The Oxford Brookes Oxfordshire Schools Poetry competition 2008
This event, titled 'Connections' received in excess of 600 applications from across the county and Wychwood came away with 3 of the top prizes: overall winner to Aska Matsunaga and runner up awards to Laura Bedwell and Beth Saward.
Congratulations to all 3 girls.
Caption: Poetry Winners
Connecting: 50p to spare her
A girl named Zarina
Lives in Africa alone
No one knows her but me
So now I’ll write of her to all
Guns were fired
And seeds were her food
Child soldier was she
But a victim, to me
Her parents died
Her sisters killed
No one’s heard of her but me
No one
At all
50p is enough
You could have saved her from war
It’s too late,
And for thousands more
A girl named Zarina
Lies in Africa alone
Great grandpa found her
Blood smudged fingers and all
By Aska Matsunaga
Lives in Africa alone
No one knows her but me
So now I’ll write of her to all
Guns were fired
And seeds were her food
Child soldier was she
But a victim, to me
Her parents died
Her sisters killed
No one’s heard of her but me
No one
At all
50p is enough
You could have saved her from war
It’s too late,
And for thousands more
A girl named Zarina
Lies in Africa alone
Great grandpa found her
Blood smudged fingers and all
By Aska Matsunaga
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