Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Winners 2020 | Page 42

Winning Entries
Poetry – Group 3
WINNER
Pronoia
Harrow International School Hong Kong, Yau, Alicia – 13
Pronoia: (n.) The belief that the universe is conspiring in your favour
A petal of jasmine floats in tea.
Tendrils of smoke rise over the porcelain,
From the drink as green
as the harbour sea.
A successful man with places to be
Visiting his grandmother,
Whom he clears his arduous
schedule to see.
Requested of him is a tale
Of deeply ingrained impression,
That occurred long before lines beside his eyes grew prominent
and his grandmother grew frail.
There once was a younger boy:
Lost in the world, unnoticed, unlearned in the industry his father had navigated with ease-
Struggling through life
Shortly before his rags-to-riches story began.
For you see the nature of this business is ever-changing,
The fortune to be made enticed all who chose to pursue it,
However, rolling the wrong dice in this capricious, captivating game
Does tend to be a cause for complaining.
A seller in the Mong Fok was where it all started.
By chance, or so it would seem
He was drawn to a butterfly charm with a luminant, iridescent sheen
Safe in his pocket, as he paid and they parted.
It’s body was set in exquisite silver sterling,
Wings illuminated in shades of
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