2004 Children's Scholarship Winner: Claire C. Lawton Claire Lawton is a vibrant young writer who has been selected for the Coquitlam Journal of Writing in 2002 and 2003. Her hobbies include writing, acting, circus arts, reading and soccer. She was only eleven years old when we selected her for the Pandora's Collective Scholarship Award. Congratulations Claire! Oscar My dog is gone. all of my family is grieving over the loss of Oscar, the greatest wiener dog. His back legs got paralysed, no one knows how. We had to make the hard decision to let Oscar go. For goodbye I was given a lick he received a loving hug. He was loaded into the car to go to the end of his life. He never knew what hit him. Now he’s gone. Oscar’s gone away. Summertime My friends and I Dance through fields Of flowers. I fall flat on my face, But it doesn’t matter, I am having too much fun. Even though my mother scolds, For the grass stains on my knees, It doesn’t matter. I had too much fun. When I go to sleep I dream of tomorrow, Because today was so much fun. This is what I do For two months. I love summer, I have so much fun. Deathbed My pale crippled aunt Looks at me from her deathbed With green covers up to her chin. Yellow sunflowers and red roses are at her bedside. The weather is cloudy Without a ray of sunshine. Even the flowers pay their last respects. The sunflowers are hanging their heads, The roses are losing their petals. Back to the Winners page Home