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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Marshmallow

by Ellie aged 8

Marshmallow, marshmallow gooey and sticky

but so yummy

Marshmallow, marshmallow gooey and sticky

but so yummy

Marshmallow, marshmallow, marshmallow

My best friend

Mom

by Sarah aged 11

My mum loves flowers
She has super powers
She always showers
She works for 24 hours

P.S. I love you mom.

My Heart Broke

by Sargundeep aged 12

Studied like fools,
Teachers thought it cool.
Students made a joke,
My heart broke.

I got 99 out of 100 and someone got 100 out of 100,
Then my apperance made my teachers hatred.
My

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First Poems Read more

The Mermaid Who Lost Her Sea Shell

by Vihaan Ram aged 6

Through Ayah’s Eyes

by Ayah Taiyub aged 5

When I was only 4 years old,
My sister went away.
They all said it was to her Nans.
But it did not feel right.
And I waited for her to return.
Days turned into

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Poppy

by Amelia aged 9

Petals that brighten the battlefields
On Remembrance Day ,
Poppies, acknowledging soldiers from a
Past decade,
Years gone by still remembering

 

True Love Read more

The Living of a Horse

by Heva aged 10

Grace upon the open plain,
A creature strong, yet never vain.
From dawn till dusk, through field and glade,
A life of purpose gently laid.

They work beneath the golden sun,
Pulling loads till tasks are

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A Pinch of Passion

by Olivia Cook aged 9

A pinch of passion
Is all you need
Follow my recipe
My recipe is my specialty

All you need is:
A hint of spice
A new beginning
A happy life

A pinch of passion

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The Dream She Knew

by Delaney Conway aged 14

The stars in his eyes
Always made her beam
Though she saw through his lies,
But night would steal the gleam.
She could only dream, of a warmth she’d never own.
That she was the

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Teenage Read more

Sky

by Purab Sheth

What do you see when you look at the sky?
Some see a place where we go when we die
Some see an endless ocean with its white moving life,
an aeroplane cutting through like a knife

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Feeling

by Purab Sheth

Happiness is impossible to find
To those who seek it as a whole
Yet it can be found to those inclined
to find it in the smallest of things

The settling ghost of grief’s regret
Sadness

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A Passing Thought

by Annaliese Jade Ali

I thirst for more but I feel so stuck
The more I think, my head feels hit by a puck
But why can’t I ever find
The reason I stay stuck in time?

To wish to grow

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Competition Entries Read more

A Christmas Mystery

by Sylvia Robinson aged 12

Here is a story untold, watch and listen as it unfolds.
We always hear that Old Saint Nick flew down chimneys, but what if it never happened that swiftly?
What if he was pushed by his own luck

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Winter

by Maya aged 10

silver snowflakes shimmering and glistening
dancing in the sky
golden lights glitter
everything is still and silent
frozen in time
a tree is adorned with tinsel and golden lights
such a wonderful time

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Oh, Come Home

by Isla aged 12

Snowflakes twirl like sugar spun
On rooftops kissed by setting sun.
The chimney hums a carol tune,
While reindeer race beneath the moon.
Stockings hang in hopeful rows,
By fireside’s dance of amber glows.

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