2012 School Magazine

WINIMMI ISABEL BACKSTROM 19Rj WINNER OF THE DORIS TOWNSEND IWARAKERI BURSARY ENTRANTS MUST SUBMIT A FOILO OF TEN ORIGINAL POEMS

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There once was a gentle-mouse small Who lived in a very great hall He had but one love But she was too far above. painted there on his living room wall

My love. as beautiful a Flora's first spring buds and as gentle as the summers rain

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Her hair. as soft as

the gentle moontigh shining down upon her warm brown lock Her eyes. sparkle like the two crystals hat hang in the sky above us Her face. rivals that of Aphrodite who smiles upon us here tonight Her cheeks. the colour of summers apples are light upon her beautiful face Her smile. the warmth of the sun in her zenith with her lips the colour of roses

1111 They. Who have left us aton They. Who are ever prese They. Who reina nty memor They.

Who live ou r hear

They. Who will ever retu

They. Who ar till he They. Who ar sorrow

Her voice. lovely as the nightingale

sitting on her arm to listen to her sing She is my love. more beautiful than the world itself the sun. the moon My Juliet

They. Who we joy They. Who sleep In peace. They. Who will live forever

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