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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.

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

Mini Beast Dracula

by Penny Pascoe aged 7

A mini beast dracula is a leech
It sucks blood and lives in Wild Water
It doesn’t go near the beach
Sucking blood for slaughter

To Roger from Penelope. Happy Halloween – beware of leeches !! Argg

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The Things I Never Said

by Kanak Wankhede aged 11

There’s a crack in my favourite cup
Mum says we should throw it away
But I still use it every morning
I don’t know why
I just do

Last Tuesday, the rain came down hard,

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How Animals See the World

by Ashlin James aged 10

The bumblebees see the world blue and green
They see their life, serving a queen
Ants see the world unclear and blurry
When we try to kill them they start to worry
Dogs can see blue

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