Mr Dixon
WINNER: Power
Bella in Year 11 wins for for a rousing poem that explores what POWER truly means for her. As an editorial team, we reread the poem many times and found that each fresh analysis brought us a completely new interpretation. It is a brilliant and mysterious piece of writing.

Power
Power circumvents us
It diverts us
Divides us
It dies for us
Kills for us
It takes our brothers
And shakes them
Awakes them
Mistakes them
And berates them
It shouts from the core
And radiates from the sun
It ignores our cries
And triumphs our lies
Power is Impossible to forget
It is Existential regret
with greedy tendrils
Wrapping and twisting
While we sleep
And when we wake
It is too late
power has engulfed the brain
With nothing left to gain
And when we realise that Power is in the driving seat
Our hearts fall to our feet
we are now powerless to the power
Oh, Omnipotent power
gushing in blood
Ravishing eyes
Jealous green power
War red power
uncontrollable
Irresistible
Power