Feb
Competition Results 12 to 18
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Motive-Art is delighted to announce the winners for the Fragments Contest.
In the category of twelve to eighteen years old, we are very pleased to announce
First Place has been awarded to Andy Brown, Age: 14 for the poem entitled "Fragments" Congratulations Andy, No More Landmines will be issuing a cheque for 150 pounds sterling for this winning entry.
Andy explains," I feel very strongly about the destruction and chaos that the landmines have caused throughout the world, and I have tried to place all of my feelings and passion into this poem."
FragmentsBy Andy Brown 10C
Blood shall stain the ruthless night
And pierce the scathing wind,
Hatred, fear and cold revenge
Will prey on those who sinned.
Souls as black as the darkest jet
With penitence reside,
Though, will you take such callous feats?
Such brutal homicide?
Can you see the fallen young
The snow stained crimson red?
Do you vouch for all this pain
And for so many dead?
See their eyes; such cold regard
That once held warm desire,
The men who'd fought the unjust fray
With purling shells of fire.
Lurk amongst your humble homes
And shelter all your kin,
Be thankful for the gift of life
Though, the darkness lies within.
Death embraces many forms
Through blood and sweat alike,
Yet, still evade the anguished fields
Lest the lethal landmines strike...
Second Place goes to Marissa Perna Age 18 This second Place position is awarded a prize of 100 pounds sterling.
Congratulations go to Marissa, she explains her work; "This piece was a drawing done with black ink and prisma color pencil. The the art was then edited digitally with paint to enhance the idea of fragments making up a whole.
This piece consists of intricate detail made with ink and quill. Each fragment comes together to form the woman's face and background. The idea that each detail and black stroke is unique and representful of a broken piece of the whole work, strengthens the feeling of broken and fragmented glass in my eyes."
The Runner Up for this category is Emma Powell who has submitted a very touching short story about living under the threat of remnants of war. This third place winner will receive a No More Landmines T-Shirt in recognition of the fine creative writing submitted to Motive Art.
Emma Powell
Another one, that was the third one this week, but it was definitely the worst, it has affected so many more people than the rest. The farmers who are harvesting in the fields are setting them off again. It is terrible, the war in this country was finished before I was even born, bit still, nine years later, people are still been killed, injured, paralyzed, losing family, friends and affected in many other ways by the land mines. Why couldn't they have been detonated safely at the end of the war? The effects are still disastrous; the mines were used in the war in order to stunt the movement of the enemy troops but the are still affecting innocent civilians many years later. It's not fair. Why should we still be suffering because of what happened years ago? The war has finished and we are now at peace. People are still dying, in this country, because of the civil wars.
The first one that went off mangled a farmers plough as he ploughed over it, it was a plough that he, unfortunately is not able to replace, all of his money is made off the land, the land that he is no longer able to work. The second one, the other side of the village killed one of the horses dragging the plough, that wasn't so bad, the farmer does have another one but it is still a loss. The mine that was un-earthed this morning, it was terrible it has affected so many people, it was a big one, full of little scatter bombs.
I have heard what happened, people walking past the house have alerted me, I also know almost exactly who was killed. There have been so many people being carried past the windows on stretchers, or limping, all of them injured by the mines or the shrapnel flying away from it. It's a horrible sight. It has killed Mum, Dad and baby Anne, they had all gone for a walk and the farmer had ploughed over the mine, but it had not detonated immediately. It has so far killed at least seven people; people are still searching through the mud and dust in the field.
All of my family gone, killed by one explosion left behind from the civil war nearly 10 years ago. So here I am, alone people keep coming to the door, looking for me; soon they are going to think that I am dead as well. I'm as good as, I cant go out to work, so I cant afford to stay in the house, I can't afford to go to school, I am going to starve probably even before I get kicked out of the house and I will have no-where to go, no-one to look after me. I don't know what to do, I just wish Mum and Dad were still here, they would know what to do. But I suppose, if they were here I wouldn't be in this mess.
Motive Art would like appoligise for the delay in posting this last category "twelve to eighteen years old" results. This was due to technical difficulties, we hope that our contestants and views were not overly inconvenienced. Thank you for your understanding.
Motive Art Staff.
Congratulations to all our winners, thank you for joining us here on Motive.
