Ariana Fais, a Year 3 student at Elwood Primary School, has won ISV’s Student Poetry Competition 2021 in the Years 3-4 category for her poem, The Wolves of the Night.
The competition, part of the Arts Learning Festival, was open to students from all school sectors, and attracted some 350 entries.
Watch Ariana read the poem in the video below, and read it for yourself, along with the students awarded honourable mentions in the category for their outstanding work.
“Clever, colourful and descriptive language gives wings to this joyful poem.”
Padding through the forest on all fours,
The wind is on their backs, dirt under paws.
The moon is high, the trees are tall and the stars shine bright,
They are the wolves of the night.
Head high, up with pride, ears pinned back,
Howling together as a pack.
Fur rustling in the breeze, teeth shine white,
They are the wolves of the night.
Fast as a horse, smart as an owl,
Listen, can you hear that? it’s their howl.
As noble as a knight,
They are the wolves of the night.
- Cameron Cao, Year 4, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School – The Unknown
- Campbell Doak, Year 4, Elsternwick Primary School – Fire
- Tobias Gilbertson, Year 4, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School – Monday Blues
- Tyge Kennedy, Year 4, Fitzroy Community School – BMX
- Jason Long, Year 4, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School – Emotion
- Ava Lopez-Williams, Year 4, Elsternwick Primary School – The Herd of Horses
- Holiday McLean, Year 3, Fitzroy Community School – Joy is like the Flu
- Jake Raleigh, Year 4, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School – Cricket Match
Watch other winning poems in this year’s Student Poetry Competition.
You can also find full results and view the winning poems on The Parents Website.
