Welcome to Young Poet’s Corner! Here, we will share poems from students at Leaside High School, either members of the Young Writers Club or students in Writers Craft classes. These poems offer insights into some of the issues that occupy young people and showcase their evolving creativity.
Say their names
Hélène Colgan.
Nathalie Croteau.
Barbara Daigneault.
Anne-Marie Lemay.
Sonia Pelletier.
Annie St-Arneault.
Say their names
shout them at the top of rooftops
make the clouds gather our shouts and release our anguish back down
falling like eyelashes
graceful
balletic
delicate
watching as parts of me fall
i’m pulling myself apart
wishing on a better ending, on anything that might help me understand
i’m losing sleep
losing eyelashes
six fall from my eyes
a hope, a wish, a dream
a desire, a hunger,
a promise
lost on each one of their sacred names
Hélène Colgan.
Nathalie Croteau.
Barbara Daigneault.
Anne-Marie Lemay.
Sonia Pelletier.
Annie St-Arneault.
Say their names.
Jada Silver
Jada graduated from Leaside High in 2024, where she led the Young Writers Club and was an active member of Drama Club and Stage Crew. She is currently studying Concurrent Education at Brock, majoring in English and Drama. This poem was a response to the shooting at École Polytechnique in Montréal in 1989, and to violence against women.