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2007 Children's Scholarship Winner: Annick Lavoie
Annick Lavoie is 12 years old and will be entering Grade 7 at General Gordon
school. She lives in the West End near Sunset Beach. At two, she was drawing
pictures to make stories, and is still rarely without a pen in her hand. Now,
she still writes stories, but she also enjoys writing poetry, drawing Manga,
reading, going to the beach, playing with friends, playing on the computer, and
sleeping. Books about romance, horror, comedy and adventure are amongst her
favourites. Writing is her constant companion.
Selected Poems:
Carved in Orange
As the sun sets, outlining the clouds
in its orange
fluorescent light,
the trees whisper amongst themselves.
The silence is
deafening,
except for the
murmur of the trees.
The fiery orange
light paints its reflection
in the calm
peaceful waters.
The glass water
reflects all things towering above it,
the occasional
breeze making the reflection
dance and sway as
ripples.
And when the sun sinks beneath the mountains,
the sky glows and
dies out
like a candle, only
to reveal the night.
Nature Night
Birds sing their nighttimes lullaby.
A lone wolf howls, piercing the silence.
The moon hovers over the water, its reflection
like a shattered bowl as the water ripples.
Leaves fan the warm night air.
An owl soars above as silent as night itself.
It is a quiet and delicate night in the forest.
The Time Flower
Deep blue skies.
Clouds blooming into shapes, blooming into flowers.
As time goes by the cloud stays the same.
Rays of light penetrate the cloud, creating the centre of the Time Flower.
Almost see-through, the sky seeps through it, giving it a blue glow.
Shining and beaming.
It is said that the Time Flower creates the gentle warm scents of the earth.
When it rains the Flower soaks up the water, making it grow.
The Time Flower was here when I rose and it will be here when I fall.
Beauty can grow almost anywhere, but if you look carefully, you'll find
a bit of beauty in
everything.
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