March 08, 2011
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Uplands Elementary student Emily Patricia Barron wins Provincial Junior Poem category
A poem entered in the Royal Canadian Legion’s Poem, Poster, Essay contest by Uplands Elementary student Emily Patricia Barron has won the Provincial Junior Poem category.
Emily’s entry is now in Ottawa, and hopefully she will have success at the national level.
Other Br. 13 Terrace winners were Primary Black/White Poster Markus Lillie, Primary Colour Poster Cody Kirby, Intermediate Essay Rhett Mutschke and Intermediate Poem Joshua DeCario.
Not since the late ‘90s have we had a provincial winner; back then, Jeff Townsend’s Black and White Posters made it to the nationals on two occasions, and was runner-up once.
A student from Veritas School, Kendl Longridge, won the North West Zone, Provincial and the National in 1997 with a watercolour painted poster.
Each year, the B.C. Yukon Command mails a package out to all schools in B.C., private and public, and in that package are entry forms, rules and a letter to all principals, English teachers, parent advisory committees, and social study teachers.
This year, we had 129 entries from students at Uplands Elementary, Veritas school, Cassie Hall and Thornhill Elementary. Ten years ago, we would have as many as 400 entries, with most schools participating.
Read Emily’s winning poem:
Soldiers
On November 11th
We all sit and pray,
For the soldiers out there
That we hope are okay;
The soldiers out fighting
We keep in our heart,
I wish we could all
Just go back to the start;
A sad good-bye
With a kiss and a hug,
While we say good-bye
Our hearts give a tug;
The wars going on
In Afghanistan and Iraq,
We pray to god
That they will always come back;
The crosses,
Poppies,
Funerals and more,
Remembrance Day
is never a bore;
A soldiers gun firing
Away through a storm,
Instead of staying
At a house that is warm,
The crosses at
Flanders Fields shine,
While I wear a poppy
That isn’t all mine;
The clock ticks on
All through the night,
Just to think of what’s happening
Gives me a fright;
Commanders wait
To tell their troops ‘go’,
How long will they fight?
I don’t know;
With peace and courage
it will all end,
Until then our love we send.
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