Poetry Competition 2024 School Years 4-5 Winner Nostalgia

Photo by Johnny Bugeja

18th December 2024

by Saanvi Khiani

Nostalgia is brown,
It takes like my granny’s cookies
And smells like my granny’s perfume,
Nostalgia looks like the back of my brain,
The sound of calming music,
Nostalgia is forget me not!

Judge’s comments: Years 4-5 Winner
Nostalgia
An evocative poem making use of sensory language in a series of images that we can all relate to- who among us isn’t immediately transported by a whiff of perfume favoured by a loved one? Although the lines work well as standalone images, the combined effect is particularly engaging, especially for such a young poet