Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards

In Term 2, selected students wrote submissions for the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards as part of the Horizons program. The awards are a unique national project, giving Australia's youth a voice and an opportunity to strive for excellence in literature. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the students who crafted such powerful works. We celebrate the worthy recipients of a Commendation Award for their poetry, who were also presented with a certificate at Chapel this week.

I Might

by Ava McGregor (6G)

When people ask me my fear,

I play it basic.

I might say heights that give me anxiety,

Or flying above ground.

I would say spider’s and their hairy legs,

I could say trypophobia.

I will say confined spaces that make me sweat,

Maybe even sharks.

But I keep it sealed in a jar,

Far on a shelf.

Cause my biggest fear is that you would see me,

The way I see myself.

Sadness

by Elizabeth Pham (5R) 

Sadness is when you:

Can’t think

Can’t remember 

Everything is empty all your mind is white and black no pictures just patterns.

Sadness is when you:

Can’t thrive

Can’t feel

Can’t explain all the emotions that come out if you mean it or not.

Sadness is when you:

Can’t help

Can’t create

Can’t play all you want to do is disappear into darkness and fade away.

Sadness is when you:

Can’t scream

Can’t smile

Can’t find all the people that mean something to you.

They’re gone.

Sharee Gaiser and Vicky Kirby-Beach

Horizons Teachers