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.
Allsorts Read more
The Poem of Calmness
by agedWhat would you pick from a rock or a stick?
I would pick a stick!
I look into the sky while I’m eating pie.
Ooh! That’s weird! My pie chose to fly!
What do you want
Sunny Saturdays
by agedSaturdays are fun when it’s sunny.
We’re finding Easter eggs from the Easter Bunny.
Yummy, yummy, chocolate eggs.
Clothes on the washing line held up by pegs.
Rabbits hopping around happily.
They have a beautiful
Aunty Aliyah’s Family
by agedAuntie Aliyah’s armpits are absolutely absurd,
Gentle Jake juggles jiggly jars of jam,
Talkative Tyler tastes tangy truffles,
Little Leo licks a lemon lolly pop,
Dramatic Dylan drives in decorative dungarees with a dozen dirty Dalmatians,
Under a sunny, sapphire
First Poems Read more
Nature
by agedNature is kind
nature is nice
but people try to kill it
and it is so unfair
for the animals!
I don’t like it
because it is rude to the animals!
Animal’s deserve
My Family
by agedMy cat is very vicious
My dog is very sweet
My sister is like the dog
The cat sometimes to my mum
Is the boss of the family
That’s why she’s very grumpy
My
The Power of Being You
by agedRemember the power of being yourself,
can be made and put on a shelf.
Don’t mind what others say,
but just think in your own way.
Just follow your dreams no matter what they are,
don’t
True Love Read more
Your Reality
by agedEvery day, I imagine a future where I can be with you,
In my hand is a pen that will write a poem of me and you,
The ink flows down into a dark puddle
Just move
What is Not Love?
by agedLove is not when you’re full,
but your friends keep taking pieces.
Love is not when people love you for your looks,
your money, your fame.
Not when people don’t like being around you.
When
The Dark
by agedI’m always in the dark, always in despair.
Then you tell me you don’t like my hair, honestly, I don’t care.
But I don’t see why you need to make fun of me, but do if you dare.
Teenage Read more
Alexis
byI’m a trans
I like being called Alexis
The first book I saw about it
My heart leapt
No one likes me cause I’m trans
I’m also les
I’ve worn a girl outfit
Lunchtime
byThe sun is high in the blue and clear sky.
Wind blowing through the emerald trees.
A lone bird chirps its sweet sweet songs.
Soaring through the sky.
What once was grey is now quite bright.
The Field
byThe sun is shining, smiling down
as the blissful breeze dances through the grass
birds are singing a beautiful tune
and the field is calm and peaceful
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FOOTSTEPS OF THE ADVENTUROUS
Competition Entries Read more
Snow
by agedNo breath of wind no gleam of sun
still the white snow whirls softly down,
Twig and bough and blade and thorn
all in an icy quiet form,
whispering, rustling through the air
on still
Five Ways how Christmas Can be Shared
by agedSleigh bells ring,
the moon illuminates the sky and glows.
The air is filled with joy and happiness,
everywhere someone goes.
No matter if it’s a town or village,
no matter if it’s a city or
Do You Know What It Is?
by agedAm! Nam! Nam!
Eating cookies, drinking milk
Distributing gifts while sitting on a sleigh,
And guiding the reindeers swiftly,
Decorating Christmas trees,
With ornaments and hanging stockings,
Sitting cosily by the fire,
And