Annaliese Porter

Annaliese Porter has been writing poetry since she was five. Her poem "The Outback" won a poetry prize at the Gunnedah Eisteddfod and was later illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft and published by Magabala Books in Australia. A then ten year-old Annaliese was invited to contribute a poem to the Fingerprints project and perform her work at the Sydney Writers Festival in May, 2004.

Wolf (excerpt)

 

A sharp eye stares through high bush scrub,

In the clear white light,

Gets ready for stalking,

To catch its awaited prey, the wolf hidden

By the night.

 

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