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Francesca KENNEALLY, 14<br />
Northcote High School<br />
NORTHCOTE VIC<br />
The Library<br />
The consonants and vowels,<br />
creating the words.<br />
The words,<br />
strung together into sentences.<br />
The sentences,<br />
dancing on the page to create poignant thoughts.<br />
A hundred per page.<br />
A thousand per book.<br />
Millions all together on a shelf.<br />
The possibilities scream out though the comparative calm.<br />
And they wonder why I like it here.<br />
Judge’s Comment<br />
This insightful offering made me smile, set as it is in one of a wordsmith’s<br />
favourite places – the library. Letters become words, words form<br />
sentences, until we have books, hundreds of them. And in such a quiet<br />
setting, so many possibilities screaming to be heard. So very clever, but<br />
nothing more clever than the final line which says so very much about the<br />
poet’s love for the place. A gem.<br />
Josephine LAM, 12<br />
MLC School<br />
BURWOOD NSW<br />
Net of Sound<br />
Sitting on the rock<br />
Combing her long, golden hair<br />
The crown of thorns on her head<br />
Gazing out at the ocean with her moon pool eyes<br />
Awaiting her next sail.<br />
Through the horizon the vessel comes