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Article: Teen's 'quite astonishing' lyric poem put to music; To a sister; You just can't see it
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- The Press
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- August 29, 2009
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Not only has a Christchurch teenager won a national poetry
contest, her winning words have been put to music by Opshop's Jason
Kerrison.
Two Christchurch students took prizes at the 2009 New Zealand
Post National Schools Poetry Awards, in Wellington last night. One
of their winning works was an ode to a sister, the other was a poem
about a teenage girl's struggle for identity..
Charlotte Trevella, of Rangi Ruru Girls' School, was awarded Best
Poem for her entry, To a Sister, while Samantha (Sammy) Hickson, of
Middleton Grange School, won Best Lyric Poem for You Just Can't See
It.
Trevella won $500 and a weekend for two at New Zealand Post
Writers and Readers Week, part of the New Zealand ...