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OUR POETRY KIDS
Another Winning Poem from the Laura
OUR POETR
Y KIDS
Literary Awards, run by the ‘Rocky
River ‘Riters’, from a pupil of Knox
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enda Jo
with Brenda Joy
with Br
Grammar Preparatory School, Sydney

MAX
MITCHELL

LUCY CONRAN

LIFE
by Max Mitchell
Highly Commended – Junior Poetry,
2018 Laura Literary Awards Lucy Conran is a 14 year old school student at Ulladulla High
Everything is a gift from life, School on the South Coast of NSW. Lucy was born on Sydney’s
even all the suffering. Northern Beaches and relocated to the beautiful South Coast
Everybody gets one chance at it, with her dad Murry, mum Karri and her little brother Oscar when
but never actually twice. she was in year 4.
Lucy loves playing piano and enjoys the company of her friends.
The beauty of the nature is always alive, Lucy completed her poem ‘Humans’ for a school project which
but is impossible to stay forever. then inspired her to go on and write other poems.
We all kill one life even if by accident,
and it happens without noticing. HUMANS
People are marvellous creations, by Lucy Conran
especially because of our freedom, Some so cruel
to move and talk is prodigious, but some so kind.
and we should never use it abominably. Some poison our earth
To cry and scream is an ability from life, but some make it divine.
but are only given once, What people don’t know is
we are a creation of us to control ourselves, our future’s looking dull,
and we will always have free life. really, when I think about it,
© 2018 Max Mitchell (at age 9) it hurts my skull.
Judge’s Comments – “Lovely deep sentiment in this poem. Well You cut through forests
thought out. “ and dump rubbish in seas,
really, when I think about it...
Poem pre-published, what’s happening to our bees?
Laura Literary Awards Anthology, Laura,
South Australia, 2018. You give animals cuts and breaks,
you breed and also raise them
then just chuck them on your plates.
Knox Grammar Preparatory School is I’m scared for this world,
an independent, Uniting Church school
located in Wahroonga, a North Shore I hope we can save it.
Sometimes I lose faith
suburb of Sydney. Thank you to co-
ordinating teacher, Ann Prentice for but I’m hoping someday
facilitating the publication of winning I can say that “We made it!”
poems from Laura. © 2019 Lucy Conran (at age 13) Poem pre-published in Free
XpresSion. www.freexpression.com.au
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