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

Cats – Haiku and Acrostic

by Helena Sarita Arora aged 8

Purring at my feet
Wanting lots of attention
Home is very safe

Curiosity everywhere it goes.
A cat wandering around
Taking a nap in the bushes.
Slowly waking and finding herself below the night sky

My Pet Dog

by Helen Afyia aged 6

Woof woof!

London

by Genevieve Hewitt aged 9

There are buses everywhere
And cars driving without a care
In the houses people wondering what to wear
London is a nightmare
People walking around
Dogs thinking about what they have found
The slash

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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

Lost Myself

by Layla Balt

I’m tired of acting strong,
My soul hurts,
My heart is lost,
My mind is gone
I’ve lost myself.

My shadow drags heavier than my body,
as if Earth knows itself,
I don’t belong.

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Before I Dissolve

by Aysha Hussain

As I sit here,
My body mixed with sand and the sea,
How I wish I could see
The liquid sunset in your eyes
To see the corner of your eyes crinkle when you smile,

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Always Her/ People Change

by Mystery

no matter what happens,
it’s always her.

she’s there through my
platonic breakups,
romantic breakups,
emotional breakdowns,
when I’m overwhelmed
and the nights I cry myself to sleep.

she’s there
every
single

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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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