Carroll College Year 8 student, Emily Borg has been notified that lines from her recent poem, ‘Orange Blanket’, have been published as part of the HarperCollins book Fighting Spirit - a tribute to the bushfire-affected communities of Australia's Black Summer. 

Her evocative poem was submitted earlier this year as an entry in the Kids New Bushfire Poetry Competition. The book is available through Booktopia and Dymocks . 

We are very proud of Emily’s recognition. Included below is Emily’s poem.

Kind regards

Stephen Knight
English Coordinator

Orange Blanket

The transition of blue skies to red

Followed by the conversion of safe to chaos

With the seedlings of flames continuing the spread 

Enlarges the shadow of ash uprising upon us.

The anger of nature was unleashed

Homes demolished, trees fallen and people in misery

Constant fear haunted the public

Along with the constant heat in the air.

Leaving a permanent scar on the victims

What once was green and lively 

Is now the visible path of the raging fires.

Left dark and empty.

Emily Borg

Year 8