International Competition

Each year, the school takes part in international poetry and short story competitions.

Seven(teen) by Angèle Raymond
Winner of the 3rd prize
Asiba Poetry Competition – Senior Level

Seven(teen)

” as I hear the sweet and soft sounds of childish
laughter, I am brought back abruptly.
magic colour maths, kisses for plasters, rainbow looms and bracelets,
all the world to my seven year old self.

childhood turned to teenagehood,
bead bracelet to golden rings, which turned green
after a few wears, perfect cursive writing turning to barely legible scratch.

seven to seventeen, still in class, still the same brown eye
now underlined by eyebags,
learning how to bike, learning how to drive.
the bracelets do not fit anymore, their strings snap, beads rolling and now forever lost.

I hang on to what I used to love, hair clips, dinos, superheroes,
I hang on to my childhood, which I used to loathe,
hoping it would make me grow up faster.
I am still a child,
not yet eighteen,
still a child.

still feeling seven(teen).
seven months left. ”

Chaque année, l’école participe à des concours internationaux de poésie et de nouvelles.

Seven(teen) par Angèle Raymond
Lauréat du 3ᵉ prix
Concours de poésie Asiba – niveau senior