Senior Secondary
Senior Secondary Senior Secondary
I sit here frustrated I sit here determined I sit here now with a poem. Judge’s Comment A good idea, well executed. Nice work! Jacqueline Krinda Merewether High School BROADMEADOW NSW Stamps I did not even realise my family had them: an album, faded but well cared for- Nazi State printed in typewriter letters on the cover. Inside, stamps line up in military formations, the Fuhrer's face and swastika greet me from every page- Deutsches Reich in curling letters and a yellowing perforated trim. In a darkened room under the lamp I can touch the paper that saw unimaginable things. the book on my desk haunts me. and I wonder what else about ourselves we do not know. Judge’s Comment A good feel for description and place 20
Madeleine La James Ruse Agricultural High School CARLINGFORD NSW Foreign Islander The dark is welcoming With open hands It does not judge For it has no eyes. Unlike the sun, Who observes your every move And does not forget Your mistakes. I grasp hold to life Yet, I wait for it to be taken away. What has become of me? The cries of the pig Echoes through the forest. The pounding of their feet Like a slurred staccato They run, Without looking back Without reason Without dignity Their face is not human Their heart has faded What has become of us? I stand in the forest With the branches swaying to this gentle breeze Oh how long will this last? To have the warmth of the sun embrace me To have the solitary comfort that I long for Is it too much to ask for? Looking up at the endless Branches that cater fruit Now, I feel calm I feel at home I feel like myself as Loneliness is my only comfort. Yet again I wake up, With only darkness as a greeting What has become of me? I can see the intricate swirls of the smoke 21
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Madeleine La<br />
James Ruse Agricultural High School<br />
CARLINGFORD NSW<br />
Foreign Islander<br />
The dark is welcoming<br />
With open hands<br />
It does not judge<br />
For it has no eyes.<br />
Unlike the sun,<br />
Who observes your every move<br />
And does not forget<br />
Your mistakes.<br />
I grasp hold to life<br />
Yet, I wait for it to be taken away.<br />
What has become of me?<br />
The cries of the pig<br />
Echoes through the forest.<br />
The pounding of their feet<br />
Like a slurred staccato<br />
They run,<br />
Without looking back<br />
Without reason<br />
Without dignity<br />
Their face is not human<br />
Their heart has faded<br />
What has become of us?<br />
I stand in the forest<br />
With the branches swaying<br />
to this gentle breeze<br />
Oh how long will this last?<br />
To have the warmth of the sun embrace me<br />
To have the solitary comfort that I long for<br />
Is it too much to ask for?<br />
Looking up at the endless<br />
Branches that cater fruit<br />
Now, I feel calm<br />
I feel at home<br />
I feel like myself as<br />
Loneliness is my only comfort.<br />
Yet again<br />
I wake up,<br />
With only darkness as a greeting<br />
What has become of me?<br />
I can see the intricate swirls of the smoke<br />
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