Category One winners

Digital photography by Tom Rae (StAC)

Untitled, by Taylor Goddard

Not a sound could break the beautiful sight,

The world held time for a minute.

Grass clings on with all it’s might,

The world held time for a moment.

For the pebbled path that drew the light,

The world held time for a second.

Trees wave goodbye the passing night,

The world held time for an instant.

A bird ascends in graceful flight,

The world releases the morning.

This was the most difficult category to judge. There were a large number of entries and they were the most diverse. We loved poems that gave us something surprising, unusual or reflective. Congratulations to our Category One winners:

Ngaio Dawson (Cashmere) and Taylor Goddard (Lincoln Primary)

Runner up:

Madison Fahey (StAC)

We also loved:

Aria Maxwell (Ao Tawhiti)

Sneha Datla (Selwyn House)

Scroll down to read our winning entries. All five poems will be in our first WE magazine, coming soon.

Untitled, by Ngaio Dawson

Water swirled 

around

wooden posts 

Viridescent liquid 

splashed 

at the greying coasts 

The aqua mass 

sucked 

into rocks 

slithered like emerald 

snakes

under corroding

ships

It thumped

its translucent bottle green fingers

on the shore