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Winner of inLe Dons ^owzisen. d. araker> Burgery. ^at, eonta must 81n. badt a folio of telt origi, .. at poem. . * w, finer of ^lie Mary Alexis it"ac, inn^I Prize for Years 9 and 1.0, awarded to the best individual lyric poem. Christmas in B ' bane * We hop across the ,:,,, r"ty lawn, Weaving around nestB of bindies; Webs of sunlight dance with tiezizLed zeal on the bottom of the pool AZLd mangoes droop un rotting clusters. Above, on tin. e veranda, Aunts peel prawns with practised Bavvy, Veter"fin of the yearly ritual ^he clamour of plates, OILtlery and conversation TB swallowed by a violet clap of thunder And the amen of rain bangs in the balmy mr A welcome caller Palm" toss their fronds with melody",,,. tic airs fold gon's are streaked unto goal^ red ^coning, ^orp, a and navy blue TB l, .erald. ed by the raspuLg b. yinm of cocadaa; CitroneUa candles glow am, ably in ,, fomatched glasses And the guttural ones of cane toads Are altogether too close. Z, Lke gloatly in^18 Geckoes study the scene below Cat eeririg ^^. to a IF'is111.0wl ^yes ablaze with emerald vigour

^jeer at the Din. I, bo Zoo Calmeras snap earnLvorously And Lee econ, he yLeld to the January sun. E, e saunters Sinewy beneath bus velvet coat A small Gnud rests her chLn. on the feverish clay wall, Regarding him with grey discern The whiskers that droop like wilting stems The eyes that swim with brooding reag, Lat, on. And the tail! E'licking, vehement and savage ; A creature enclosed with, " the walls of restless delirium. Burying her head in her mother s chest ^he child cries. Zn. diari ^^arketplace Part I. Zt looks like a flock of old women Z'at plaited Ianyards swinging round thezr waists. Tn. toe nags and fop mops ^heir saris a katadoecope of colour. T sounds like wrists am silly adorned with SLlver bangles The ., inch IL^I^ chorus Versus the frantic yelps of uk tuk horns. Zt smells I'LLe baked charcoal and air. Freshly pm, ,ted plumes of henna dye on the back of a And pyrar, rids of powdered gold turmeric All beneath a ap, tallmg breath of incense it tastes like pappad, ,wig moooiLg, ring un peanut oil And excLtedly, ,nfi, ,ring the, r papery frames Dusky I, .eat rank^,, I aaan it feels I, ke lethargic disarray and embro, dered BLUE mai^I Marlretpla. ce Par^ a: E, .^jastl, .ant ^apestry brown. hand, Sacred cows

^ars alert and tall aqu. vet ^, e peers into the glassy pool

Aria gazLng Izp with rain surprise, A handsome tomcat, a zealous eyes, Startled he takea 1119, .t the '00/1 B, eett Whitely - A 11 ' ^leetric blue, bus fir*rid melts unto the b eachng Desert bus heart stops.

in eache Tnnnds the vendor holds A DEah. ata, Ia a woven map,

w, ,tiring streamR of ancient golds Win Chase in, ,, fired pools through dusty folds, And planets overlap

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