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Francesca KENNEALLY, 14 Northcote High School NORTHCOTE VIC The Library The consonants and vowels, creating the words. The words, strung together into sentences. The sentences, dancing on the page to create poignant thoughts. A hundred per page. A thousand per book. Millions all together on a shelf. The possibilities scream out though the comparative calm. And they wonder why I like it here. Judge’s Comment This insightful offering made me smile, set as it is in one of a wordsmith’s favourite places – the library. Letters become words, words form sentences, until we have books, hundreds of them. And in such a quiet setting, so many possibilities screaming to be heard. So very clever, but nothing more clever than the final line which says so very much about the poet’s love for the place. A gem. Josephine LAM, 12 MLC School BURWOOD NSW Net of Sound Sitting on the rock Combing her long, golden hair The crown of thorns on her head Gazing out at the ocean with her moon pool eyes Awaiting her next sail. Through the horizon the vessel comes
And that is when the voice is heard. The mermaid sings her sweetest song As the ship comes towards it’s net She flickers her fire tail Across the sea line shore Towards the little wooden grave From where they watch and see Oh the jolly sailor boys They cannot resist The vines reach out and pull them in And there they sink within. Judge’s Comment A magical tale of the mermaid/siren singing her song to an unsuspecting shipload of sailors. The image of a net created by her song pulling the ship in is a powerful one as are those of her ‘fire tail’ and the ship as a ‘little wooden grave’. The ending of the poem with mention of the unsuspecting sailors as jolly contrasted with the final two chilling lines is clever. Sarah ROSOLEN, 13 Castle Hill High School CASTLE HILL NSW The Spider A spider is a vine Dangerous and deadly Attacking the near Choking the far A spider is a vine Taking over the land Corner by corner Tree by tree A spider is a vine Creeping and crawling Across the floor
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And that is when the voice is heard.<br />
The mermaid sings her sweetest song<br />
As the ship comes towards it’s net<br />
She flickers her fire tail<br />
Across the sea line shore<br />
Towards the little wooden grave<br />
From where they watch and see<br />
Oh the jolly sailor boys<br />
They cannot resist<br />
The vines reach out and pull them in<br />
And there they sink within.<br />
Judge’s Comment<br />
A magical tale of the mermaid/siren singing her song to an unsuspecting<br />
shipload of sailors. The image of a net created by her song pulling the<br />
ship in is a powerful one as are those of her ‘fire tail’ and the ship as a<br />
‘little wooden grave’.<br />
The ending of the poem with mention of the unsuspecting sailors as jolly<br />
contrasted with the final two chilling lines is clever.<br />
Sarah ROSOLEN, 13<br />
Castle Hill High School<br />
CASTLE HILL NSW<br />
The Spider<br />
A spider is a vine<br />
Dangerous and deadly<br />
Attacking the near<br />
Choking the far<br />
A spider is a vine<br />
Taking over the land<br />
Corner by corner<br />
Tree by tree<br />
A spider is a vine<br />
Creeping and crawling<br />
Across the floor
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