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Poetry by the students of 7M, November 2022
Poetry by the students of 7M, November 2022
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Water glistening, as it slides into each pool.
The Birds, humming, fluttering in an upwards direction.
As the drops of Rain fall down
Rocks sat dully at the bottom of the ponds
While coins were tossed in, sinking towards the floor.
The air, musty with pollution, with thick breezes,
Making the leaves dance with swirls.
Stones scattered in a disorganised pattern
While birds search for food
Moss climbs up trees while the sun sets.
Amelie Brown, 7M
Dead Dandelion
Lying in the lovely sun,
nowhere to hide or run
alone in the beaming bright light
the day starts to fade.
No more in the beaming light
time goes, like the white petals
gushes of water destroy the happiness
Sad souls getting squished
Nowhere to run or hide
muddy mushed fields lying there in despair
dying, choking, grasping for air.
Dandelion looks up
to see a seed floating down
another lonely soul.
Sienna Aggio. 7m
ALICE MILLER'S WINNING ENTRIES
INTO THE 2021
VOX BENDIGO YOUNG WRITERS ANTHOLOGY
The following four short stories have been published in this year's anthology. Click the text box to read their fabulous tales in response to the competition theme: animals.
The God of Wine & Theatre Visits Alice Miller
The God of Wine & Theatre Visits Alice Miller
During Term 3, the Year 11 VCE Literature class read Euripides' great tragedy, The Bacchae. It relates the return of Dionysus, god of wine theatre, to Thebes, where worship of him has been outlawed by the young king, Pentheus. In retribution, Dionysus sends the women of Thebes mad and Pentheus himself is pulled to pieces by his intoxicated mother.
You know, a tragedy.
In response, the students have written in the style of Greek tragedy, yet set Euripides' drama in a variety of modern scenarios: a Hollywood movie studio; a rock concert, an illegal rave, and a technological dystopia.
In groups of three they conceived of their scenarios and wrote for each a prologue, an epeisodion (dramatic scene) and a stasimon in which the chorus comment upon the action of the play.
Zari Scott-Schrueder
Zari Scott-Schrueder
Dionysus is an ageing pop star, Nels Bromius, who has reinvented himself as wild rock god, against the wishes of the record company manager who profits from his old predictable hits.
Here the chorus describe the company man being consumed by the crowd at Dionysus' concert who have been driven into an ecstatic frenzy by the new music.
The two poems below were recently composed by 2019 Alice Miller alumnus, Sophie Eikli.
Click the photo (left) to read an interview conducted between Sophie and Jojo Beard. They discuss Sophie's experiences traveling in Norway, the inspiration behind her writing, and her journey to become a poet.
Another sample of Sophie's extraordinary work, The Equinead, can be found below in the 2019 Alice Miller Prize for Literature.
Winners of The Alice Miller Prize, 2020: FUTURE +
Winners of The Alice Miller Prize, 2020: FUTURE +
In Term 1, 2020, students were invited to submit poetry in any style, and fiction in any genre. The only stipulation was that they write positively about the future The news and social media are so full of doom about the future, it’s hard to keep clear in our minds what we want our future to be. So the students asked, what is the future they long for. For some the implications were deeply personal. For others, they were global.
POETRY
POETRY
FICTION
FICTION
Winners of The Alice Miller Prize 2019: Poetry
Winners of The Alice Miller Prize 2019: Poetry
In term 3, 2019, the students of Alice Miller were invited to write poetry in any style and on any theme they liked. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded at each year level and grand prizes were awarded to the most imaginative, evocative and best-written poem.
In term 3, 2019, the students of Alice Miller were invited to write poetry in any style and on any theme they liked. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded at each year level and grand prizes were awarded to the most imaginative, evocative and best-written poem.
Year 7
Gold: Aidan Ford
Silver: Lachlan Murray
Bronze: Tansy Till
Year 8
Gold: Aaliyah Roadknight
Silver: Lauren Bourke
Bronze: Jemima Hutchison
Year 9
Gold: Tayla Bloor
Silver: Tayla Jansen
Bronze: Anonymous
Year 10
Gold: Max Morgan
Silver: Celeste De Silva
Bronze: Jack Saunders
Year 11
Gold: Jojo Beard
Silver: Charlie Sutherland
Bronze: Maela Gentric-Hilton
Year 12
Gold: Keir Scott-Schrueder
Silver: Sophie Eikli
Bronze: Atticus Punt-Trethewey
Winners of The Alice Miller Prize 2019: Short Fiction
Winners of The Alice Miller Prize 2019: Short Fiction
In term 1, 2019, the students of Alice Miller were invited to write short fiction of any theme or genre and enter them into the inaugural Alice Miller Prize for Literature.
Their response was at first a tentative trickle that eventually swelled into a deluge of prose. Absurd horrors. Stories of heartache. Prologues to sprawling space operas. Touching meditations. Inflamed and glorious rants.
Year 7
Gold: Sienna Boorer
Silver: Rhys Blume
Bronze: Aidan Ford
Year 8
Gold: Aaliyah Roadknight
Silver: Manon Manaud
Bronze: Jeta Chan
Year 9
Gold: Tayla Bloor
Silver: Max Burder
Bronze: Edward Gingell
Year 10
Gold: Faith Dam
Silver: Jack Saunders
Bronze: Celeste De Silva
Year 11
Gold: Willam-John Torrance
Silver: Ruby Dhillon
Bronze: Jojo Beard
Year 12
Gold: Sophie Eikli
Silver: Keir Scott-Schrueder
Bronze: Molly Spencer-Stewart
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