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

Ma Maman

by Flavien aged 12

Ma maman, elle est belle
Comme une hirondelle
Son cœur ne connaît pas la mauvaise humeur
Avec elle, rien, pas même un lutin, n’a de chagrin
Elle a beaucoup d’amour là dedans, dans mes choses préférées

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Animals

by Jahi aged 8

A lion goes grrr
A bird goes cheep cheep
A tiger goes grrr
A dog goes woof woof!!!

Asylum Seeker

by Zack Moore aged 9

Through the blue door, I hope to see
a wonderful world meant for me

I hate to see my old country,
it makes me sad that it’s just me,
I miss all my family

But this country

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First Poems Read more

My Birthday

by Swara Suhas aged 6

My birthday is on August 5th!
My friends are going to come!
It’s the best day ever!
Yay! I am going to have so much fun!

Animals in Style

by Aleyna aged 7

Humans chop while dogs mop
Lions growl while monkeys howl
It’s such pity that all of the animals do things but little piggy
The only thing that piggy can do is eat meat all day for hours

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Girl Yahoo

by Isla1 aged 10

A girl with a dream
A girl with a dream
I’m just a girl
I love being me
Yoohoo!!!

True Love Read more

I Love My Family

by Nadayah aged 7

My mom is
Made
Of
No
Money
My dad is
Do love
As he loves his kids
Dear kids I love you

Love is So Powerful

by Robyn aged 10

L is for how much I like you
O is for how much ordinary people love you
V is for how very beautiful you are
E is for how ecstatic you can be!

 

Dove Eyes

by Ywa Hay Tha aged 13

Him and his dove eyes
tastes like the blue skies
Him and his dove eyes
is where the diamond ocean lies
Him and his dove eyes
‘till my heart cries
Forever I shall love

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Teenage Read more

Hurting

by lya

Hurting something nobody sees me doing Hurting is something I didn’t realise I was doing for a long time till I locked myself up in a room and turned off all the lights, shut the blinds and sat in the

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She

by Alyssa Applezee

she is the fire in my heart
that re-lit from ashes
left by a flame long ago extinguished

she is the glimmer in my smile
the only one who can make me feel so whole,
but

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Grace to Grey

by Alyssa Applezee

i can’t help but look at her skin
once clean, and full of life.
now it’s lost all its colour
covered in a thick layer of dust.
nobody has taken any care.

there are few who

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Competition Entries Read more

Snow

by Ismah aged 8

No 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

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Five Ways how Christmas Can be Shared

by Jeanri Jordaan aged 10

Sleigh 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

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Do You Know What It Is?

by Kaira Thakkar aged 9

Am! 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

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