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.

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The Poem of Calmness

by Harrison aged 7

What 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

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Sunny Saturdays

by Rosebay Marshall aged 8

Saturdays 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

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Aunty Aliyah’s Family

by Julia Rutherford Fernandes aged 12

Auntie 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

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Nature

by Victoria Muschamp aged 6

Nature 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

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My Family

by Victoria aged 6

My 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

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The Power of Being You

by Zitong aged 6

Remember 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

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Your Reality

by Ivy aged 10

Every 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

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What is Not Love?

by Ava Fitzgerald aged 10

Love 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

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The Dark

by Ava Fitzgerald aged 10

I’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.

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Teenage Read more

Alexis

by Alex

I’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

by Violet Sedgwick

The 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.

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The Field

by Riley Lord

The 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

THE RELENTLESS CLOCK STRIKES 12.
FOOTSTEPS OF THE ADVENTUROUS

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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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