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OUR POETRY KIDS

OUR POETR
Y KIDS
with Brenda Joy
with Br enda Jo y

More Winning Poems from the
Laura Literary Awards from pupils
of Knox Grammar Preparatory School,
Jessica.
Sydney and another lovely poem from

I am the sky,
having the endless edge,
TOTAL IMMERSION wider than you can imagine.
I am the star,
by Cedar Robinson lighting in the dark
Winner – Junior Primary Poetry, 2018 Laura Literary Awards shining upon the amazing ocean.
She came up gracefully from the deep, dark blue the baby I am the nature
and the mother too that represents life’s power
of this ever changing earth.
As she glided toward me, I got a scare
but she seemed so friendly, I thought, “Why not dare?” What are you?
I approached her slowly with a grin Judge’s Comments – Excellent images created for the
closer and closer she came right in. reader.
When we were eye to eye, looking at one another Poems pre-published, Laura Literary Awards Anthologies,
I realised we were mirror images of each other. Laura, South Australia, 2018/2019.

I was observing her and she was observing me
both intrigued by what we could see. FOREST
And then with a powerful kick she came so near
I felt a rush just by my ear. by Jessica Klein-Gibaud
As quickly as they had appeared Of dappled light, of greenly hue,
they turned around and disappeared. The trees stand old, ‘round tiny you,
you come to plant, pray as you sow,
Exhilarated I shouted and laughed with moisture, light, your love will grow.
excited by my encounter with mother and calf.
The law of life, to reach the skies,
An experience I will always remember they grant you breath; give as they sigh,
is swimming with whales last September. though centuries old, so ever keen;
Judge’s Comments – A beautiful, simple poem they sing us life of gentle, green.
depicting a precious moment. Their roots tap low, grow through the loam,
© Cedar Robinson, 2018 at age 8 the fireflies soft, illume the gloam.
Their structures bold, of calloused girth,
they grow with time, from seeds of birth
I AM The dawn holds grey, the roll of cloud,
by Stephen Zhu the mists of morn; their final shroud,
when life is gone, when sap runs dry,
Highly Commended – Junior Primary Poetry, 2019 Laura the seasoned limbs, like leaves, they die.
Literary Awards
Oh human soul, not true, not honest,
I am the waterfall, may find your peace within the forest,
flowing from the mountain top, in need of truth; of fertile light,
roaring as the water is pouring and crashing down. with wisdom old, love burning bright.

I am the plants,
like the saviour Pre-published in the Free XpresSion Literary Magazine.
of the unexpected world. www.freexpression.com.au

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