Josiah at the award presentation night in Gunnedah, NSW.
Year 3 student Josiah May has received first place in the 2013 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards.
The awards, which received more than 10,000 entries, aim to capture the imagination of school students across Australia, inspiring them with a passion for poetry and a love of country.
Josiah was presented with his award at a special ceremony in Gunnedah last week. His rich, colourful poem, Images of Australia, captures the Australian landscape from a bird's-eye view, with beautiful metaphors.
a single tree, a green twisted shape, taunted by its aloneness.