Last month a local student received a runner-up prize for a poem she wrote as part of a national competition involving 10,000 students across Canada.
Jasmine Bouchard of Ecole Monseigneur Blaise Morand took second place in The Meaning of Home contest, hosted by Gemworth Financial Canada. She won an iPod, a pizza party for her class and also is giving $5,000 to the local Habitat for Humanity.
Her poem is entitled What Home Means to Me:
Home is a place,
To keep me safe.
A home is a shelter,
A place where we can be together.
At home we are safe forever,
Cherishing all our memories we've made together!
At my home, I can lay my head,
On a fluffy pillow in my bed.
My home is a place that I love to stay.
My home will never lead me astray.
Like the sun, its joyful loving rays,
Make me want to never go away!
My home is filled with love and care,
Something every family has to share.
The love we have
Is far beyond compare.
So with that said,
I will never ever dread
Going back home maybe even just to go to bed.
Because I know that I will never,
Ever, ever be alone.
At my sweet, caring, loving home.
