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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

Competition!

It’s Christmas Poem Time!

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Latest Poems

Teachers

by Chizoba aged 11

Teaching the best they can do

Each and every one of them care about you

Always helping a child in need

Cares for everyone, even me

Helps us become a better person in life

Even when it costs some of

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I Want to Be a Saint

by Samuel

I’ve always wanted to be a saint
With no slander or defamation, that is my dream
A saint who could never do any wrong, that is my wish
A saint who couldn’t bring himself to hurt a

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The Book Trapper

by Gowri aged 12

Out in the woods
in a world so dark
is there a person
who can bring out a spark?

In the forest
someone feared
a man with a hat
darker than his beard

He

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