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
Disturbed Fire Man
by agedA man
Filled with fire
Wasn’t a liar
But his fault
Was that
He was a human
He liked to die
And he was opening his mask
But he couldn’t show his
Myself. Part 5 – My Looks Outside My Mind.
by agedI look like an ordinary child
With five foot six inches height
I’m comedic
It doesn’t means that a poet like me
Has to be sad
I’m self-made
Myself. Part 4 – Dark Void
by agedDark void
Doesn’t collide
Here I find peace
It’s bliss
People might get scared
I’ve never cared
It moves fast
But at last
The void is the contrast
Which makes me
First Poems Read more
In My Heart
by agedEverybody has times in
Their lives when their hearts are
Full with doubt. But everything
They hoped in their time; every
Thing you hoped could
Happen in your dreams. Everyone
Will have the same
Seas of Hope
by agedSeas of hope
Sands in slopes
Fish swim in schools
Rock pools
Glow in the sun
Crabs are done
With people touching
People clutching
Seas of hope
My Teacher
by agedThe thing we ask about Jenny is
”Surely there cannot be many
teachers in this place
with so lovely a face?”
The answer to that is,
“Not any!”
True Love Read more
Hello: An Ordinary Word
by agedHello—it’s such an ordinary word,
Harbouring hundreds of stories unheard,
It’s the beginning of an imperfect friendship,
Or the start of a hating war you can’t skip.
Hello—it’s such an ordinary word,
Yet saying it to
Friend’s Crush
by agedMy friend has a crush…
I have to stay up late
just to read her messages ’bout her crush
or else my friend will yap about him at school…
The worse part is,
His class
Love
by agedOh stinking love
I should have come above
To join you my dear
I guess I had fear
Oh stinking love
should of come above
Through all these years
I still have tears
Teenage Read more
Tears Of Pearls
byShe cries tears of silvery white,
round pearls as white as snow.
To find them you must go
where no one has ever known,
where moon-like jellyfish fly,
where star-like plants grow.
In her crown
Being Trans (non-binary)
byBeing me
Is so hard to be
Annoying brothers
Homophobic Grandma
Know it all Grandpa
I can’t be me
I told my Mom
I’m bi and trans
She still calls me “Girl”
I Wonder
byI wonder what the future will bring,
And if my dreams will learn to fly,
If one day I look back and smile,
at all the times why.
I wonder if people will stay,
Or slowly
Competition Entries Read more
Wish List
by agedSmiles (for my family)
Breaths (for my community)
Heartbeats (for my country)
Poppies (for the world)
Muscle (for me)
As The Snowflakes Fall
by agedAs the snowflakes fall
You know what’s coming
The time to put away the bat and ball
A time for blankets, jumpers and all things warm
The festive season is here
‘Tis a harsh time
The Tower of Light
by agedThe tower of light
Standing strong
Standing there
The star on the top
In the air
Glowing nice and bright
So high, it’s just in sight
Leaves as green as grass
Wait