Gold Tree

Gold Tree

It is made out of gold

But not any gold

It is your golden memory

It is your golden past

It is your golden tree

Your secret tree

It does not seems like a gold to someone else

Going back to your young days when you look at it

Always your gold tree

About the author

Maryam a talented 12-year-old Iranian girl became the first asylum seeker to win the Upper Primary category in the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards, the oldest and largest poetry competition for school-aged children in Australia. Her piece “Me” profoundly questions life. Maryam Sathat Sobhani has only been learning English for two years, but her rapid grasp of the language led to an emotionally powerful poem that won over the judges. Maryam and her parents spent time on Christmas Island, Manus Island and then in Darwin detention before being released into the community in Melbourne where she is flourishing at school.

Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards presentation 2014 | PHOTOS, VIDEOS

From Iran with love – young asylum seeker claims Mackellar prize