Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards 2019

Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society P.O. Box 113 Anzac Park, South Street Gunnedah, NSW 2380 Ph. (02) 6742 1200 Email: [email protected] ABN: 88 639 657 712

Commended, Highly Commended and Shortlisted Poems

Primary School Judge: Kathryn Apel

Secondary School Judge: Meredith Costain

Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society P.O. Box 113 Anzac Park, South Street Gunnedah, NSW 2380 Ph. (02) 6742 1200 Email: [email protected] ABN: 88 639 657 712

LOWER PRIMARY Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Samantha Cutbush SCEGGS, Darlinghurst, NSW What Do You Do? I especially like the first three lines of this. Annabelle Dellis Acting Up Drama Academy Searching for a Better A thoughtful poem Cordeaux Heights, NSW Future pondering a complex topic. Ada Hammerton- Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School A World of Fun A dreamy, peaceful Lee Ivanhoe, VIC poem. Daisy Henwood Drummoyne Public School Ocean Small details that Drummoyne, NSW are relatable. Saskia Lockhart Ascham School Ducks (after Frederick An unexpected Edgecliff, NSW William Harvey) (though suitably humorous) poem in response to Frederick William Harvey's first line. Isabelle Owen Inglewood Primary School This might sound crazy This poem just Inglewood, WA sounds joyous and delightful. Abby Park Redeemer Baptist School Bees Great verb choices - North Parramatta, NSW and sound effects. Grace Peters St George Christian School A Roller Coaster of Life Interesting Hurstville, NSW metaphors used to portray the emotions. Cassie Philippe Kinross Wolaroi The View From My Lovely flow and Orange, NSW Window imagery. Ellyse Quinnell Coolamon Central School Winter This could be Coolamon, NSW anywhere on a frozen-cold morning. Olivia Randle Individual Entry Beyond Simple and effective. Balgiowlah, NSW Stirling Smith Fitzroy Community School Is There Anyone There? I love it when a poet North Fitzroy, VIC takes a risk - that works! Skye Townend Oxford Falls Grammar School Stars That 'moonlight Oxford Falls, NSW bus'. Lovely! Also, 'rain from the sky'

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and 'swim in the moonbeams'. Weylen Truong Oxley Christian College Erased Clever work. Chirnside Park, VIC Banjo Ward Islington Public School The Forest A snapshot moment. Islington, NSW Georgia Weeks Acting Up Drama Academy Milkshakes A lively poem to suit Cordeaux Heights, NSW a sweet and sugary topic. Benjamin Yu Oxley Christian College Noisy Drum The word choices Chirnside Park, VIC evoke soft drumming building to a frenzy.

Highly Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Sarai Ades Beecroft Public School Big Dream Good use of Beecroft, NSW language and line- breaks. Annabel Ashton Shire Christian School By My Side Lovely simile and Barden Ridge, NSW metaphor paired with repetition. Olivia Bell Presbyterian Ladies’ College Bali Details that paint a Peppermint Grove, WA poem. Olivia Carter Home School Mask of the Dark Childlike, joyous Terrey Hills, NSW and unexpected. Zahra Dinkciler Redeemer Baptist School Mosquitoes Great word North Parramatta, NSW choices! Jack Graham Prouille Catholic Primary School Drums! Rhythm and rhyme Wahroonga, NSW with humour. Ivy Hay St John’s Catholic School Feelings At first glance, this Richmond, NSW poem seems simple - but the question posed adds layers. Griffin Holland St Clare’s Catholic School A Tiny, Spiny Dinosaur Fun use of rhyme in Burdell, QLD this lively poem. Hunter Lamblin Home School Excitement Excitement Croydon, VIC conveyed through playful writing and presentation. Phoebe Lieu PLC Sydney Tree Haiku Beautiful! Croydon, NSW

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Adele Scully Sydney Distance Education Broken Hill Playful alignment Primary School (and unexpected Newtown, NSW emus) strengthen this poem. Bora Secme Redeemer Baptist School My Day at the Beach This poem stood North Parramatta, NSW out from poems of a similar format because of the humour and the unexpected ending. Skye Townend Oxford Falls Grammar School Bubble The power in this Oxford Falls, NSW poem lies in that last line. After the build of the imaginary, the contrast between peace and quiet and reality is strong and powerful. Hamish Wadds Shire Christian School Cancer There is so much Barden Ridge, NSW truth in this poem. Cancer has far- reaching effects. But there is still light. And hope.

Shortlisted

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Allegra Clarke Individual Entry Element 87 I frequently say Kewarra Beach, QLD that poetry isn’t just for English – and this poem is proof! A tightly constructed poem with controlled use of alignment – and spare text, succinctly defining the chemical element, francium. Vivian Meates Kinross Wolaroi Autumn Ending (Haiku) A delightful Orange, NSW example of haiku’s

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simplicity and brevity – capturing a moment in nature, with a twist. (And a subtle touch of rhyme.)

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UPPER PRIMARY Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Cameron Oxley Christian College Today A different take on a much Anderson Chirnside Park, VIC explored topic. Those last four lines especially powerful. Raynal Badahur Melton Christian College Parkour The action and energy of parkour Melton South, VIC distilled into poetry. Shai Berkovic Emanuel School The Red Chair Tight writing. Randwick, NSW Niamh Bowra Individual Entry Rage Powerful metaphor poem. Love Rose Bay, NSW that last line! Cameron The Cottage School Space Time Lovely rhythm and rhyme in this Browning Bellerive, TAS unique response to the theme. Iris Jiang Cherrybrook Public Rainbow Each word works to earn its School place. Cherrybrook, NSW Max Kelly St Catherine’s Catholic Hunted I do like the complex simplicity of College this poem. Singleton, NSW Marissa Mardini St Charbel’s College Be That Person Be all of this! Punchbowl, NSW Matthew Matias Sutherland Public School The Game of the Year! Rule of threes played out to Sutherland, NSW effect with the use of 'Bounce, bounce, bounce' - the perfect end to this poem. Scarlett Miles Individual Entry Her Compass So many layers in this moving St Ives, NSW poem. Coreena Marhyz All Saints Catholic Is Anybody There? A powerful poem. Be you - Nicdao Primary School different and unique. Liverpool, NSW Kaylah Lake Joondalup Baptist The Legend of the Lovely rhythm and rhyme, with Raubenheimer College Phoenix Feather tight couplet to denote the Joondalup, WA turning point. Jorja Roach Tamworth Public School The Dust Storm So much depth to the imagery in Tamworth, NSW this poem. Wonderful! Alexander Barnier Public School The Woeful War The italicised lines make me think Robinson Quakers Hill, NSW this poem has been woven around diary accounts. Unexpected language choices make the reader ponder this

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poem. Pasha Suherman Chatswood Public Insoluble Task A clever metapoem with lovely School use of language and poetic Chatswood, NSW devices. Georgia Thurling The Cottage School Kennings A very clever kenning poem. Love Bellerive, TAS the use of rhyme! Annika Trembath Individual Entry Death to the Goats Effective use of rhyme. The Dromedary, TAS (Lying Still) brother's response gave this poem heart. Xanthia Valacos Trinity Catholic Primary Trees (Haiku) Lovely haiku! School Narre Warren South, VIC Olivia Valentine Trinity Catholic Primary Dorothea Mackellar Pondering a big change with a School mix of emotions. Narre Warren South, VIC Jasmine Way Wyong Christian Giant Canoes Perspective and quiet Community School observations make this poem Wyong, NSW sing.

Highly Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Zoe Adams Trinity Catholic I’m Different This poem keeps taking Primary School unexpected turns; 'becloud' - a Narre Warren South, new word to me (used correctly). VIC Koko-Rose Carasso Nambour Christian Freedom Good use of line breaks to lead College the reader through this poem. Nambour, QLD Audrey Clark Penrith Anglican The Question Clever use of the acrostic format - College and the competition theme. Orchard Hills, NSW Lillianna Filleul Oxley Christian College A Marathon of my I was exhausted after racing this Chirnside Park, VIC Own poem. Well done. Xavier Kennedy Newcastle East Public The Best Part of Me – Slamming so much into this poem School A Slam Poem that nails the last line! The Hill, NSW Harper Klein Individual Entry The Lost Refugee The switch between cuddling little Breakfast Point, NSW sister and 'little sister held me near' give this emotive poem greater poignancy. Genevieve Lee- Lowther Hall Anglican Is Anybody Out There? The last stanza grounds this Chan Grammar School poem.

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Essendon, VIC Isla Mannolini Presbyterian Ladies' Cyclone Clever juxtaposition of memories College and weather events leading to Peppermint Grove, devastation - and hope. WA Rowen The Cottage School Tetractys A fine tetractys! One extra Middendorf Bellerive, TAS suitable on the return 10 syllable line. Suggest 'invite' - not 'inviting'. (Other option is to cut 'its'.) Also some punctuation needed to smooth the read. But well done! Scarlett Miles Individual Entry Friend Feelings conveyed well in this St Ives, NSW poem that rhymes for a reason. Larisa Moulds Central Coast Steiner Wild Horses Lovely use of line breaks and a School gorgeous simile to close. Fountaindale, NSW Rory Munn Individual Entry Demeter’s Daughter Lovely use of repetition in a poem Otford, NSW that drew me back in time to Greek mythology. Hugh Pockley Newington College, That School in Villers- Urgency conveyed through short Wyvern House Bretonneux lines and repetition. Preparatory School Stanmore, NSW Finn Rushe Individual Entry Battle for Souls Mature writing for one so young. Mosman, NSW Abi Salter Yarraville West Easter The subtlety in these small details Primary School draws the reader into the Melbourne, VIC experience. Lovely. Gabriella Solomon Emanuel School Hope Clever contrasts make this poem Randwick, NSW shine. Luke Sultana Sydney School of A Blissful Futility Charged with emotion and tight, English descriptive writing. Burwood, NSW Luke Suter Tamworth Public The Terrors of War A moving poem that takes a School different perspective when Tamworth, NSW reflecting on war. Edward Williams Sydney Grammar Spring This poem is clever! Personifying School Edgecliff spring. I particularly like 'Spring's Paddington, NSW insistence made the fruit juicy' - but there was so much to like! Sasha Zolotavkina Individual Entry Jezebell and her Sir Transports the reader to another Camberwell, VIC era through language and structure.

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Shortlisted

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Milena Boller Yarraville West Vanity I am in awe of the sustained Primary School complexity in this poem, with Melbourne, VIC clever wordplay and personification of the concept of vanity. Powerful! Lachlan Clyne The Cottage School "I am from ..." This 'I Am From...' poem trips off Bellerive, TAS your tongue creating a lively kaleidoscope of sensory images. Celeste Georgiou SCEGGS The sadness drowns A villanelle is a complex form to Darlinghurst, NSW me (VILLANELLE) write, using repeating lines to effect without sounding ... repetitive.

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LEARNING ASSISTANCE PRIMARY Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Arjonil Cherrybrook Public The Poisonous I particularly liked the use of Mukherjee School Pufferfish alliteration in this Kenning poem. Cherrybrook, NSW Jorden Wu Redeemer Baptist Audis* Short sharp lines work well to School pace this poem. North Parramatta, NSW

Highly Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Julian Nissan Redeemer Baptist Waterfall Intentional word choices that School create the waterfall image. I North Parramatta, NSW especially like; crash, crush. Lily-Li (Bonnie) Home School Rubix Cube Clever Rubix cube comparison to Goldsmith Perth, WA start this insightful heart-poem.

Shortlisted

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Nathan Burns Redeemer Baptist The Fossil A unique response to the theme School ‘Is There Anybody There?’ North Parramatta, NSW Obani Ohunayo Redeemer Baptist Goal! So much energy and action in this School poem. Lovely lively rhythm. North Parramatta, NSW

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DAVID MAHER AWARD Highly Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Harris Burke Rowena Public School Life of Being Bullied A strong start to this poem about Rowena, NSW bullying.

Shortlisted

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Sam Cau Yetman Public School Countryside Wonders Exploring the senses in familiar Yetman, NSW environment. (I type this comment with a splinter in my finger – but alas, it doesn’t feel gentle!)

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JUNIOR SECONDARY Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Billy Cameron Individual Entry Clinking Chains A well-structured poem with a Canyonleigh, NSW sophisticated rhyming scheme and a powerful message. Charlie Carroll Individual Entry Tornado A deceptively simple poem Sydney, NSW employing clever use of metaphor. Laila Chequer De St Michael’s Collegiate Carriage A poignant tale of love and loss, Souza Hobart, TAS cleverly constructed. Lazarus Gallagher Centralian Middle Areyounga A beautifully-expressed ode to School heritage. Alice Springs, NT Sol Kirkman Darwin Middle School Snow Globe The rising tension in this poem Parap, NT sweeps the reader along towards its intriguing conclusion. Finn McRae Individual Entry LightPole An intriguing poem with an Coburg, VIC evocative and eerie atmosphere. Isabella Pettingill St Mary's Anglican Girls Untitled A clever poem that draws you in School with its use of irony. The Karrinyup, WA conclusion made me laugh out loud! Olivia Tilley Sunshine Coast Plastic Dinosaurs and A thoughtful and interesting Grammar School Poetry Writing examination of the way the mind Forest Glen, QLD works. Charlotte Individual Entry It's Our Planet, It's A well-constructed rhythm and Waterland Wollstonecraft, NSW Our Problem strong message combine to make this poem an anthem for our times. Rune Chi Zhao Individual Entry A Day of Life A clever structure and interesting Stonyfell, SA take on the cyclical nature of life.

Highly Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Finn Bernstone Individual Entry Belong The dual point of view and lush Harris Newtown, NSW complex imagery employed here leaves the reader with much to

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consider. Zara Casimaty St Michael’s Collegiate It’s Been Done Before A clever use of personification Hobart, TAS with some powerful imagery and a clear and pressing message. Ruby Cooney SCEGGS Paper Stars Lush imagery and a clever Darlinghurst, NSW structure combine to form a delightful and thoughtful description of a public place. Sammie Dawson SCEGGS In the Crater A thoughtful poem with some Darlinghurst, NSW strong imagery and a powerful message to look after our wildlife. Sienna Exton- Tarremah Steiner Ammunition Although short, this poem is Hussain School packed with power. Beautifully Huntingfield, TAS controlled and executed. Lucia Gelonesi Individual Entry Sicilian Music Box A thoughtful, well-observed poem Darlinghurst, NSW (for my grandmother) with clever and original imagery. Georgia McLeod Seymour College The Water Thieves A deceptively simple poem, well Glen Osmond, SA observed and perfectly formed. Aanya Phansalkar Baulkham Hills High Love Yourself A highly original poem with clever School imagery and a powerful message. Baulkham Hills, NSW Jarrah Steinberg Darwin Middle School Clockwork Aberration A clever poem with complex ideas Parap, NT and rhyming scheme. Isabella Tjandra Applecross Senior High A Street Story A well-observed poem with a School clever twist. Some great imagery Ardross, WA here!

Shortlisted

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Munira Tabassum Baulkham Hills High The Sun Was Taught I love the way Munira bookends Ahmed School To Glow her poem with the startling (pop!) Baulkham Hills, NSW and Man falling in and out of love with the Sun, and all the powerful imagery in between. A stunning piece of writing. Hannah Czarnecki Kyogle High School Weaving the Sky Colour – sumptuous and rich – is Kyogle, NSW at the heart of this well-observed poem, brimming with sensory details such as 'the click click clacketty of off white keys', 'golden sun butter' and 'slivers that shiver'.

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Lucia Gelonesi Individual Entry Mothers as Others This is a cracker of a poem – Darlinghurst, NSW oozing with confidence and clever use of metaphor. A worthy contender. Portia Hoole Brisbane School of softly burning silence A quietly powerful account of Distance Education unrequited attraction. Small, Coorparoo, QLD well-observed details build to form a mesmerising whole. Tara Lloyd Deloraine High School Winter’s War A triumphant poem, sparkling Deloraine, TAS with carefully planned imagery. Quietly disturbing and unique.

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SENIOR SECONDARY

Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Chil Chipkiewicz Suzanne Cory High On the riverbank A thoughtful poem with Guedez School startlingly original imagery. Werribee, VIC Dean Dalziel One School Aftermath A rollicking example of bush Orange, NSW poetry, with striking imagery. Sarah Enzenhofer Brisbane School of The Epoch, or An A richly-imagined ode to a time Distance Education Elegy for an Era long since passed. Coorparoo, QLD Passed Claudia Hayman Individual Entry Little Arrow Of Mine A heartfelt ode to an unborn child Manly, NSW - with clever use of metaphor. Saanjana Kapoor Individual Entry my favourite sweater A highly emotive poem, Seabrook, VIC thoughtfully observed, with a strong ending. Duy Quang Mai Individual Entry Rememory A beautifully-constructed ode to Croydon, NSW heritage and family. Eliza Murray Presbyterian Ladies’ Fresh Air A poignant poem about yearning, College beautifully observed. Peppermint Grove, WA Marion Scott St Michael’s Collegiate Pillans Lake A wonderfully-observed Hobart, TAS description of a place that obviously has special meaning to the poet. Mia Solomon Ravenswood School for Tarmac Waves A cleverly-constructed poem with Girls a twist at the end. Gordon, NSW Lena Tong Suzanne Cory High The Grind A well-constructed poem with School original and evocative imagery. Werribee, VIC Gloria Yu Carey Baptist Grammar Compartmentalise A cleverly-constructed and School thoughtful piece, leaving much to Melbourne, VIC dwell on.

Highly Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Anna Cox Applecross Senior High Mother Brimming with poetic devices, this

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School poem presents a real Ardross, WA understanding of the devastation that ageing and loss can bring. Finlae Gibb Individual Entry Sunset on Suburbia Impressive and highly original use Ashbury, VIC of colour to describe the sunset. Paris Kay Presbyterian Ladies' The whispers from The poem slowly builds, layer by College beneath intriguing layer, until all is laid Peppermint Grove, bare in the last line. Clever WA construction. Enling Liao Home School Ballad of Mud and Evocative imagery placing the Lyneham, ACT Sea reader firmly at the scene. A joy to read. Eloisa Malet Presbyterian Ladies’ The tree and the tar Nightmarish, evocative imagery College that builds to form a dark whole. Peppermint Grove, WA Amelia Neylon Individual Entry Rainbow An impassioned plea to save the West Hobart, TAS planet, with some highly original imagery to help prove the point. Amy Tan Merewether High Blue A heart-wretching description of a School painful journey, beautifully Broadmeadow, NSW imagined. Lauren (Lizzie) Queensland Academy Aurora A perfectly-formed love song from Thompson For Creative Industries daughter to mother. Highly Kelvin Grove, QLD original in its use of imagery.

Shortlisted

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Alexandra Ayers Presbyterian Ladies’ Acres of Fenceline Alexandra's carefully chosen College words and images – 'forever steel Peppermint Grove, pickets speckled the horizon' and WA 'bone on steel ringing across paddocks' – paint a poignant picture of rural life. Alexandra Ayers Presbyterian Ladies’ Speaking Yolngu A feast for the senses, Alexandra's College powerful poem slowly builds a Peppermint Grove, threatening, sultry atmosphere WA where violence reigns. A solid contender signifying a poet with a bright future. Saanjana Kapoor Individual Entry shirtsleeves There were many poems entered Seabrook, VIC this year about relationships with

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family or friends but this was one of the strongest. Deceptively simple, it delivers a punch right to the heart. Great writing, Saanjana. Laura Zhang Ravenswood School A definition of him A painfully honest account of a for Girls troubled relationship, with Gordon, NSW exquisite use of language and form from a fine writer. Congratuations, Laura.

LEARNING ASSISTANCE SECONDARY Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Isabella Burns Redeemer Baptist Hope A thoughtful summary of an School ongoing problem. North Parramatta, NSW Ben Moir Cherrybrook Public The Megalodon Clever word combinations build to School a well-rounded description. Cherrybrook, NSW Kartik Verma Redeemer Baptist The Pinnacles A clever rhyming scheme in a School poem with a killer last line! North Parramatta, NSW

Highly Commended

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Talanah Allwood Brisbane School of Four paws and a heart The emotion comes through in Distance Education this heart-felt ode to animals in Coorparoo, QLD distress. Bemnet Asrat Redeemer Baptist Sydney New Year Delightful imagery and a clever School structure combine in a North Parramatta, celebratory poem. NSW Andrew Zhao Redeemer Baptist Diving in the Sea Evocative imagery paints a School picture of a place obviously dear

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North Parramatta, to the poet's heart. NSW

Shortlisted

Name School Poem Title Judge’s Comment Joseph Lee Redeemer Baptist Rescue from Above Strong imagery adds to the School suspense in this heart-stopping North Parramatta, description of a rescue NSW Pierre Hughes Redeemer Baptist Jonah Lomu - The A well-constructed memoir School force to be reckoned featuring some memorable North Parramatta, with imagery. NSW

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ AWARD

Commended

 Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW - lots (of longer) developed poems there had spark  Oxley Christian College, VIC – with standout poetry in both Lower and Upper Primary  Trinity Catholic Primary School, VIC – capture the essence of haiku  Cherrybrook Public School, NSW – Cinquains that wove words into poetry  Tamworth Public School, NSW - imagery and sensory poems - mostly to a theme about the wind.  Redeemer Baptist, NSW

SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ AWARD

Commended

 Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW  St Michael’s Collegiate, TAS  Baulkham Hills High School, NSW  SCEGGS Darlinghurst, NSW  Darwin Middle School, NT  Redeemer Baptist School, NSW