Poems

Read your poems here. Choose a category below. First poems (aged 6 and under), Allsorts (aged 7-12), True Love (poems about love, friendship, romance and heartbreak – aged 10-14), Teenage (aged 13-18) and Previous Competition Entries including Winning Poems. Or read them all.

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Withered Away

by Amiyah Richardson aged 11

Alone in the darkness the lilac sky glistened
Images of the moon were vividly playing in her head
She could no longer stay in bed .
To cool her light head, she had to go out to

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One Day

by Lillia aged 10

One day, I will achieve my dreams
One day no longer will there be schemes
One day hate will be gone ,
One day people will have friends to rely on
One day the world will

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Preppy Girls

by Mya and Harper aged 9 and 9

Me and Harper are preppy
so much and I love school and we are BFFs
So much preppier than the boys
I love the teachers, I love maths
and my friends are so good at maths

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First Poems Read more

Do Not Cut the Trees

by Viraaj aged 6

Do not cut me, cried the tree.
Because I give you free rain.
Under my cool shade you rest.
In summer or spring fruit grows on me.
I give you free air.

My Visit to Lindt Chocolate Factory

by Jenisha Jain aged 6

One day, I went to a chocolate factory
In my summer holidays! And I saw a chocolate fountain,
They gave my family four headphones,
Through which we listened to more information
About the tasty chocolate factory

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School Days

by Riley Higginbotham aged 9

once at school

I fell into a pool

when I jumped in

I swam into a bin

I made a pun

it was super fun

I like school

because its super cool

STAY SAFE EVERBODY

AND DON’T LET PEOPLE BULLY

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Bittersweet

by Beatrice aged 11

As they speak,
I shall weep,
For their chatter is bitter.
Bitter Sweet.

They will laugh,
While others will cry,
For their chatter is bitter.
Bitter Sweet.

Back Home

by Ruby aged 11

Home is a place that I can go,
To take things off my shoulder,
Park is right there so take me too,
Then you need to hold her.

Someone take me home.

Friends

by Olive aged 13

Friends are fun
Friends are great
You should have friends
Friends are awesome
Friends make happy memories
Friends can keep a secret 😉
Friends will know your secret

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Survivors Guilt

by Jessica Lily Thompson

As I open my eyes
unaware of the position
where another body lies
I am greeted with gasps of joy
so I am hugged and am lured
into the excitement like a koi.

I look

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Anime Acrostic

by Quirzf

Anime is such a good thing that everyone can enjoy
Nothing is better than anime
In my eyes anime is amazing
My favourite is Attack on Titan
Everyone should like anime, but it’s just people’s opinion

Christmas

by Ray ray

Christmas is fun
Christmas is great for everyone
Christmas is great
Christmas let’s you stay up late
Christmas is a time for family
Personally Christmas is great for me
Roses are red
Violets

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Competition Entries Read more

The Tree Poem

by Viraaj aged 6

Do not cut me, cried the tree, I give you free air.
Under my leaves you rest.
I give you fruits.

If you make me live these will carry on.

Celebrate

by Jessica aged 8

Celebrate
We have to wait
For the to time
And there’s lime
So just celebrate

My Dog

by Ibrahim Basit aged 7

I had a dog, his name was Bog,
He liked to jog along with a frog.
Through the park and over the log.
They played by the bog whenever there was fog.