN
HE COULDNT SEE RAINBOWS
3TITCHING SEAM AFTER SEAM OF THE VERY EBONY YOU SO
BUT ORANGE LOLLIPOPS ARE THE BEST TASTING ONES
LOVE
THAT IS A FACT WE MADE UP
7HILE THE MACHINE WHIRS WITHOUT WORRY
AND I WHOLE
HEARTEDLY BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE
! MERE TWELVE YEARS IS ALL SHE HAS EXPERIENCED
IF BOTH OUR WALLS HAD DOORS AND &IVE OF THOSE SPENT MAKING THE CLOTHES THAT HANG
NOT JUST BEAUTIFULLY STAINED WINDOWS UPON THOSE SHINY RACKS
MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE WORKED
)F YOU KNEW THAT CALLOUSED HANDS MADE IT
WE DIDNT BUY EXTRAVAGANT GIFTS )F THE MATERIALS WERE REPLACED WITH DETAILS OF LABOUR
WE WERE BROKE HIGH
SCHOOLERS RICH
)F IT HAD THE TAG h-ADE BY !BUSE AND /VERWORKED
IN UNBROKEN PROMISES
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BUT I GOT HIM AN UMBRELLA WHEN HE BROKE HIS
THE ONLY MUSIC WE COULD HEAR WAS 7OULD YOU STILL BUY IT
OUR SOFT VOICES THAT WERENT QUITE WHISPERS
AS WE LAID BODIES MELTING TOGETHER
LIKE THE SUN TO THE HORIZON
HE COULDNT SEE RAINBOWS
BUT I LAUGHED SO INCREDIBLY HARD WITH HIM
THAT COLOURFUL STARS SPILLED OVER INTO MY WORLD
DROWNING THE SKY
BLURRING MY VISION
SO THAT MUST BE ENOUGH
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Jeff Zhang Burnaby Mountain Secondary
!FTER ) WAKE ) THEN DECAMP
4HE DESIRE GROWS 3TIMULATED
&OR #(./ )N AN ILLUMINATED WORLD
-Y VENDORS ARE ENDLESS
!ND SO ARE MY POTIONS
"UT ) PREFER THAT FROM 0IKE 0LACE
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3PRING OR FALL Stephanie Lumowah
2OASTED DARK OR LIGHT Burnaby Mountain Secondary
!LTHOUGH THE PRICE BE HIGH
4HE REWARD FAR OUTWEIGHS THE SUM
4HE LIGHTS OF THE CITY LINGER FAR BEHIND
7ALK IN ) MUST 'LEAMING STEADFAST
4HE EXTRA DRIVE +EEPING WATCH OVER LOVERS WORKERS SLUMBERERS
4HROUGH THE DOOR 7HILING THE NIGHT AWAY
#OMES ONE BIG WHIFF
3CENTS OF ROBUST AND FAMILIAR 4HE LIGHTS OF THE CITY LINGER FAR BEHIND
9ET ALSO WARM AND COZY "UT SNOW STREAKS BY LIKE STARS
4HE SKY OPENS AND CLOSES OPEN AND CLOSES
4HE COFFEE LURES ME TO THE QUEUE
!S UNIVERSES PASS BY ON THE TAILS OF THE WIND
!ND THEN ) THINK
4O SELECT A BREW
4HE LIGHTS OF THE CITY LINGER FAR BEHIND
3MOOTH OR SPICY
!ND WE ARE SWIMMING AMONG THE COSMOS
,ARGE OR SMALL
"LURRED AND DISSOLVING FROZEN AND REFORMING
3HOULD IT BE A FESTIVE ONE
4WISTING AND DANCING IN THE NIGHT SKY
!ND UP ) STEP
4O SCAN MY CELL 4HE LIGHTS OF THE CITY LINGER FAR BEHIND
&ACING JUDGEMENT !ND THE SEA IS AHEAD CRASHING
4HEY MARK THE WHITE 0USHING AND PULLING PUSHING AND PULLING
/FF )M SENT WITH GRATITUDE 3ENDING SWIRLING BREEZES OF SALT AND STARDUST
7AIT ) MUST
4RYING TO FIT IN 4HE OLD WISE OCEAN CROONING
)S IT MINE OR IS IT THEIRS 4HE YOUTHFUL WILD FLURRY LAUGHING
4HEN A CALL !ND THE DISTANT WINKING STARS ALWAYS WATCHING
&OLLOWING BUTCHERED NAMES /FFER BLISSFUL LIVELY SERENITY
5P ) STEP TO GET MY BUZZ !ND A REPRIEVE FROM THE BUSY SILENCE OF
4HE LIGHTS OF THE CITY LINGERING FAR BEHIND
&IRST ) TAKE ONE GIANT SWIG
&ROM BRIGHT AND SWEET 3O WE CONTINUE DRIVING
4O VIBRANT AND AMBROSIAL 3URROUNDED BY STARSHOWERS
)NSTANTANEOUSLY
-Y SURROUNDINGS METAMORPHOSE
$EPART ) MUST
7ITH ONE LAST BREATH
) CANNOT RESIST
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Sarah Li Burnaby Mountain Secondary
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%NDLESS ROWS OF SOFT WHITE BUSHELS
(ARBOURING A CHEMICALLY INDUCED SECRET
Karen Olivares Cariboo Hill Secondary
3UCH INNOCENCE AND PURITY
0EOPLE OFTEN ROMANTICIZE
4AINTED BY MASS DISPERSED PESTICIDES
4HE PULLING OF PETALS FROM BLOOMING FLOWERS
7HEN YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE
! HUMBLE WORKER GRAZES OVER THE AISLES OF
(OW MUCH PAIN THE FLOWER IS IN
NATURAL WHITE
7HILE TOXIC RUNOFF INFILTRATES UNASSUMING
0ETAL AFTER PETAL
COMMUNITIES
7E TUG
3YMPTOMS GO UNNOTICED
&ORCIBLY YANKING IT AWAY LIKE
5NTIL THEY BECOME IRREMEDIABLE
!N ARM FROM A TORSO
,IMB AFTER LIMB
"ALES OF COTTON FIBRES ARE SPUN
#ONSUMING THOUSANDS OF LITRES OF WATER
7E TAKE BEAUTY FROM GROTESQUE EVENTS
,OOSE STRANDS ARE ERGONOMICALLY KNIT
3ONGS OUT OF WAR
4HEY HAVE TAKEN A NEW FORM
0AINTINGS OUT OF GENOCIDE
3HIPPED ACROSS THE SEAS
7E MAKE ART FROM EVIL
3HEETS OF AUSTERE SIMPLICITY
!S A WAY TO JUSTIFY
3TACKED IN ROWS
4HE REALITY WE LIVE IN
3ILENTLY WAITING TO BE SELECTED
7ITH EACH STROKE FROM A PAINT BRUSH
)N A TIME TO BE CAREFREE
#EMENTING BLOOD
4HE YOUNG WORKERS ARE GIVEN NO SUCH IDEAL
#ONFINED TO HARSH CONDITIONS
%ACH INK FROM A PEN
#AREFULLY THEY SELECT A BLANK SLATE
#REATING A WORLD SHOWING ANXIETY AND SOLITUDE
'RUELLING HOURS
"ECAUSE WE ENJOY PAIN
! SHARPENED NEEDLE
"UT WE CONVINCE OURSELVES THAT WE NEED PAIN TO
)NSUFFICIENT WAGES
MOVE FORWARD
!ND BOUNDLESS THREAD
4HAT PAIN IS NECESSARY
&ROM THIS
0ETAL AFTER PETAL
! GARMENT
3CRAPING THE CONCRETE GROUND
)T DRAPES FROM A HANGER
"EFORE IT STOPS MOVING
)T SITS IN A SHOP
! CONSUMERIST HIGH QUICKLY WEARS OFF
)T IS FORGOTTEN
3O ARE THE UNDERVALUED WORKERS
!ND OUR DESECRATED ENVIRONMENT
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Imran Esmail Burnaby Mountain Secondary Max Joe École Moscrop Secondaire
#OLOURED SNAPSHOTS ,E TEMPS EST UN FLEUVE DE LA VIE ET DE LA MORT
OF HUMAN LIFE QUAUC UNE ÊME NE PEUT VAINCRE
NATURE #EST UNE VIE DE SOUVENIRS ET DE DIFFICULTÏS QUI NE
CELEBRATIONS SERONT JAMAIS OUBLIÏS
AND SORROW #EST LESSENCE QUI GARDE TOUTES CHOSES EN
&ROM ALL CORNERS MOVEMENT AVEC SA PUISSANCE TONITRUANTE
OF THE WORLD #EST LES ÏTOILES ET LE SOLEIL QUI BRILLENT DES
CONFINED BY THE TEETH GALAXIES ET DES NÏBULEUSES
OF YOUR PERFORATIONS #EST LA VIEILLESSE ET LES NOUVEAU NÏS QUI NOUS
LEADERS ENSEIGNENT LINNOCENCE ET LA PATIENCE
STAND PROUD #EST LES MATINÏES LUMINEUSES ET LES NUITS ÏTOLÏES
ACTIVISTS WITH VIGOUR QUI RENDENT NOTRE VIE TELLEMENT MEILLEURE
CHAUVINISTIC FOR THEIR CAUSE #EST LEVOLUTION ET LE DESIR DETRE TOUJOURS PARFAIT
COUNTRIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS #EST LES CIMETIÒRES ET LES ENTERREMENTS QUI NOUS
RAPPELLENT DE NOTRE DESTIN INÏVITABLE
)NTRICATE PAINTINGS #EST LES ENGRENAGES ET LES PIÒCES QUI TOURNENT
YOUR WOODEN PERFUME SANS FIN
INTOXICATES ME 3ANS LE TEMPS NOUS TOMBERIONS TOUS DANS UN
INVIGORATING ABÔME DE RIEN ABSOLUMENT RIEN
THE MOST VIVID MEMORIES 2IEN NE COMMENCERAIT RIEN NE FINIRAIT RIEN NE
THAT ARRIVE VIVRAIT RIEN NE MOURRAIT RIEN NE RÏGNERAIT
LIKE FALLEN SNOW ,E TEMPS EST PARTOUT ET SANS FIN
TO A WARM WELCOMING TONGUE
/ BORDERLESS TRAVELLER
NO MUSHROOM
ANCIENT CERAMIC
PRESTIGIOUS CASTLE
OR IMMACULATE BEAST OF THE WILD
CAN MATCH YOUR BEAUTY
&ROM THE DRY
DESSERTS OF !RABIA
TO THE ICY 2USSIAN WINTER
) HAVE SEEN THE WHOLE WORLD
THROUGH YOUR FRAME
YOUR EYES AND YOUR SOUL
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Hannah Cui Burnaby North Secondary
9OU WERE A CREATOR
7RITING ABOUT FALLING STARS WISHES BILLIONS OF GLITTERING GLASS SHARDS DRIPPING DOWN ROOFTOPS
CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH AND EHOLHYH
AND THE IMPOSSIBLE WAS A STORY AWAY FROM REALITY
"UT LW HAPPENED
AND SUDDENLY WORDS WERE NOT ENOUGH
YOU REALIZED THAT
EVERY STORY HAS AN ENDING
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU WISHED OTHERWISE
WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE OUR LOVE CANNOT KEEP
GROWING SHADOWS AT BAY
BUT YOU LEARNED
REIMAGINED THE SKY
.O STARS IN SIGHT BUT WHEN IT RAINS
THE WHOLE WORLD BLOOMS
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9OU ARE A CREATOR
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Erika Lieu Burnaby North Secondary
$EAR ,UCY
) REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE CLOUDS 7E WERE SITTING ON A WOODEN PARK BENCH
AT THE PLAYGROUND NEAR MY HOUSE &LUFFY WHITE CLOUDS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE BRILLIANT BABY BLUE SKY
3WINGING MY LEGS THAT COULDNT QUITE REACH THE GRASS ) ASKED hWHAT ARE CLOUDS MADE OF v
9OUR SMILE WAS AS BRIGHT AS THE SHINING SUN h#OTTON CANDY v YOU REPLIED AND ) BELIEVED IT ) WAS
ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD
) DREAMED OF FLYING IN THE SKY TO TOUCH THE SOFT PILLOWS THAT WERE BEYOND MY REACH )N MY MIND THEY
WERE LIGHTER THAN A FEATHER AND ) COULD HOLD THEM IN MY HANDS 4HE CLOUDS WERE AN UNEXPLORED ADVENTURE
BUT SIMPLY A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION
!T SCHOOL ) LEARNED THAT CLOUDS ARE CONDENSATION MERELY A COLD WET HAZE OF WATER VAPOR 9OU CANT
HOLD TOUCH OR TASTE THEM 9OU CAN ONLY ADMIRE THEIR BEAUTY FROM A DISTANCE ) LEARNED THAT CLOUDS ARENT
FLUFFY AT ALL #LOUDS ARE ONLY WATER
-Y DEVASTATING DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE NATURE OF CLOUDS WAS AROUND THE TIME THAT YOU GOT SICK -UM
REASSURED ME THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALRIGHT THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE LOSING YOUR FIGHT WITH CANCER
YOU REFUSED TO BE DEFEATED ) ONLY NOW REALIZE HOW STRONG YOU HAD BEEN TO PUT ON A BRAVE FACE FOR ME )
VISITED YOU AS MUCH AS ) POSSIBLY COULD BUT ) NEVER IMAGINED A FUTURE WITHOUT YOUR PRESENCE 4O ME DEATH
WAS NEVER AN OPTION FOR YOU ) WAS SO NAÕVE
/N AN ESPECIALLY DREARY DAY WHEN THE SKY WAS A BLANKET OF GREY ) ASKED -UM ABOUT YOU 4HE
ABSENCE OF SUNLIGHT FROM THE THICK CLOUDS CAST A SHADOW UPON US LIKE NIGHTFALL HAD COME EARLY h#AN WE
GO VISIT HER 0LEASE ) MISS HER A LOT ) WANNA KNOW IF SHES OKAY v ) INSISTED
4HE EXPRESSION ON -UMS FACE WAS INDECIPHERABLE 4AKING MY HAND SHE LED ME TO THE COUCH AND
TOOK A DEEP BREATH )N A SOMBER TONE -UM DELIVERED THE HEARTBREAKING NEWS WITH DIFFICULTY h3HES LIVING
UP IN THE CLOUDS NOWv
-Y WHOLE WORLD CRUMBLED AROUND ME ) FELT AS IF A STORMY RAINCLOUD LOOMED OVER MY HEAD AND )
WAS STRANDED AND ALONE WITHOUT AN UMBRELLA ) HELD ONTO -UM FEELING HOLLOW INSIDE DESPITE BEING IN HER
EMBRACE
!GAIN ) DREAMED OF FLYING IN THE SKY )T WASNT TO EXPLORE A HIDDEN WORLD OR TOUCH THE COTTON CLOUDS
) DREAMED OF SEEING YOU AGAIN
)T TOOK ME A WHILE BEFORE ) ACCEPTED YOUR PASSING 4HE TIME WE HAD TOGETHER WAS BRIEF BUT ) TREASURE
OUR MEMORIES LIKE GOLD .OTHING CAN STAY FOREVER %VENTUALLY THE STORM WILL PASS
-Y MEMORY OF YOU IS LIKE A CLOUDIT WILL ALWAYS BE UP THERE %VEN IF ) CANT REACH HOLD OR TOUCH
YOU ) CAN REMEMBER YOU !ND WHENEVER ) LOOK INTO THE SKY ) AM REMINDED OF YOU
4HANK YOU FOR LIFTING ME HIGH ENOUGH TO TOUCH THE CLOUDS
9OUR 'RANDDAUGHTER
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Alyssa Chang Burnaby South Secondary School
4HE FEELING OF THE BANGLE WAS FOREIGN TO HER
)T WAS GIFT FOR HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY GIVEN TO HER BY HER GRANDPARENTS 4HE PRECIOUS STONE ALMOST
APPEARED TO RIPPLE IN THE LIGHT THAT BEGAN TO SKITTER AWAY SINKING BENEATH THE COPSE OF TREES THAT STOOD AT
ATTENTION IN THE WEST !S SHE CONTINUED TO STUDY IT SHE NOTICED HOW THE VEINS RESEMBLED THOSE THAT RAN
FURIOUSLY BENEATH HER SKIN CARVING AN INTRICATE MAP ON HER BODY THAT PAINTED THE ROAD HER ANCESTORS TOOK
TO BRING HER HERE INKED IN THEIR BLOOD SO THAT SHE COULD SIT BENEATH THE SKY OF A COUNTRY FOREIGN TO THEIR
KNOWLEDGE WITH WHICH SHE CALLED HOME
4HE NIGHT WAS HUMID STIFLING EVEN )T WAS THE KIND THAT SHE LOATHED WHERE BLOOD TICKLED AT THE BRIDGE
OF YOUR NOSE THREATENING TO SPILL AND SWEAT PLASTERED YOUR CLOTHES TO YOUR BODY -OSQUITOS BUZZED ABOUT
AND SHE FOUND HERSELF FREQUENTLY SWATTING THE AIR WITH THE BANGLE JOSTLING VIOLENTLY ON HER FOREARM 4HE
POLISHED PIECE OF JEWELRY COULD NOT HAVE WEIGHED MORE THAN A FEW OUNCES ALTHOUGH TO HER IT FELT AS IF IT
WEIGHED A TON
&ROM HER SPOT ON THE PORCH STEPS SHE COULD HEAR THE CLATTERING OF DISHES AND THE LIVELY BANTER OF
FAMILY AS THEY CLEARED AWAY THE TABLES 4HE EFFORTLESS EBB AND FLOW BETWEEN NATIVE AND SECOND LANGUAGE
A COMPLEX SONG AT FORTISSIMO WITH A STACCATO FLARE 3HE CAUGHT MOST OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT CAME WITHIN
HEARING RANGE BUT THE REST WOULD ONLY BECOME MUDDLED AND DISMEMBERED IN HER MIND )T WAS RARE FOR HER
TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING SAID WHICH FAMILY MEMBER WAS BEING GOSSIPED ABOUT THIS TIME
OR WHAT WAS SO FUNNY THAT MADE EVERYONE AROUND HER ROAR WITH LAUGHTER )T WAS LIKE TRYING TO READ A BOOK
WITH NUMEROUS WORDS SCRATCHED OUT AND THE MAJORITY OF ITS PAGES MISSING %XCEPT THIS WAS NOT A SIMPLE
PROBLEM REGARDING JUST WORDS BUT WITH SOUNDS 3OUNDS THAT SHOULD HAVE MEANT SOMETHING TO HER 3OUNDS
THAT COMFORTED HER YET AT THE SAME TIME SHE COULD NOT COMPREHEND
4HERE WAS THIS KIND OF EMPTINESS THAT WAS BURROWED DEEP WITHIN HER WHERE THOSE SOUNDS SHOULD
HAVE TAKEN ROOT )T WOULD ALWAYS HURT MORE WHEN SHE SAW HER GRANDPARENTS 3HE HAD ALWAYS FOUND IT
DIFFICULT TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE AND FREQUENTLY AVOIDED TALKING TO THEM ALL TOGETHER )T WAS ALWAYS DIFFICULT
TO EMBRACE THEM AS THE BARRIER BETWEEN THEM WAS GARGANTUAN AND UNYIELDING 3HE FEARED THAT HER
MEMORY OF THEM WOULD ONLY BE THESE SHALLOW IMAGES PIGMENTED IN THE DULLEST SHADES OF GREY 4HEY WOULD
ONLY EVER BE CLUMSY STRINGS OF BROKEN %NGLISH AND MASKS OF JUBILANCE HIDING DISAPPOINTMENT
4HEY WERE HER FAMILY AND SHE HAD LET THEM DOWN
3HE HAD LET HERSELF DOWN
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Erika Lieu Burnaby North Secondary
h(IGHERv ) EXCLAIMED LAUGHTER BUBBLING INSIDE ME AS -OM PUSHED THE SWING 3OARING THROUGH THE
AIR ) LET MYSELF FEEL LIKE A KID AND FORGET THAT WE WERE LIVING IN A WARZONE
!N !MERICAN FIGHTER JET ZIPPED OVERHEAD 4HEN A FLASH 4HE GROUND SHUDDERED BENEATH ME !NOTHER
PLANE FLEW ACROSS THE SMOKY SKY !BLAZE IT TORPEDOED AND BURIED ITSELF INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING
,OWER LIP TREMBLING ) HOPPED OFF THE SWING AND INTO MY -OMS EMBRACE SHELTERING ME FROM THE
NIGHTMARE THAT WAS OUR REALITY
) WOKE TO CHEERS OF VICTORY FILLING THE AIR 4ANKS ROLLED THROUGH THE STREETS AND 6IETCONG TROOPS
MARCHED BEHIND 'UNS IN HAND THE SOLDIERS PULLED THEIR TRIGGERS TOWARDS THE SKY IN CELEBRATION
! SHOUT ! SCREAM 3TRAY BULLETS EMBEDDED THEMSELVES IN UNKNOWING CIVILIANS ON THEIR WAY DOWN
FROM THE SKY
3AIGON WAS NO LONGER SAFE 4HE WAR HAD JUST ENDED AND THE !MERICAN TROOPS WERE ORDERED TO LEAVE
THE COUNTRY WITHIN A DAY FAILURE TO DO SO AND THE 6IETCONG WOULD TURN THE CITY INTO AN OCEAN OF BLOOD -Y
FAMILY FACED A TOUGH DECISION 3TAY IN 3AIGON OR FLEE ON A DANGEROUS JOURNEY WITH A SLIM CHANCE OF
FREEDOM 7E COULD WADE IN THE SHALLOWS OR DIVE DEEP INTO THE VAST OCEAN WITHOUT KNOWING IF WED SEE
LAND AGAIN
)N THE MOONLIGHT WE SCRAMBLED ABOARD THE CRAMPED WOODEN BOAT WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ALSO
RISKING THEIR LIVES TO BE FREE !LL WE HAD WERE THE CLOTHES ON OUR BACKS 7ITH A WHIR OF THE ENGINE THE BOAT
PROPELLED ITSELF THROUGH THE WATER 4HERE WAS NO GOING BACK
4EARS THREATENED TO SPILL DOWN MY CHEEKS AS ) LOOKED UP AT MY -OM h!RE WE LEAVING FOREVER v )
WHISPERED
3HE PULLED ME INTO HER ARMS h7E CANT GO BACK WELL REGRET NEVER SPREADING OUR WINGSv
h"UT )M AFRAID TO v ) CONFESSED LETTING MY TEARS FALL h) DONT WANNA LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHINDv
h)T BUILDS CHARACTER v MY SISTER JOKED A WEAK ATTEMPT AT DISTRACTING OURSELVES WITH THE PROSPECT OF
PERISHING UNBEKNOWNST TO ANYONE ELSE
,OOKING BACK AT THE PIER MY VISION BLURREDMY HOME A MERE HAZE IN THE DISTANCE 7E NEVER HAD A
CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE
! JOURNEY BY SEA WAS GAMBLING WITH YOUR LIFE )N SEARCH FOR FREEDOM ONLY A FEW LUCKY PEOPLE REACHED
THAT GOAL /DDS OF SURVIVAL WERE NOT IN ANYONES FAVOR -OST PEOPLE LOST THAT GAMBLEBOATS WERE
DESTROYED IN UNFORGIVING STORMS PEOPLE PERISHED FROM STARVATION OR DISEASE AND FAMILIES WERE STRANDED
OUT IN THE OPEN SEA "UT IT WAS A SACRIFICE SO MANY WERE WILLING TO TAKE
7E CONSTANTLY PREPARED FOR THE WORSE AS THE BOAT ROCKED VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN THE
TREACHEROUS HEAVING WATERS WOODEN JOINTS GROANING AGAINST THE FRAME )T WAS A MIRACLE WHEN OUR BOAT
ENCOUNTERED LAND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX DAYS )T WAS AS IF WE HAD WOKEN UP FROM A NIGHTMARE WHEN WE
NAVIGATED TOWARDS THE SMALL ISLAND
%VEN THOUGH OUR HARDSHIPS WERENT OVER WE HAD SURVIVED AND FREEDOM WAS NO LONGER A DREAM )T
WAS NOW OUR REALITY
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h(IGHERv SHE GIGGLES 0USHING THE SWING ) SEND THE GIRL SOARING THROUGH THE SKY ! SMILE STRETCHES
ACROSS HER FACE WITHOUT A WORRY ON HER MIND HER EXPRESSION IGNITING A SPARK WITHIN ME %VERYTHING ) HAVE
RISKED AND LIVED THROUGH HAS BEEN WORTH IT ,EAPING OFF THE SWING SHE RUNS INTO MY EMBRACE ) HOLD HER
TIGHTLY FEELING REMINISCENT OF WHEN ) WAS MY DAUGHTERS AGE 7ITHOUT THE SACRIFICES MY FAMILY MADE )
WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE SHALLOWS NEVER LEARNING HOW TO SWIM IN THE OCEAN OF FREEDOM
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Jinian Beharrell Alpha Secondary
4HE SPACE IS BRIGHT AND OPEN BUT PEOPLE RECEDE INTO DARK CORNERS
4HE DULL WHISPER OF PATRONS THE SCRATCH OF PENS THE CHATTER OF CHILDREN THE FAINT TAPPING OF OLD
KEYBOARDS FILL THE HIGH CEILINGS
4HERE IS A FAINT MUSTY SMELL OF OLD BOOKS BROKEN AS DOORS OPEN AND RETURNING AS THEY SHUT
4HE AIR IS STILL BUT ALIVE
&OURTEEN SHELVES OF BOOKS ARE LINED UP LIKE SOLDIERS
4HEY ARE FILLED WITH PERMUTATIONS OF BOOKS SOME BRAND NEW SOME HELD TOGETHER WITH ROLLS OF TAPE
4HEY MIRROR THEIR READERS
#HILDREN CRACK OPEN THE SPINES OF NEW BOOKS AND ADULTS FINGER THROUGH THE OLD
/UTSIDE FAMILIES WALK IN ENDLESS CIRCLES AROUND A SOCCER FIELD
/LD )TALIAN MAN PLAY BOCCE AND A TEAM OF YOUNG GIRLS CHASE A SOCCER BALL
) BREATHE !FTER STARING AROUND FOR A WHILE ) TOO RECEDE INTO MY OWN DARK CORNER
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Skylar Ferguson Burnaby Mountain Secondary
4WO
AND
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HALF HOURS LATER YOU HAD FINALLY MANAGED TO GET COMFORTABLE AND EVEN DOZE OFF ON THE
AWKWARD TRAIN SEAT WHERE THE HEADREST WAS TOO FAR FORWARD AND THE BACK SEEMED TO BE AT A NINETY
DEGREE ANGLE AND THE LUMPY CUSHION HAD BEEN WORN THIN AND TWO
AND
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HALF HOURS LATER THE ARMED MEN
BEGAN TO MAKE USE OF THEIR ARMS 9OU HEARD THE SCREAMING FIRST BUT COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHY BECAUSE
THE VIEW OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW WAS SO LOVELY THE BLUE AND GREEN MOUNTAINS SO SERENE THAT YOU
COULDNT SEEM TO QUITE MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAD CHANGED 4HEN IT VKDWWHUHG
!ROUND YOU A FRANTIC CACOPHONY SUDDENLY ERUPTED )N YOUR EARS AND IN YOUR HEAD YOUR FRIEND
ACROSS FROM YOU SCREAMED AND THE OTHERS IN THE TRAIN CAR SCREAMED AND THE WIND SCREAMED AND THE
GUN IN THE HANDS OF THE MAN SHRIEKED 9OUR RIBS FELT LIKE ICE AND YOUR EYES WERE ON FIRE AND AS YOU AND
YOUR FRIEND DROPPED TO THE FLOOR THE SEQUENCE CONTINUED LIKE THIS
4HE MAN IN THIS CAR IS TARGETING THOSE FLEEING DOWN THE AISLES YELLING AT THEM TO DO AS HE SAYS WR
VWD\VWLOORUHOVH SO YOU AND YOUR FRIEND BEGIN TO CRAWL UNDER THE SEATS TOWARD THE OPPOSITE DOOR 4HE
FLOOR IS DISGUSTING )TS GRITTY AND STICKY AND SMEARED WITH UNKNOWN FILTH AND YOU SHIVER IN REVULSION AS
THE SHADOWS BLUR TOGETHER IN NAUSEATING SLOW MOTIONYOUR MOTIONS FEEL SICKENINGLY SLOW QRWIDVW
HQRXJK9OU HAVENT YET REACHED THE DOOR WHEN SOMEONE BEHIND YOU BEGINS TO YELL AND THE BULLETS
STOP AND THE PERSON KEEPS SHRIEKING UXQUXQ9OU AND YOUR FRIEND DONT SEE WHO IT IS OR WHAT HAS
HAPPENEDA SECURITY GUARD ! CIVILIAN 9OU NEVER FIND OUT
%VERYWHERE ON THE TRAIN IS IN A FRENZY %VERYONES SCREAMS ARE THUNDEROUS IN YOUR EARS THOSE OF
THE HIJACKERS YELLING ORDERS AND THOSE OF THE TERRIFIED PEOPLE FIGHTING ONE ANOTHER TO GET AWAY 9OUR
FRIEND RUNS AND SOBS 4HIS IS VIOLENT AND CHAOTIC AND MUCH OF IT ISNT EVEN CAUSED BY THE MEN AND THEIR
WEAPONS 9OU FIND YOURSELVES COLLIDING WITH FLESH AND ANGLES HARD ELBOWS AND HARD CORNERS AS A
MILLION PEOPLE STRIKE AND SHOVE ONE ANOTHER IN A WRETCHED ATTEMPT TO BE ANYWHERE BUT KHUH AN ISOLATED
LITTLE BOX ON WHEELS HURTLING THROUGH GORGEOUS ALPINE MEADOWS
%VENTUALLY THE HIJACKERS GET YOU ALL ON YOUR KNEES AND SCREAM AT YOU NOT TO MOVE NOT TO MAKE A
SOUND 3OME DONT ABIDE BY THESE RULES MAKING THEM SEND A SPRAY OF BULLETS INTO THE CROWD )TS A
HELLISH MESS OF TREMBLING HOT BODIES CRAMMED TOGETHER REEKING OF BLOOD AND SWEAT &ACES MOVE
AROUND YOU IN A LURCHING DISTORTION BUT ALL YOU CAN FOCUS ON IS YOUR FRIEND WHO SHAKES AS SHE CONTINUES
TO SOB
4HE MINUTES TURN INTO HOURS 4HEN YEARS AND CENTURIES
4HEYRE LEAVING RUSHING OUT 4HE TRAIN HAS STOPPED BUT YOU DONT KNOW HOW LONG .EW MEN FILL THE
TRAIN CAR BUT THIS TIME THEYRE USHERING YOU ALL RXW YELLING AT ONE ANOTHER AND NOT YOU 9OU FIND
YOURSELVES ON A PLATFORM ! TRAIN STATION WHICH YOU DONT RECOGNISE 9OU TURN TO YOUR FRIEND BUT SHE
IGNORES YOU AND RUNS TO CLING TO AN OFFICER FINGERS DIGGING INTO HIS ARM UNTIL THEYRE WHITE AS BONE h/H
GOD (ELP 4HEY KILLED MY FRIENDv
.OBODY LOOKS AT YOU AS YOU PROCESS HER WORDS AND YOUR BREATH COMES QUICK AND SHALLOW BEFORE
STOPPING ALTOGETHERYOU REALISE YOU DONT NEED IT ANYMORE
(OW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DEAD
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h7HY DO ) HAVE TO WEAR A SKIRT v
) REMEMBER ASKING MY MOTHER THE SAME QUESTION EVERY SO OFTEN WHEN ) WAS YOUNGER
h)T MAKES YOU LOOK PRETTYv
3HE WOULD ANSWER WITH THE SAME SONG
LIKE TUNE IN HER SOFT VOICE AS SHE BRUSHED BACK MY THICK HAIR
7E HAD THE SAME SILHOUETTE THE SAME UNRULY RAVEN LOCKS AND SLIGHTLY BROAD SHOULDERS 3HE EVEN TIED MY
HAIR LIKE HERS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL BRAID OR PIGTAILS ) PUFFED MY CHEEKS OUT IN ANNOYANCE WHILE TWIRLING A
STRAND OF HAIR WITH TENSE FINGERS
h) DONT FEEL PRETTY v ) POUTED
h"UT IT SUITS YOU v SHE SIGHED
-Y MOTHER PULLED UP MY SKIRT AND ZIPPED THE BACK WITH A SMILE ) TUGGED THE COLLAR OF MY WHITE DRESS
SHIRT AND LOOKED AT MY SMALL FIGURE IN THE MIRROR -Y HAIR WAS IN A NEAT HALF
DO CLIPPED TOGETHER WITH AN OLD
BARRETT AND MY SKIRT A BRIGHT RED LIKE FRESHLY DIPPED CANDY APPLES REACHING DOWN TO MY KNEES ) AWKWARDLY
SHUFFLED MY FEET UNUSED TO THE SENSATION OF BARE SKIN AND FIGHTING THE URGE TO PULL THE FABRIC DOWN TO COVER
SCARS THAT MARKED MY LEGS
h0EOPLE ARE GOING TO STARE AT ME v ) WHIMPERED h) DONT WANT THATv
-Y MOTHER SMILED GENTLY AT ME AGAIN BUT HER EYES DARKENED WITH PITY AND AN UNSPOKEN SADNESS
WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND MY CHEST ) COULD NEVER FORGET THOSE EYES
) CLUNG TO MY MOTHER THE ENTIRE NIGHT ) WATCHED GIRLS RUN WITH FRILLY DRESSES AND SPARKLING SKIRTS THEIR
SMOOTH SCARLESS LEGS MOVING FREELY WITHOUT THE WORLDS CARE 7HEN THEY APPROACHED ME ) SHRUNK BACK AS
THEIR PLAYFUL EYES SURVEYED ME HEAD TO TOE 3OME GIGGLED AND OTHERS POINTED THEIR FINGERS WITH SCRUNCHED
NOSES !POLOGETIC PARENTS USHERED THEIR CHILDREN AWAY AND GLANCED AT ME WITH PITIFUL EYES /NE GIRL STAYED
BEHIND AND KEPT HER GAZE ON MY RED SKIRT 3HE LOOKED UP AT ME AND GRINNED
h) LIKE YOUR SKIRT v SHE CHIRPED h)T LOOKS NICE ON YOUv
3HE TURNED AROUND LETTING HER YELLOW DRESS TWIRL IN THE AIR AND RAN BACK TO JOIN HER FRIENDS
) BRUSHED MY HAIR GENTLY IN FRONT OF A MIRROR AND CLASPED IT TOGETHER WITH THE SAME OLD BARRETTE MY
MOTHER GAVE ME LONG AGO -Y FEET SHUFFLED AWKWARDLY STILL UNUSED TO THE ABSENCE OF FABRIC COVERING MY
LEGS ) REACHED BEHIND MY BACK AND FIDDLED WITH THE RIBBON AROUND MY WAIST -Y MOTHER APPEARED BEHIND
ME IN THE REFLECTION AND HELPED ME TIE A NEAT BOW /UR SILHOUETTES WERE IDENTICAL THE SAME UNRULY RAVEN
LOCKS SLIGHTLY BROAD SHOULDERS AND NOW EYES THAT MET AT THE SAME HEIGHT ) DIDNT FEEL THE URGE TO PULL
DOWN MY DRESS TO COVER MY LEGS -Y MOTHER NO LONGER LOOKED AT ME WITH THAT DARK EXPRESSION BUT GAZED
AT ME WITH A GLINT OF PRIDE SHINING IN HER EYES ) LOOKED AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR AND ADMIRED THE BRIGHT RED
DRESS THAT ) PICKED OUT
h9OU LOOK BEAUTIFUL v SHE SAID
)LL NEVER FORGET THOSE WORDS
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Ella White Burnaby North Secondary
&OR THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF MYSELF
-Y JACKET SMELLS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE ,IKE CIGARETTES AND PERSON AND COFFEE 9OU COULD ONLY SMELL IT
FAINTLY IF YOU WERE UP CLOSE )TS PULLED OVER SOMEONE ELSES HOODIE %VERYTHING ) OWN SEEMS TO BELONG
TO SOMEONE ELSE
)TS WINTER BUT IT DOESNT FEEL LIKE WINTER 4HE SUN SPRINGS UP IN THE MORNING LIKE IT WISHES TO RID OF
THE COLD )T SPILLS OUT CLOUDS LIKE PAINT ) CAN WALK UP TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON MY STREET AND LOOK OUT INTO
THE DISTANCE 3TILL IT HASNT EVEN SNOWED ) HAVENT EVEN SHIVERED
9OU DONT KNOW ME 3O LET ME TELL YOU WHO )VE BECOME ) AM SEVENTEEN ) AM SO QUIET THAT ) GET
TALKED OVER ) DONT KNOW IF ) WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR IF ) JUST WANT TO BE HEARD -Y SMILE ISNT LOUD
ENOUGH -Y TEETH HAVE ANGER CAUGHT IN THEM ) THINK THEY ALWAYS HAVE BUT NOW WHEN ) TALK YOU CAN
HEAR IT SEETHING
9OU SEE ) WANTED TO WRITE THIS BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING
) AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WILL BE OKAY
-Y BEST FRIEND AND ) RAN UP SO FAR INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND TOUCHED THE EARTH AND ALL OF ITS SKY "Y
MOUNTAINS ) MEAN THE TALLEST STREET ) KNOW "Y EARTH ) MEAN THE GROUND "Y SKY ) MEAN WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THAT BLUE STRIP OVER THE HORIZON IT DOESNT END SO TOUCH IT BECAUSE IT IS FULL OF COLOUR "ECAUSE
THE WORLD DOESNT HAVE TO BE BEAUTIFUL TO MEAN SOMETHING
) HAVE LOVED AND BEEN LOVED ) HAVE SUNK MY TEETH INTO IT LIKE AN APPLE AND RIPPED IT APART ) HAVE
LEARNED TO TOUCH LIKE RAIN
) KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO LOSE SOMEONE 9OU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO LOSE SOMEONE )VE LEARNED
THAT IT DOESNT HURT AT FIRST *UST SLOWLY *UST WHEN YOURE FINISHING THE LAST LAP OF THE RACE *UST AS YOURE
ABOUT KICK THE BALL INTO THE NET 0AUSE (URT 3TUMBLE
-Y ROOM SMELLS LIKE YOU )T HAS THE DRAWINGS YOU MADE )T HAS THE GOLDEN COINS FROM YOUR NINTH
BIRTHDAY PARTY )T HAS THE ENTIRE (ARRY 0OTTER SERIES 3OMETIMES ) WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS SPACE ) WANT
THE BED BACK ON THE FLOOR ) WANT THE GUITAR TUCKED INTO THE CORNER 4HE DESK PRESSED TO THE WEIRD SIDE
OF THE ROOM WITH THAT OLD MONITOR 4HE HEARTS STRUNG UP ACROSS MY BED "UT THE REASON )VE DONE THIS IS
BECAUSE
4HINGS ARE CHANGING 9OU DONT NEED TO BE SCARED )T WILL BE OKAY
) KNOW THAT THE DARK IS SCARY AND NOT BECAUSE OF MONSTERS "UT IT WONT BE EVENTUALLY *UST SLEEP
UNTIL YOU BECOME YOURSELF
!ND MAYBE THIS WASNT FOR YOU IT WAS FOR ME
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Mika Kurahashi Burnaby North Secondary
!N ELDERLY LADY WEARING A PEACOCK BLUE AND DEEP PURPLE PAISLEY SHIRT SITS POISED AS SHE READS
HER NOVEL IN THE MIDST OF PEOPLE GLUED TO THEIR PHONES ! SENSE OF FAMILIARITY ENGULFS ME AS ) FEEL AN ACHE
SO STRONG ) HAVE TO LOOK AWAY ) TURN MY ATTENTION TO THE DESOLATE FOG COVERING UP THE INK OF THE SKY A
WORLD AWAY FROM THE HUE OF OUR PACKED BUS ,ATER WALKING HOME MY THOUGHTS WANDER LEADING ME BACK
TO THE WOMAN ON THE BUS (ER PEACEFUL FOCUS TRIGGERS A LAND SLIDE OF MEMORIES
) REMEMBER SITTING ON YOUR LAP STUDYING EVERY CREASE MARKING YOUR FACE AS YOU WORKED INTENTLY ON
A SUDOKU ) REMEMBER SNUGGLING NEXT TO YOU AND TOGETHER CALLING FOR 'RANDPA TO HELP US WITH A
PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT WORD FROM THE DAILY CROSSWORD ) REMEMBER BREAKFASTS OF 'RANDPAS FAMOUS
PANCAKES AND THE GRINS WE SHARED AS WE REVEALED OUR LOVE FOR WHIPPED CREAM ) REMEMBER THE DIFFICULTY
) HAD IN PICKING JUST ONE TEACUP FROM YOUR SEEMINGLY ENDLESS CHINA CABINET FOR OUR TEA PARTIES WITH
LUKEWARM TEA AND SCOOPS OF SUGAR
) REMEMBER THE PUNGENT SCENT OF FLOWERS AS WE PICKED ONLY THE BEST BLOSSOMS FOR OUR BOUQUETS )
REMEMBER YOUR ARM GRIPPING MINE AS ) HELPED YOU WALK YOUR SICKNESS CLINGING TO YOU REFUSING TO
LEAVE YOU ALONE
h) BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF )M NOT THERE PHYSICALLY ) WILL BE WITH YOU IN SPIRIT v YOU REASSURED ME VOICE
BREAKING AS WE SAID OUR FINAL GOODBYES
)TS IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE PAST THE IDEA THAT ) AM NOT GOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN ) WILL NEVER GET TO HEAR
YOUR LOUD LAUGH FEEL YOUR WARM WEATHERED HANDS SMELL THE VIVID LAVENDER CANDLES YOU LOVE OR SIT WITH
YOU AS THE TASTE OF OUR FRESHLY BAKED GOODIES OVERFLOW OUR TASTE BUDS
) DIDNT WANT TO GO TO YOUR FUNERAL ) DIDNT WANT TO DEAL WITH ALL THE PITYING EYES OR SEE THE TEARS
,ITTLE DID ) KNOW THAT YOU CREATED TWENTY MINUTES OF BEAUTY FOR US TO SPEND REMEMBERING FOR US TO TAKE
A MOMENT AWAY FROM THE RELENTLESS CYCLES OF OUR THOUGHTS 4HERE WAS SO MUCH ) LEARNT ABOUT YOU FROM
ONE BEAUTIFUL SLIDESHOW FROM YOUR FINAL PARTING GIFT ON THE WORLD )N YOUR VIBRANT PHOTOS OF NATURE ) SAW
THE INTRICACY OF FLOWER PETALS AND THE BEAUTY RESTING IN DROPS OF DEW ON A BLADE OF GRASS %ACH AND EVERY
MINISCULE PEBBLE AND BROKEN TWIG HAD ITS PLACE ) GLIMPSED THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR EYES
! SHARP GUST OF WIND SNATCHES ME OUT OF MY TRANCE AND ) PAUSE TO LOOK AROUND ) NOTICE THE WARM
GLOW SPILLING OUT ONTO THE SIDEWALK FROM THE HOUSES OF MY NEIGHBOURS ) SPOT A MOTHS FLUTTERY WINGS
FLAPPING AS IT FLEES FROM DARKNESS AND ) GAZE AT THE SHADOWS OF AUTUMN LEAVES CAST ONTO THE GROUND FROM
THE SHAKY STREETLIGHTS ) LOOK UP AT THE SKY CLEAR OF FOG AND SHIMMERING WITH TINY SPOTS OF LIGHT AND )
SMILE
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Suroor Mansouri Burnaby South Secondary
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h-AMA SAID IF YOU DONT GET UP NOW SHES COMING TO WAKE YOU UP HERSELF v MY SISTER +HAYRIA SAYS 3HE
KNOWS IT ALWAYS DOES THE TRICK WHETHER IT IS TRUE NOT )TS WINTER AND THE FRIGID .OVEMBER AIR PENETRATES
THE WALLS NIPPING AT MY NOSE MAKING IT ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING TO LEAVE MY THREE LAYERS OF RED CASHMERE
BLANKETS ) LIKED IT THAT WAY 3TILL HALF ASLEEP ) SLIDE TOWARDS THE BATHROOM JUST AS ) HEAR +AREEM MY
BROTHER STEP OUT KNOWING THE AIR INSIDE IS GOING TO BE NICE AND TOASTY AFTER HIS SCORCHING HOW SHOWER
)TS A 3ATURDAY MEANING THE KITCHEN TABLE THAT GATHERS US EVERY MORNING HAS A BEAUTIFUL SPREAD OF FRESHLY
BAKED ANISE BREAD OLIVES CHEESES FRESH PERSIMMONS AND POMEGRANATE 4HE KITCHEN FITS NO MORE THAN
FIVE PEOPLE HOWEVER THE WARMTH OF THE SUNLIGHT COMING IN THROUGH THE LARGE WINDOWS MAKES UP FOR THE
LIMITED SPACE 4HE BRIGHT COLOURS ON THE TABLE AND THE SMILES ON MY FAMILYS FACE REMIND ME WHY ) LOVE
3ATURDAYS SO MUCH
) HEAD OUTSIDE TO THE FRONT YARD TO FIND MY FATHER STARING AT THE SKY h4OO MANY CLOUDS AND ITS GETTING
DARK EARLY v HE LOOKS AT ME hIT MIGHT RAIN LATER SO TELL MAMA TO BRING IN THE LAUNDRY v HE ADDS (E HAS A
LOOK ON HIS FACE ) WISH ) COULD READ BUT HE TRIES TO MASK IT WITH A SMILE (E DOES IT FOR ME )M SURE OF IT
!S MY FATHER AND ) BEGIN TO GO BACK INSIDE WE HEAR A THUNDEROUS NOISE h"ABA WHAT WAS THAT v ) ASK
STARTLED -Y DAD GIVES ME A CONFUSED LOOK THEN HURRIES ME INTO THE HOUSE 4HE SOUNDS START TO MIX IN
WITH THE SCREAMS OF THOSE BEHIND THE TALL WHITE WALL SURROUNDING OUR HOUSE 4HE ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT
SOUND BECOMES STRONGER WITH THE LAST BEING FORGOTTEN IN THE MIDST OF THE CHAOS 4HE FEAR HOWEVER
REMAINS
2IGHT WHEN ) THINK THE NOISE IS GETTING FURTHER AWAY THE SHARPEST EXPLOSIVE SOUND FINDS ITS WAY INTO OUR
LIVING ROOM SHAKING THE TILES BENEATH US AND THE WALLS AROUND US 7E FIND OURSELVES INSTINCTIVELY HOLDING
EACH OTHER AS IF TO SHIELD ONE ANOTHER AND THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING .OTHING CAN PREPARE US FOR WHAT
COMES NEXT
-Y GRANDMOTHER WALKS INTO THE LIVING ROOM PALE IN THE FACE WITH HER ARM BARELY HANGING ON TO HER
SHOULDER 3HE HAS BEEN THE MOST AFFECTED 3HE SEEMS DEAD BUT IS STILL BREATHING 3HE CAN HEAR SOUND
BUT IS INCAPABLE OF REPLYING 3HE COLLAPSES ON THE COUCH AS ) STAND THERE SHOCKED NAUSEATED AS IF MY
BLOOD HAS TURNED TO STONE HOLDING ME IN MY VERY POSITION MAKING ME FEEL ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AND
EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME ) AM INFURIATED THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN TO SOMEONE SO CLOSE TO ME BUT EVEN
MORE INFURIATED KNOWING THOSE BEYOND OUR TALL WHITE WALL ARE FACING MUCH WORSE
"EYOND THIS MY MEMORY CHOOSES TO FADE .OTHING MAKES SENSE AFTERWARDS AS IF IT IS NEVER MEANT TO
!S IF THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO CAN TAKE IT AND MOVE ON )T WAS THAT DAY THAT TAUGHT ME THAT
THESE TALL WHITE WALLS COULD NO LONGER PROTECT US THOSE WHO ARE INCAPABLE OF REMEMBERING THESE
CALAMITIES AS ANYTHING MORE THAN A COLD .OVEMBER NIGHT
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Elizabeth McDonald Alpha Secondary
4HE WINDOWS ARE INKY MIRRORS "EYOND THE COOL GLASS STREET LAMPS ARE PALE YELLOW CANDLES AND THE
MOON IS A BRIGHT SILVER DOLLAR %VERYONE IS QUIET AND THE HOUSE PULSES TO THE LANGUID BEAT OF SLUMBERING
BODIES "UT ) AM NOT ASLEEP -IDNIGHT HAS LONG PASSED BUT ) IGNORE THE CLOCKS NEON NUMBERS 4HEY
DONT MATTER AT NIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT DOESNT SHIFT AND THE SHADOWS DONT MOVE AND THE DARKNESS
STRETCHES INTO ETERNITY ) MUST BE QUIET AS A MOUSE ONE STEP TOO LOUD MIGHT SHATTER THE FRAGILE SILENCE
) FILL THE SILENCE WITH JOY ) FILL MY HEAD AND MOUTH WITH SONGS /N A CHIPPED KITCHEN TILE STAGE ) PERFORM
WITH AIR INSTRUMENTS IN A FLANNEL STAGE COSTUME ) AM WEIGHTLESS ) LET CHARACTERS FROM BOOKS AND MOVIES
AND FANTASIES ROAM ABOUT 7ITHOUT DAYLIGHT DEVOURING THE SPACE THERE IS ROOM FOR THEM TO EXIST AGAIN
4HERE IS ROOM FOR THOUGHTS AND WHIMS TOO
,ZDQWSDQFDNHV ) MIX JUST ENOUGH BATTER TO SERVE ONE PERSON /IL AND THICK BATTER POP AND BUBBLE ON
THE HOT PAN 4HE CAKES ARE FLUFFY SWEET AND CRISP AROUND THE EDGES DRIPPING WITH BUTTER AND SYRUP
/NE BY ONE DOWN THE STACK ) SAVOUR EACH BITE UNTIL THEY ARE GONE ) LINE UP THE DISHES TO BE WASHED
) ARRANGE CUPS PLATES POTS PANS AND CUTLERY INTO A CITY OF CAREFUL TOWERS AND NEAT ROWS 7ARM WATER
SLIPS BETWEEN MY FINGERS AND SOAP SUDS MAKE LACY PATTERNS ON MY ARMS ) WORK SLOWLY AND BENEATH
MY HANDS CERAMIC AND POLISHED METAL GENTLY CLICK AND CLACK
7HEN THE NIGHT IS ALMOST MORNING 4IMES COMMANDING FACE SCOLDS ME FOR BEING FOOLISH ) SPENT MY
TIME LIKE A CHILD SQUANDERING HER ALLOWANCE %XHAUSTION RUSHES OVER ME IN HEAVY WAVES OF WARMTH
AND YAWNS ROCK MY BODY ) STEEL MYSELF 4HE DAY WAITS FOR NO ONE !ND WHEN THE DAY BREAKS THE SILENT
NIGHT IS SHATTERED BY THE TRUMPETS OF THE SUN AND ) SNAP TO ATTENTION
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Michiko Sakai Burnaby Community & Continuing Education
/NE FALL MORNING
SHE WAKES UP AND GOES TO A SHED
TO PICK SOME EGGS WITH HER OLDER AND YOUNGER SISTERS
#OWS IN THE SHED GLIMPSE THEM
3HE SAYS h-ORNINGv TO THE LITTLE ONE
)T IS A BIG DAY FOR HER
YEAR
OLD SISTER
3HE HAD BEEN CHOSEN FOR A TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE CALLED h+AGURAv AT A LOCAL 3HINTO SHRINE
3HE WILL BE A SHRINE MAIDEN AND PERFORM A DANCE FOR A MYTH
)N HER COUNTRY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE GODS ALL AROUND THEM
/N MOUNTAINS RIVERS ANIMALS AND EVEN NATURAL PHENOMENON
+AGURA IS A FORM OF DANCE AND MUSIC DEDICATED TO GODS
4HE AREA THEY HAVE LIVED IS ALSO THE ORIGIN OF THE MYTH AND THE GODS
)N THE EVENING HER FAMILY GOES OUT WITH SUSHI ROLLS
4HE ATMOSPHERE IS LIKE A SUMMER FESTIVAL
!TTRACTIVE SMELLS OF FOOD ARE COMING FROM THE STREET STALLS ALONG THE PATH
)T IS GETTING DARK
,ANTERNS ARE SWINGING LIGHTING UP THE PATH
0EOPLE ARE GATHERING
4HE AIR IS PRISTINE
!S THE SOUND OF FLUTE AND DRUMS STARTS
THE HEART OF THE YEAR
OLD GIRL STARTS POUNDING
/N THE STAGE OF THE SHRINE THE PERFORMANCE HAS JUST BEGUN
(ER SISTER SHOWS UP
WEARING A BEAUTIFUL KIMONO
DANCING IN SPARKLE
DANCING IN DREAM
DANCING IN ANOTHER WORLD
/N THE WAY HOME SHE SEES STARS COVERED THE SKY
4HEY SPARKLE AS THEY ARE CELEBRATING HER SISTER AND THE PERFORMANCE
(ER HEART IS STILL POUNDING
)T HAS PASSED SEVERAL DECADES SINCE THE MEMORY
3HE IS NOW OVER BUT HER LIFE IS SO BUSY
THAT SHE RARELY SEES STARS IN THE SKY
THAT SHE HARDLY SEES HER SISTERS LIVE FAR OFF
"UT IN HER HEART THE MEMORY OF +AGURA IS STILL SPARKLING
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