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.

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The Path to Victory

by Ajax Banstola aged 10

Injury and misery are all part of victory,
But some day that victory could be history.
I bet it’s impossible to play,
and not get any sweat.
You know how they say teamwork makes the dreamwork,

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Strict Parents

by Nina aged 10

I’ve snuck TikTok, Snapchat
I’ve snuck it all
And that’s just so I have someone to call
To my parents snap is a crime
And if I download I’ll be doing some time
They don’t

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Animals

by Sophia aged 8

Skies are blue, grass is green

no better team than in an excited zoo

Animals zooming beside a lake

And in the lake the dolphins wave

In the sky seagulls say,

Oh, what an exciting zoo beside a lake

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Dreams

by Ahana Khuntia aged 6

Dreams are like a fluffy cloud,
Dreams are full of tasty sweets,
Dreams are as soft as cotton candy,
And marshmallows you can eat!

Dreams can make you drift away,
Dreams can make you sleep,

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Stand Tall

by Tara aged 8

Care about the ice caps starting to thaw
Because in a thousand years when you open the door
You want to see the rose bush with flowers so red
You’ll just see some scraps looking quite dead

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KSI

by Liam aged 11

In the realm of pixels, a star was born,
A voice of the youth, a legacy sworn,
KSI, the name that echoes and roars,
From gaming to music, he constantly soars.

With laughter and banter, his journey

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It’s Me

by Nina aged 10

Irllylybidkhttybikylse
So, pls dbmh
Don’t, tma
Ik his
Trust me ibbb
Don’t bma
I am da
You itz always u
It always u
I’ve met a lot of ppl but nobody

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If Only

by Nina aged 10

If I was skinny and wasn’t fat
If I was beautiful and not a rat
If I was white and wasn’t brown
If I was happy without a frown
If I had perfect teeth and a

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Pink Christmas

by Sarah Sharma aged 11

Dreams come true on Christmas eve’s night.
Oh, how my spirit was so bright.
The night before Christmas was an amazing day,
Everyone decorated without a delay.

Awaiting the moment, the grandest show,
With Santa’s sleigh

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Teenage Read more

Fragments of the Unseen

by Shifa

In silent halls where shadows roam,
They drift alone, without a home,
Little souls lost in a world unknown,
Seeking a warmth they’ve never been shown

And they try finding themselves in shadows cast,
Searching for

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Disability

by Eva Reed

My disability is not my weakness,
But it’s my greatest Motivation,
Motivation in finding strength,
The strength within myself to carry on each day.

Awake, my soul, and sing
Of him who died for thee

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One Vowel Only

by Eva Reed

The bed feels empty
Every, sled jets
The jet met the net
The pet fed me
Even bees beg

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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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