Hi Everyone, welcome to The Poetry Zone.

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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Latest Poems

Kindness

by Evan Thomason aged 11

Kindness in every virtue
In every act
Nurturing everyone but yourself
Denying meanness.

Everything is Difficult in the Beginning

by Medhavi Suneja

I woke up from a nap today
with a happy head
On the first of May
There lying on my bed
A strange block of paper
Along with a leaf of maple

I looked closer

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Boring and Fun

by Ameerah aged 7

School is boring
Home is boring
Parks are fun
Fun fairs are fun
Cousins are fun and friends are kinda fun but most of all everyone is fun!
Even teachers who might cheer you up

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