GROUP WINNERS

Grades 1-3

First Prize—Janelle Critchley

Butterfly Field
They’re gentle when playing
And pretty as they come
A stream of peace and a forest of love
Critters are running and jumping to play
Butterfly field is the place to stay
The baby foxes come out of their den
And play around with the animals of peace, Raccoon,
Love, Deer, and don’t forget
The animal of joy, Ferret

Second Prize—Rylyn Christensen

Peace is Helping People
Peace is helping people
Peace is kind
Peace is letting people in your games
Peace is taking care of yourself

Third Prize—Morgan Lbree

Love
Love like rainbows love rain
like mice love cheese
like boots love splashing in puddles
like blueberries love pancakes

Grades 4-6

First Prize—Mary Maguire

Peace to Me
Peace to me is the butterflies
Flying to the clouds
Peace is the reeds blowing
In the wind without a sound.
And to me, peace is the waves
Crashing up against the sand.
To me, peace is a bluebird,
Eating seeds out of my hand.
Peace is the sound of water flowing
Down a steady stream
Peace is to hear the harp,
Playing softly to my dream.

Second Prize—Braea Mayenburg

A Recipe for Peace
Take a cup of surprise and freedom,
Replace the hate with a shell from the shore,
All dreams, hopes, and wishes,
And something that’s worth much more.
Let your dreams overcome nightmares,
On the battlefield silence would reign,
There would be no such thing as starvation,
And the dead would come back again.
So if all of us were peaceful,
And kind for eternity more,
If we all just worked together,
The mankind would be around for much more.

Third Prize—Quinn Lowdon

Butterfly Love
Peace love
Lake of peace love
Lake of love for us love
Us and a lake forever
Love Peace

Grades 7-9

First Prize— Zoey Schutz
(see GRAND PRIZE WINNERS)

Second Prize—Jessie Whitehouse
(see GRAND PRIZE WINNERS)

Third Prize—Jasmine Wuitchik

I Have No Peace
Peace is stupid
Peace is lame
Peace chooses people to claim
I have no PEACE
Not a PEACE with me
I have NO PEACE to claim my own
I live in heatred at home
I only have my friends
I have NO PEACE
I have no love of my life
I have NO PEACE
Time is wasting on this quest,
To find my true love and my peace.
I live with NO PEACE
But I wish I did.

Grades 10-12

First Prize—Kyran King
(see GRAND PRIZE WINNERS)

Second Prize—Miriam Abrams

Peace
Peace is a thought with many meanings,
Expectations, hopes.
It fills our minds with dreams
Of a better world.
A world where poverty is but a dim shadow
In a distant past.
A world where violence is but evil’s unspoken thought.
A world full of laughter and light,
Happiness, love, music.
Peace is a song, pulling you in,
The melody a sweet sound,
Weaving all around you.
It dances your feet and spills from your lips.
Your tears are notes of joy.
The sun shines bright on your future
As you listen to the wind sing its
Lullaby of a new day, a new dawn.
This peace remains a dream, its reality has yet to awaken,
Has yet to be born.
But it will come. And when it does,
Embrace it, and welcome it into your life.
As it is the future
Of tomorrow.

Third Prize—Drew Crisp

A Peaceful War
Life-destructive peace
Life a war of peace and pain
A war born of peace

Dreaming Peace
Peace a foolish dream
A dream of hate and lost love
A dream worth living

Peace and Olives
Olive branch of peace
A graceful white messenger
A white dove in flight

A Message
Merciful angel
A green olive branch in hand
A message of peace

A Message of Hope
The white olive branch
The last, heroic white dove
The hope of mankind