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Since 1998 The Poetry Zone has published around 30,000 poems by young people and has had millions of visitors – children and teenagers, real live poets and other adults – who want to check us out, especially teachers who use the Poetry Zone as a fun way of teaching poetry in their schools.

Competition Winners. Well done Ruheen Lamba, Veer Sorout, Heva Bashir and Jarvis Seymour-Jones who have won the CELEBRATIONS competition.

NOTE TO SCHOOLS SENDING POEMS. I’m very happy for schools to send us poems. But I do edit all poems – in the same way that poems would be edited in a book. This does take time – and so I would ask schools to limit the number of poems sent. If a school sends, say, 30 poems – one from every class member – I may have to choose a selection to appear in the Poetry Zone. Schools may, however, send as many poems as they would like for competitions..

Poo Poo Poo! Rude poems can be very funny but be warned – if you send us poems about farts, bottoms or poo they won’t be appearing in the Poetry Zone. So please stop sending us rude poems. 

And do please remember that all the poems you send should be your own original work. Meanwhile keep writing and sending us poems. We love to read them. Be careful and stay safe

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It’s Christmas Poem Time!

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Latest Poems

To My Amazing Mom

by Ellie aged 9

Mom, you shine so big and bright
Like a star that glows at night.
You work so hard, you give your all
Lifting others when they fall.

Training at the hospital,
So Strong, so kind, so

…Read the rest

Rosey the Rabbit

by Daisy R aged 10

Rosey is my bunny
she is so funny
her hair blows in the wind
but she doesn’t mind
she hops around
if she is lucky she will win a pound
she eats the grass

…Read the rest

The Untrodden Path

by Medhaswi Kundu aged 11

My fingers dance along the ink-stained paper,
Eyes shining, ideas flooding in a gentle wave.
I lift my pen, giving it new life,
From its days of unwritten visions.

Perhaps an unknown hand had lingered,
Tracing

…Read the rest

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