Welcome to Love and Friendship. This is open
to all 10, 11, 12 and 13 year olds. Send us your poems about love,
romance and friendships - as well as other more serious poems
about relationships. We'll include the best here.
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Heartbroken
by Tiyisha Ward (10)
I'm
finding it hard to sleep tonight
the day has been so tough
I'm finding it hard to breath tonight
some people are so rough.
My
head's full of thunder, my hearts full of lightning
and suddenly everything's turned so frightening.
I wish I could have just one or more friends -
Who will be my best friend till the end.
No
one knows that I'm there
and no one will ever care.
If they noticed me they'd give me a mop.
I wish I could fall asleep and never wake up.
Revolve
by Gretchen Bishop (aged 12)
If the sun never sets
Has the moon died?
If one falls
Does the winner rise?
If not under stress
Is it time to relax?
If pen meets sword
Does one of them crack?
When the sun doesn't fall it means
The moon is hiding
When one falls
The winner should cry
When stress is gone
Means trouble is ahead
Pen isn't mightier then the sword
It just gets it dirty.
It revolves
Safety
Blanket by Tori Brown (aged
13)
You are my home
My soul's retreat
When I can't find my words
You are my speech
When I am lost
You know where I have been
And when I wander
You bring me back in
When I am hurt
You know how I feel
With you around
I quickly heal
You are engraved into my heart
So you are here with me
Even when
We are apart
And until the fateful end of us
In you my love
I will always trust
Winds
and Birds by Gretchen Bishop
(aged 12)
The wind will
never cry
As much as I have for you
The half moon will always shine twice as bright
As long as I am with you
When the sky
breaks I do not despair
For you are my stars, my castle, my air
I once were
broken pieces
Lying scattered on the floor
But your calm heart made me
The way I was
Before
You've never
let me fall
I can't say the same for me
But I never will leave you
Because I can't breathe without you not at all
Wants
to Be Different by Paige Taylor
(aged 12)
A stereotype
of a brand
I wanna wear different clothes
I wanna be different
I don't wanna wear navy blue and white tube tops
I wanna be unique
But being in 7 and 10 year old sizes
It's hard to get women's clothes
Haha. I'm so cool.
I wear stereotype brands
While
Wind Wooshes My Wishes
by Mollisande W. (aged 13)
While Wind Wooshes
My Wishes,
I close my eyes in despair.
There is a soft bird on my shoulder,
but I can't even feel it.
I am Numb.
I breathe in and out.
My breath is Ice Cold.
While Wind Wooshes My Wishes,
I wait for the world to await my words.
Things
I Can't Stand About Him by Gretchen
Bishop (aged 12)
He always is
there when I am
He tells me to calm down
He asks how I am feeling
He walks me off school ground
He doesn't hide anything
He is easy to be around
I can't say I am alright
When he knows that's not true
He says, "I am glad you transferred because otherwise I wouldn't
have you."
I need to see him
I can't live without
The one sad thing is I love these things I just said I peeved
Because he is the one thing in my life I need
Dreams
by Andrés Esteban Rodríguez
Villagra (aged 13)
Dream in this
world of feelings
As if it were a game.
I dream
I look for the best
I want to be better than I am.
Dreams are our goals
And what make them impossible
Is our fear to fail.
Dreams are valuable treasures.
And when we have these treasures in front of us,
We are not aware of them
Because we don't believe in treasures.
But, in my dreams
I lose the control of my life
And I am afraid of my destiny.
I know the dreams are blessings
And that blessings must be accepted.
Otherwise they change into curses.
So when our self insists on following
the same things
and all the dreams seem alike
it means that we have to pay attention,
lots of good things are there waiting for us.
A dream is a way!
In which we find stones, even rocks to stop us
But the lesson is not easy
And we have to learn it, to think, to reflect, to decide
to persevere and to overcome.
I'm afraid that
Living life is an Art.
And I want to be the best Artist
No matter how difficult it is!
Marcus
Adams by Dominic Andrews
Man,
he is a good friend
As he is good at sport
Remember he is funny
Cool hear defiantly cool
Utterly hansom
Sometimes a god at dancing
And he
is sporty
Dommmmmm is a friend of his
Addicted to hyperosity
Maybe he is a friend of Will
So it goes.
Dreams
by Emilio José Cortés
Castillo (aged 13)
Dreams
When the night falls
our eyes rest, we sleep
our dreams arise
all is harmony.
Dreams
The best ones
subtly touch our heart
and hopes and expectations
about so many things,
about our walks in life,
emerge.
Dreams
Colourful and beautiful sunsets
Clear and fresh dawns
All of this is real
In that powerful dream.
Dreams
A presence in the paradise
Giving us a message of brotherhood,
of peace and happiness all around the world.
Let's shake our hands
Let's look at our eyes
Let's sing a song of love.
My Acoustic Poem
by Chloe Smith and Christie
Ewens
Everybody loves
each other
If it takes forever
Girls & boys
However long it takes, we'll stay
Together
.
Through all the easy &
Hard times we'll always have each other
Realising our friendship and
Everything we have got
Eight three will be forever and never get forgot.
Best
Friends We Are by Will Harrison
and Marcus Adams (both 13)
Best
friends
Even though we fight
Sometimes.
Together we still are
From
Bristol and we really
Rule.
In the class we are best friends.
Even though we're being spilt up.
Nobody will ruin our friendship.
Down we are splitting up, up we're still friends but it won't
work trying to split us up.
SO DON'T EVEN TRY!
Wish
Upon a Star by Gretchen Bishop (aged 12)
It was two summers
ago
That faithful day
When I met you
Long black hair, a yellow dress
At the time I was unaware that you would become
The friend I trust the best
We became fast friends
That day when I came walking down the street
Then I see someone behind a tree and it was you I meet
You did not stay long
You moved away but we still keep in touch day by day
I couldn't lose you
I hate that you live so far
So if I can I'll wish upon a star
To come back to Lakewood
Stay with me
My friend Stephanie
Evening
Glory by Gretchen Bishop (aged
12)
Sandals lying
in the sandy beach
The sun preparing to rest
My ankles in the water
My footprints washing away
The others have left for the cabins now
Leaving me to my thoughts
I stare across the lake
What a year it's been
I had met you
And yes it's true
I miss you too much to stand it
Then you slip your hand into mine
And I see your eyes
You can tell I've been thinking
We walk along the beach
Not really talking we didn't need to be
Then I hear someone calling my name
It's my older cousin Lizzie
But as soon as she sees you she blushes and leaves
We laugh and joke about how
she'll make it a bigger deal then it needed to be.
Then when they found us later on we were sitting on the beach
Our hands together, my head on your arm.
Lizzie is leading them making a fuss.
My mom takes a picture I am full of disgust
You whisper you love me
I squeezed your hand in reply
I will never forget
The sunset were I truly loved you the best
Now
and Forever by Dara (aged 10)
You were there
for me when I cried
You were there for me when I lied
You were there for me when I smiled
You were there for me for a while
You were there for me when I made mistakes
You were there for me when I did everything right
You were there for me then
You are there for me now
You'll be there for me now and forever
So Called Friends by Jasmine
(aged 11)
At first people say that they are your friend
but I have learned not to believe everything I hear
It all started at the beginning of the year
I thought we were best friends until drama started happening at
school
But I always stayed cool
I didn't want nothing to mess up our friendship
Our friendship was unbreakable
But then my boyfriend came along and was so lovable
She liked him and couldn't get over the fact that he was mine
At first I was fine
She told me herself that she was jealous
But now I am upset
So now I don't know what to do
I want to talk to her but I can't talk to her without making a tear
We used to be that crazy pair
But now I just want her out my hair
Three
Things by Paige Taylor (aged
12)
There are three things that make a person
Your heart
Your soul
Your road or path
First comes the heart
Babies are born with hearts
It is a part of the body
It makes you a living being
Then comes your soul
With every heart
There is a soul
The soul is your personality
It gives you the ability to talk
And speak your mind
When we talk about ghosts
Your heart is taken out of you
But your soul is not
Your heart is what makes you living
And if it is taken out,
you are dead
Ghosts are just simply
Souls without a heart
Then comes the road or the path
When you are born
You get a path
It indicates your future
For example...
Palm readers can see your path on your palm
When you die
Heart broken
Path broken
If someone kills a ghost
Then the soul goes too!
You
Don't Know Me! by Jenel Hall
(aged 12)
You don't know what I know
You have never seen what I have seen
I've had misery and sorrow since I rolled out of the crib
That's more misery and sorrow you'll have in a lifetime
I might not have had it hard but I played it rough
Like I said
You don't know what I know
And you have never seen what I have seen
And most importantly, you don't even know me!
I Do Not Get Along With Myself by
Marinela Reka (aged 12)
Sometimes I
do not get along with myself
When we fall into problems we fall very deep
Like when my brain wants to go out and play
My body wants to rest and sleep
When I am watching
a scary movie
My mind is terrified and wants to be gone
While the eyes are staring at the TV
Because they want to know what is going on
I hate it when
my mouth blabs on
Without asking my mind at all
Because I end up saying something bad
And always into trouble I fall
I do not get
along with my tummy
For my health it doesn't care
It only wants to eat chocolate and sweets
That is a big problem, I swear
I dislike my
ears, yes I do
Because they want loud music for entertainment
And because of this
My mum and I get into an argument
I don't get
along with my body parts
Because of them I feel so blue
Is it I, am I going crazy?
Or is it the same problem with you?
What
Matters To Me The Most Is… by
Lisa Cousins (aged 12)
The ghosts of
past friends I've lost who swarm around me when I'm drifting off
to sleep: their voices, their faces, their sayings, their scents,
everything that I knew about them haunt me again, again and again.
Our walks and wanders to the parks and fields, where we would laugh
and joke until the sun went down.
We would say good-bye, but when that fateful day, I had to say good-bye
for good.
I heard a bang, a scream, a cry for help but there was nothing I
could do.
I'll never forget.
You
To Blame! by Jenel Hall (aged
12)
What does "I'm
not ready for a relationship" mean?
It plays like the record in a broken dream
It was more like a nightmare to hear you say
"I'm not feeling for you the same way".
I feel my heart crumble as there is emptiness inside
There's nowhere to go, no place to hide
I miss you more with everyday
Why can't you understand the words that I say?
All I wanted was to be with you
Now I'm left with all this pain
And I only have you to blame!
The
Only Thing I Can Do is Write This by
Marinela Reka (aged 12)
When I look
at the people on the street begging
I wish they had a better life and homes too
I give them anything I find in my pocket
There is nothing else I can possibly do
When I think
about all the ill people in the world
My heart shrinks and gets small
And I pray for them to get better
There is nothing else I can do at all
I feel really
sad and my heart becomes stone
When I see people injured in war or maybe dead
And I can't do anything without getting involved
All I can do is wish for the war to be over instead
When I see the
old and poorly all alone inside
I wish I could have the ability to clone
So I can make thousands like myself
And stay with all of them so they won't feel alone
I don't know
what is wrong with this world
It has so much injustice and selfishness
I am powerless I cannot change it
The only thing I can do, is write this.
Jammin'
to my Own Beat by Amaobi Otiji
my parents wonder why I don't listen to them
they understand we boys are now men
they think I should tell them about my life
when I do I feel like taking to my throat a knife
I feel like they smother me all night and day
if they weren't my parents I'd have nasty things to say
but sadly they are so I must respect them
every time they start talking they clear their throats "ahem"
no one ever said anything about listening...
*Dedicated to my grandpa who passed a year ago
Once
Upon a... by
Tallis White (aged 12)
Once upon a yesterday there was a girl
Playing with a friend
They'd found some bamboo and using it
As swords and bow, playing a game of fantasy battle
With dragons and unicorns and beautiful birds
Once upon a
today the friends don't see each other now
Or at least when they do the other is with a friend
Or talking about his latest girlfriend
He's too old for princesses
Too old for bamboo,
Too old for dragons and unicorns too
She's too young to be his friend now
He can't be seen with someone a younger than him
It hurts her to know it's true
Once upon a future
She grows up too
Both are very happy
Both are very good friends again
Without princesses, bamboo, dragons or unicorns
Just memories.
What Love Is by Valeria Ochoa (aged
11)
Love is what I feel for you,
Love is what I hope you feel for me,
Love is not telling me that you love me,
But actually meaning it.
Love is not giving me a simple hug,
But a hug that makes me feel safe,
Love is trusting me,
Love is making mistakes,
Love is what I want us to have,
Love is what I hope you can give,
Love me is what I want you to do,
Love you is what I always do,
Love is the most beautiful thing in the world,
Love is life,
Love is what I want us to have.
I
Still Feel You Here by Tanja
Novak (aged 13)
I sit alone
on a bench,
I don't now where I am
Or what I am doing, but
I sit alone watching the rainfall
My hair is sticking to my face and
My mascara is running
I still feel your warm lips on mine and
I still feel your cold hand on my back.
The rain drops are falling quicker now
I feel the water running down my face and
He expression on my face shows absolutely nothing
But that doesn't change the fact that
I can still hear your voice in my head and
I can feel our lips on mine
Never
Say... by Yaimara Benitez (aged
13)
Never say I love you, if you don't really care
never talk about feelings, if they are not there,
never hold my hand, if you are going to break my heart,
never say you we're going too, if you don't plan to start,
never look into my eyes, if all you do is lie,
never say hi, if you really mean goodbye,
if you mean forever, then say you will try,
never say forever, cause forever makes me cry.
When You Leave by Eleanor Daniels
When you leave,
Take me with you.
I am your life
So take me with you.
Don't miss out,
Trouble may come.
But you will learn,
From your actions.
When the moon is in the sky,
And the sun is down,
You sleep peacefully,
And so do I.
I am your life.
I go where you go.
But when you die,
I leave your body.
Don't worry though.
I will move into another body,
And you be that body.
In a whole other place.
You won't remember your older life.
New beginnings are showing.
You will be in a whole other life.
But with me, your life.
Role Model by MiKayla Wolf
When little
kids look up to you they find someone they really like.
It might be her, it might be him, it might be you
You don't know.
When you are a role model little kids want to be just like you.
Don't set a bad example for little kids who look up to you.
So don't wear clothes that aren't suppose to be worn or
talk in the wrong way.
Because you'll never know when a little kid
Might look up to you and say,
"Your my role model, I want to be like you."
I'll
Pick You Up by Tanja Novak (aged
13)
I'll pick you
up when you fall,
And I'll hold you when you need me.
You'll always have my shoulder to cry upon,
Where ever you are,
I'll ALWAYS be there for you
As long as you
are there for me in return.
I
Know it's For Real by Tanja
Novak (aged 13)
Now you've left
me,
And I know it's for real.
I cry myself to sleep at night
Dreading the day ahead
Knowing it will be without you
By my side
Holding my hand,
Easing away the pain in my heart, but
Now you've left me,
And I know it's for real…
So what I do at night
Is cry myself to sleep
Hoping for the day you finally return to me.
Love
by Valeria Ochoa (aged 11)
I love your lips,
I loved your kiss,
I love the way you dance,
and the way you treat me.
I love the way your eyes shine,
and the way you laugh.
I love you
and the way you are.
I love you now,
and forever will I.
Trapped
by Jordan Ruhmann (aged 13)
trapped in a
cage with metal bars
bruised and bullied with lots of scars
hated
traded
for someone else
not doing very well
please oh please
I'm on a trapeze
don't let me fall
for there is no net
Friends
or Foes by Alyssa (aged 11)
I keep reading
my book,
thinking about what I left
back in New York
A sad, sad thought
Why me?
Why them?
Why then?
We fought and fought
Until I moved here
in this filthy old town
We've talked a little bit
But I don't know
if we're friends again
or still foes.
Emotions
by Isobel Jane Fasey (aged
12)
Anger is the fire that burns up inside you;
Sadness is the rain that puts out the fire;
Happiness is the sunshine that puts out the rain;
Despair is the darkness that blocks out the sunshine;
Excitement is the stars that light up the darkness;
Boredom is the clouds that cover the stars;
Hope is the breeze that blows apart the clouds;
Envy is the thunder that destroys the gentleness of the breeze;
Love is the pink sunset that calms down the thunder;
Lust is the red of the sunset which feeds the love;
Loneliness is the cold of the night that spreads over the sunset;
Enthusiasm is the fireworks that fill the silence
With joyful blasts of colour;
Fear is the smoky blackness that creeps around you as they fade;
Serenity is the gentle moonlight dispersing the smoke as the Earth
peacefully sleeps.
A Lazy Summer Afternoon by Aidee
Campa (aged 12)
On a lazy summer
afternoon, we all retreat to the coolness of the porch,
Where mothers talk and us younger folk poke and prod and tease and
taunt,
On a summer's afternoon, we all sit, with our toes in the refreshing
water of the pool
And then, as if by soul agreement, we all dive, slide and flop in,
Splashing, yelling, and screaming, cavorting like little kids, And
then we all scramble out, bit by bit,
We sit and talk, reminiscing about days when we first knew each
other,
The sun and us, slowly sink to elderliness, but I fancy that we
do it slowly,
Hanging on to the last remnants of a lazy summer afternoon
Love
by Alyssa (aged 11)
Have you ever noticed someone there for you all the time?
to get you out of jail when you've
committed a crime
Someone that you've known for the longest time ever
That one person that will call you to make sure you're okay
When you're all the way in Denver?
Someone you may've had a crush on but didn't want to ruin
the perfect friendship
Think of what you feel when you talk to this person
Do you see yourself
on a ship?
Rocking back and forth
towards this person?
Does this person know that you love them more than
they think they know?
Have you ever told your friend that this person is all you ever
wanted and they never knew?
Well then my friends
you may be in love.
Panic
Attack by Natasha Woods (aged
10)
Ten years old
I'm hearing voices
I'm listening to sounds
I sometimes wonder whether anyone's around,
I turn around and think in my head -
Just stay calm there's nothing to
dread.
Sometimes when I'm thinking of people's words,
I turn around its absurd then, listen closely
to the words. I know now what's been said -
there's nothing to dread.
I'm kind of thinking through the sight it's okay
now I just had a fright. So thank you for
listening to what I've said. I understand now
they're just voices in my head.
My
Sky by Megan Rensch (aged 12)
My sky has turned
grey.
You contaminated it, you and your family.
"Global warming?" you say
and shake your head, "It's them trying to scare us."
And I thought the same.
My sky is dying.
I hear it cry out in pain, I want to end its suffering.
But that can't be, oh, no.
Look what you've done to the thing that was always meant to be there
Our barrier against immense heats and gases
Now it's a deathbed
My sky is lost
Never to be awakened, to go on dark and deadly.
Never again shall we see a blue sky filled with the puffiest white
clouds.
Days missed lying on hills
seeing them crawl across its painted canvas
so pure and untouched
How I wish I could now.
It catches me by surprise and takes a hold on my heart
Intent of causing the worst pain.
But I take to it kindly, as it's something I need,
Without I'm no longer human.
I open my arms and say
"You are welcome here my dear friend, as you always are,
eat away at my soul dear guilt. It's all yours for the taking."
Step out onto the open decks and inhale the sweet, soft, toxic air
I die along side you, the sky.
My sick and dying friend.
Best
Friends by Ujjayni Patel (aged 12)
We sometimes
act stupidly,
But we make each other laugh,
When you read this poem,
You will find the friendship path.
We will always be best friends,
And we will always stick together,
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER AND EVER!
Negative Emotions by Alexander Young
(aged 12)
I am new, nothing
to do
I'm all alone, no one's there
And no one seems to really care
I am new, I know no-one
I don't know
where to go
I don't know what to do now
It's all new to me because now
I am new, I know no-one
I am new so
how can I fit in here
How should I know what to do?
I really wish I wasn't so new
I am new, I know no-one
Nothing! No
one, what should I do
Whether it is me or you
You really have to dislike being new
I am new, I know no-one
If you have
ever been new
Then you must know, then you must know
How I feel, you must know this though
I am new, I know no-one
How
Can I Thank You? by Inês
Silva
The word thank you is used everyday,
Sometimes it's said and felt,
Sometimes it's only said.
People say thank you when they feel grateful,
When someone did them a favour,
When they just feel happy,
When they are helped out,
Sometimes they just have to say it,
Others just need to hear it.
Thankyou is a big word, that may be small,
It has many different meanings and different ways,
I, personally, want to tell you thank for everything you've done,
For helping me out when I needed it,
For holding up my tears,
For standing up for me,
For making me the happiest person on earth,
For trusting me like I trusted you,
For believing me even when you were sure it was not true,
For never letting me down,
For protecting me from everyone,
For just being there when I needed you,
For being my best friend,
For loving me for who I was,
For never asking me to change,
For not always tell me that I was right but never tell me I wrong,
For being who you are.
You are enough for me, only having you, as a friend is enough for
rest of my whole life,
So I am telling you these words, which come from the brightest place
of my life,
My heart,
And is with a huge pleasure that I thank you and call you my best
friend.
Thank you.
Write
You A Letter by
Paige Taylor (aged 12)
Dear Mummy and
Daddy,
How are you?
Dear my love,
Soon to find you
Once I am older
Kiss you!
Dear people of the world,
I want to stop polluting
And be green
Dear myself,
Do you think that God could fix my mistakes?
Then again,
You learn stuff from your mistakes?
Dear God,
Do you exist?
Asking so many questions
In such small letters
the
friendship by Maria del Mar
(aged 11)
the friendship is like a bee
flying over the sea
sometimes you can play
sometimes you can make a game
your friends make you see
that the life is like the bee
you can go up to the top
or only go normal and dance hip hop
with your friends you can bake
a beautiful and delicious cake
you can play
and in the park stay
Never
by Maya Gouw (aged 11)
I'll never brush my teeth
And my sword I'll never sheath
I'll never eat seafood
And I'll never have another mood.
I'll never ever be friends with you
And we will never be a pair as two.
I'll never eat your home cooking
And I'll never find a place where loudly I may sing.
And I'll never talk to you again
Unless you invite over Ben!
Alone
by Maya Gouw (aged 11)
(This poem is about a man who has gone insane
due to the loss of his entire family. He is walking through the
park where he sees a beautiful woman who he describes as a star
from Aphrodite. When she walks right past him, his heart is broken
and he looks into the pond. His insanity makes him believe his reflection
in the pond is walking away from him and it finally occurs to him
that he is alone.)
Enveloping shadows have
Overcome the miracle of the single strand
Of unfortunate hope.
Falling back into the darkness
Remember the last gaze of the stars of Aphrodite
The reflections in the rippling pond
Show the other side with a continually sad gaze
As it slowly turns its shoulder back.
As it soaks in without a slip of time and chance
To understand the slightest bit,
I know for one thing,
I deal with harsh winds
And prickling thorns
And blazing embers
Only because I am alone.
A Mind With Junk
by Paige Taylor (aged 12)
A mind with
junk...
Worry, worry
Things you don't need
To hear your mind...
Go on...
And on
And on
And on
About
Things you did
A week before
Stay there
Just piercing your mind
With a voice of your subconscious
??????????
Why?????????
Saying.
Paige, WHY did you do such a terrible thing?
Go AWAY!
One
More Chance by
Mara Tzizik (aged 12)
You sit there
Do you see me
You look at me
But what do you see?
A bother
Something that
Is in your way
You gave me that one
Chance
To prove
Myself
Get me
Another chance
Please
I'm ready
Where
Can I Find Here by Anon (Year
8)
I looked at
the sun
And I found it in your shadow through me
Then I stared at the moon
And it asked me, where is she?
I searched underground
And all I found were
Ants marching their way to love and peace
I face the stars
And I wondered what they were
Then I found out they were who took your soul
I looked sadly at the desert
And it was obviously too dry
And that's my
life without you
I stared hard at the sea
And it was too far and that's how my love is to you
I tried swimming in it
And I found it too wild
And that's how much my heart was begging for you
I asked my heart
Where are you?
And all it replied was
She is in you
Big
and Small by Kirie
I went to the
forest
Then I saw a newcomer
You'll never believe
How small the new tree was
Especially when it was next to a huge one
Zoom! The huge tree would stand
I'm jealous of you
The newcomer will say
Because he was as small as an ant
But wait and see
When the chopper comes
And chops you down
Then you're going to be
Jealous of me
Ugly/Beautiful
by Saido
She is ugly
like an evil witch
I can hear her heart beat
Lying in her bed
Feeling her blood rush
Beating like a bass drum
In her empty room
I can hear her heart beat
No matter what anyone said
Look inside you and be strong
Because a hero lies inside you
When
I Lost My Shadow by Ayan
When I lost
my shadow
I searched in my pocket
I searched in the sun
I searched in the walls
I searched inside me
I found it outside, beside me
Beauty
and Ugliness by Anon (Year 8)
She was beautiful
as a flower
She was uglier then a monkey
Her ugliness whispered to my ear
And her shadow ran away
Then her beauty
came alive
It whispered to my ear
She was as beautiful as a ladybug
Happy
and Sad by Dorsa
I am as happy
as the sun
That means I'm having so much fun
And I start to run and run
But when I'm mad
I'm like a lion which is mad and start
Behaving really bad
Friendship
for Sale by Anon (Year 8)
We used to be
the best
Of friends
There used to be no secrets between us
We always did everything together
Until she found someone else
An evil friend came between us
She has forgotten me
It was if she didn't know me anymore
She left me
And went with her friend
Now I'm by myself I will never find
Someone like her ever again
I'd like to have her back again, but oh well
She's a fake friend
A really fake one
A friend now for sale
Only for 10p
Love
by Aida
She loves him
like a diamond
He hates her like his enemy Simon
She likes him because he is cool
He hates her because she is a fool
That shows they don't belong
He loves her deep in his heart
Now she loves his best friend Mark
He was too lost for her heart
Falling
with Animals by Lia
There is a monkey
inside me it is mad
There is a gorilla inside me that is playing gymnastics
There is a cat inside me that is learning
There is an owl inside me that is sleeping
There is a cheetah inside me that is doing homework
There is giraffe inside me that is riding a bike
Rivers
and Mountains by Beronea
Mountains in
the eyes
Rivers in the ears
All I see is my heart full of tears
Return to me on the mountains and rivers
Return my tears and bring
Back my love
Alone
by Rowaida
One cup on the
hook
One raincoat on the door
One key in the lock
I don't love you any more
One pillow is not slept on
One phone is not on
Someone's at the door
Guess who its John
Love
by Laura
I love you
When you smile
I love you
When you cry
But mostly when you look in to my eyes
The
Friendship by Maria del Mar
(aged 11)
the friendship is like a bee
flying over the sea
sometimes you can play
sometimes you can make a game
your friends make you see
that life is like the bee
you can go up to the top
or only go normal and dance hip hop
with your friends you can bake
a beautiful and delicious cake
you can play
and in the park stay
A
Young Soul Lost by Paige Morris
People say she lost her life,
So young, so young.
People say she lost her soul,
doing the thing she loved most.
Well I say both.
She lost her young soul,
and we lost her.
Sometimes
by Fatima Sartaj (aged 12)
Sometimes I
feel like an imprisoned bird,
desperate for freedom, with emotions stirred,
Sometimes I feel like a broken, shattered mirror,
trying to put myself together, but I won't I fear,
Sometimes I feel like some sort of a stupid toy,
In being thrown here and there, there's no joy,
Sometimes I wanna know why growing up's so complicated,
and why it's so important to be so mature and educated,
And all the time I wish I were an innocent, little baby,
with no worries or problems, just basic learnings maybe.
Daddy,
I Miss You by Paige Morris
Oh, Daddy I miss you,
So much, I cry myself to sleep.
It is hard when you aren't with me.
Sometimes I barely make a peep.
Oh, Daddy how I miss you.
Why did God have to take you so early?
I guess he thought it was time,
but he was just doing me a crime.
Oh, Daddy how I miss you,
I can't wait til' we meet in heaven.
Make sure you have your arms spread out wide,
When I walk through Heaven's Golden Gate.
Daddy, I miss you.
What
I Wished For by Lauren (aged
11)
It's not what
I wished
It's not what I thought
It's not what I wanted
I wanted a lot
I heard about it
They said the feeling was amazing
I wish I could feel that too
The way he says "I love you"
I get shivers
Down my spine
The way a spider crawls up its vine
To find true love
It's very rare
Hard to find
In this world
It's bitter
Sweet
Love
I want that feeling
A
Harsh Way to Find Out by Lucy
Gallagher (aged 11)
the gates open wide
and seem to force her away
she screams and shouts into the open night
that's halfway
and yet it pushes
and pushes
tearing at her agonizingly
and the girl's soul cries in anguish
she has no emotions
but fear holds her not to let go
her hands turn cold
it spreads through her body
but still she clings on
still fear holds her
still the gates reject her,
the gates of life.
Sour
One by Paige Taylor (aged 12)
Mary, you are
a sour one you are
I don't know what to do with you!
Making fun of girls
Like my sister
About how they don't have breasts
Not treating me like all the rest
Because I have Cerebral Palsy
Hanging out with Lexi
Carrying shiny tote bags
From Abercrombie
"Paige, don't want help?"
"Good job Paige!"
"Bye-bye Paige!"
I'm twelve years old!
Not two!
Shut up!
I'm through!
"She's so cute!"
They all say!
Unique
by Claudia Taylor (aged 12)
Undiscovered,
Newly picked off
Indigested fun,
Questioning what.
Unknown, a mystery
Early and ripe.
Idiosyncratic.
Solitary.
Gone
from the world.
One-of-a-kind.
Only you, only me
Does know unique is good.
Believe
by Bethany Churcher (aged 13)
People often say life is a game
You keep playing until you die
You may think it's a bit lame
But you do need to aim high
You pick up the ball
You play the game
But if it hits the wall
You try and try again!
Believe, believe that you can do it all
Keep and keep strong
And keep your head tall
Even if it takes too long
You try and try and do it all
Believe, believe, you have to believe
Even if it's Christmas Eve!
Support your friends
Even if your friendship ends!
Dear
Mum, Dear Dad by Katie Monaghan
(aged 11)
I know you're
mad and your sad,
I also know I've been really bad,
I know I shouldn't do the things I do,
But sometimes it's hard,
Although I will always love you.
I know you don't
like it when I'm bad,
And you might not know but I hate it when I make you sad.
I know I deserve not to be talked to,
I know you've heard sorry 100 times.
But the thing
is I try and I try but sometimes it's hard,
I get stressed at school and take it out on you,
I don't know why but I just do,
The point of me writing this poem is that,
I promise, I will try even harder to be good and I just want you
to know,
That I love you.
Rage
by Joanne Dumerand (aged 13)
Thoughts going
wild, and body staying still?
That's just too difficult for me to chill.
Thinking about how my life's in danger
and just thinking about bullies at school.
Bullies acting dumb and stupid like a pack of hyenas
and feeling so ugly by what they call me.
Ugly girl, ugly girl, that's all you hear 24/7
but the worst part of all is me believing them.
Thinking I'm ugly and breaking mirrors in the house,
parents going crazy and they need to get out of the house.
Crash and booms is all you hear on my block,
gunfire and breaking windows all is a terrible shock.
Gangs involving my family members,
dying and crying, mourning and blood pouring, is just all crazy.
It's called second thoughts and it makes you have thought after
thought
and then gets you depressed.
It's rage, anger just killing you inside
and just ruining your body and your focus in mind.
Never
The Less by Paige Taylor (aged
12)
Why?
You're just caught up in your own little
Adult world
But you're so fun
Made the same mistake
With Molly
You can just go and hang out with Fran and Jessica
Trying to get involved
In your
Conversation
Never the less
To be patient
I will write you a letter
Not of love but of friends
If you think we are friends
Never the less
Global
WARNING by Karen Tam (aged 13)
The Earth has
a flu
Oh no! What should we do?
The clouds cry no more
The birds are not singing
Icebergs went anorexic
So did the rivers, creeks, and little streams
We are all mourning
From Green to Gray
Why? You may ask. What have we done?
Creating this horror movie
Which had become a reality
Blame no one,
As we are all part of the cast
But you can be the hero of the 22nd
By beginning your ripples of Green
And spreading it to the rest
As this is Earth's only cure
What
Happened by Lauren (aged 11)
You're all happy,
and wellbeing, until it hits you like THAT!
You don't know what to think until you overcome it and cope
This has opened your eyes to the real world around you
Go ahead and explore; no one is stopping you
You learn new things and get over it sometime
But what happened is always going to be with you
No matter what
Being
Me by Lama Khatib (aged 12)
I'll always
love to be myself
Nobody could change that
It wouldn't matter to me
If I was as big as a whale or as small as a rat!
I don't care what people say
I can choose to be like them or even like you
But I don't want to
Being me is who I want to be!
Let Them Guess by Lucy Gallagher
(aged 11)
"Eacritor 179 the last piece is here."
Domin was her name,
by birthright
but it's all gone
supposed to be forgotten
How?
She stared around uncertainly
not knowing if to believe
the facts were there,
all of them,
that this was real
and she tried not to groan aloud,
give any emotion away,
let them guess.
Inside her a deep wound penetrated her heart
it might heal in 100 years, yes
but then it would be time to forget
"do not levee us waiting 179"
She was there already, let them guess
not a single tear fell but a river of them inside her, Domin
A
Way to Escape by Lucy Gallagher
(age 11)
You look back
Good. They're not there
The river lies ahead
Go there?
I think not!
The intermist is a wide circle
In the shape of a parallelogram
Your eyes scan right past it
It's too predictable.
The foreground lies ahead
It's cold
Icy and yet forests
And one thousand types of mosses
Have ambushed there
you hear the swoosh of them.
You know
It's too late for escape
So you smile
Cunningly and turn,
They surround you,
A wide circle
In the shape of a
Parallelogram
Predictable?
Very slowly in your
Part second
Space of time
You finger your
Charm of destruction
Here it goes…
Darkness
by
Josie Benson (aged 12)
When the Earth
stops spinning
And the people keep on breathing
Will we disperse
Those who strive to be the same inside
Living in eternal darkness
To hide their imperfections
And those who all alright with being different
In eternal light
Or will we stay mixed up
Forever forced to comply with those around us
As we live today
Everyday
by Emile C. Power (aged 13)
I thank God
for the beauty I call mine,
For everything about her is so fine,
So kind and gentle, Angels don't compare,
Without her charms I would sit in despair.
Her eyes are of Autumn brown leaves,
Swaying softly through the wind and trees,
Her hair is of strands of golden soft fur,
Her skin tone dark as so made of myrrh.
People dream of what they want,
My dreams are all of her,
I love her for everything she is,
And every word I say to her is pure.
She is everything I desire,
As well as everything I require,
Without her life would be dull and grey,
So I thank god for her everyday.
Swim
by Katherine
S plashing
W hen the
I ifeguard is
M ean
Ugh
by Claudia Taylor (aged 12)
Popular is funny
And every time
I go to touch it
It bites me
And clutches me
In it's slimy jaws
Dripping with
Abercrombie
and blonde ponytails.
Rihanna is great
I love her on my iPod
Until she's yodelled
Out of a big chunky
Sam Entner loving monster
That is.
I hope nobody
like that
Sees this.
In Popularland
Everyone
Listens to 96.3 the Rose
And has cell phones.
Oh, that's another
thing.
Cell phones.
Can't stand them,
Can't live without them.
They ring a little tune
And somebody hollers out
The words.
"Oh, I
have a cell phone
I love pop tarts
I get dates and kisses
and watch R-rated movies.
Oh, popular is awesome,
La, la, la,
I have boobs
And you don't..."
Ha, ha, ha.
I'm smart and
you're not,
La, dee-da, da.
I
Said to Myself by Charlotte
Farmer (aged 10)
What can this
be?
This, this thing
Let me start again,
I was sitting by the fireside
When I said to myself
What can this be?
This thing I can see
In the fire flames
It didn't look like a person
Nor like a tree
Is it some reflection?
Is it some persuasion?
No, no, no, no, no!
Well if it's not any of those
What is it?
Well let me tell you
It's the thing your mind hides
It's the thing you love most
It's like food
It's like flowers in spring
Like the breeze in the trees
It's what goes on in your mind
Everybody has it
Everybody knows it
It's the illusion of fire flames!
Death
by Lucy Gallagher (aged 11)
The gates open wide
And seem to force her away,
She screams and shouts into the open night
That's halfway
And yet it pushes and pushes
Tearing at her agonizingly
The girl's soul cries in anguish
She has no emotions
But fear holds her not to let go
Her hands turn cold
It spreads through her body
But still she holds on
Still fears got her
Still the gates reject her,
The gates of life.
Dyslexic
by April-Rose Macaskill (aged
13)
I'm bunking
off school today because I can't be bothered to go in,
Mum said I might as well put my education in the bin!
I'm going into town with my mates instead,
It's just at school everything is a jumble in my head.
Maths is a complete bore; English is worse,
It's complete torture seeing the school nurse.
I want to put my hand up and say I'm confused but I'm too shy,
I feel alone; I'm dyslexic - that's why.
The Storm by Megan Rensch (aged
12)
I once felt
their anger
They came as rocks,
Bruising.
Never healing strength.
How the wind laughed at me.
Whipping at my bruises
With its icy rod.
I shouted at them
They're cowards
Won't even face me.
But alas she carried on laughing.
So I repeated.
This time thunder answered
Shouting.
With his rumble of a voice.
Where is lightning?
Surely she wouldn't miss such an occasion.
Ah, there she was brightening the sky
In her flashy get-up.
Showing off as per usual
Thunder's got distracted
Seems he's found himself a problem.
Who really cares?
Not the rain,
Nor the wind
As if lightning would, she's vain
Thunder, you're on your own.
I would wish you luck,
But why would I do that?
Ooh
by Claudia Taylor (aged 12)
You make me
Jitter when
I talk to your
Very soul
I try to take
A photo
So I can
Keep it
Forever
But it
Slips away.
When my
Eyes
Meet
Yours
It's like
Opening
A bottle
Of hot sauce.
You
Playing it
Coy,
Calm,
Cool,
and
Nervous.
That old
Schooner
Was no
Love boat...
Till you
Came along.
Cupid sucks
He has no timing
And when I write this
Silly poem to you,
It has no rhyming.
Not very romantic.
But
Heartfelt
And...
soft
Like that kiss
You gave me
In a dream.
Yours-
Or...
Mine?
Critch.
Heart
Broken by Joanne Dumerand (aged 13)
Love fills the air then jumped into my heart.
The moment I looked at you my heart didn't dare to fall apart.
Your hazel eyes took my breath away and your hard stone chest made
me think about you all day.
The last time I saw you, I wanted to kiss you but then you were
taken by my coolest friend.
Even though she knew that I fell in love with you
she didn't dare to break my love for you, yet when I found out you
loved her I was finished with you.
Though why does your name pop up in my head whether I'm asleep or
awakened?
The answer is I still have deep thoughts about you and how I am
heart broken.
So should I still love you or just let it be.
Just because you decide not to be with me.
Just know that I will always think about you, asleep or awaken but
I want you see my expression when I was Heart Broken.
Stop
and Think by Vanessa Bernatchez
(aged 13)
the world would
be so much brighter
if people would only see that fighting,
war and nonsense would not create world peace.
the park is full of litter, the oceans green and black
if we could pay attention maybe we could react.
but there's something that I learned from a teacher
not that old, she said, eye for eye - does make war
so stop all your bickering and take a moment
and think why would we make things worst
if we could make things great?!
Hear Me Cry for your Heart
by Joanne Dumerand (aged 13)
Weeping, crying that's all you here from me, I wish I can tell you
what was really wrong with me.
I'm crying out for your heart to give me more. More love and support
from whom I am in love with.
Show me you love me by kissing me on my forehead, let your smooth
and moist lips rub against my smooth skin.
Let us stand outside in the rain together and cherish the moment
in the dampness outdoors.
Just hear me cry once and only once, for your heart will hear me
and adore me in romantic ways.
The One I Love by
Emile C. Power (aged 13)
You are the
one person I love,
And I always wanted to tell you,
I could never bring myself to do it,
But what I tell you now is true.
Always since the day I met,
I have loved you so,
Since that day eight years ago,
And I will never let you go.
If anything ever was to happen to you,
I would blame no one but myself,
For not being there when you need me,
But for your return I would pray to god himself.
Everyday I thank for you,
Your the angel I dream of, Beautiful and bright,
So kind and gentle like no one before,
You are a storm of heavenly delight.
Skin so tender, eyes so moist,
The sight of you is a dream come true,
Everything about is completely perfect,
And that is why I love you.
Upside
Down by Josie Benson (aged 12)
Why did the
world have to turn upside-down when I was at the top?
It seems like the clique has run on ahead and left me behind,
To wallow and drown in my own tears of exclusion,
They don't laugh and make fun of me slowly walking,
But ignore it, which hurts much worse than ridicule,
A third wheel, in a party of 2 is better than a 5th wheel in a party
of four,
There are bikes with three wheels, tricycles,
But there is no 5 wheeled vehicle
As I am trying to create,
The hotel turns on the no on their vacancy sign,
As I reach the front door,
Inside the people are laughing not at me on purpose,
But they are really laughing at me,
In my desperate state,
For the night I tale up residence on the street,
With the others excluded in society
And we are our own,
For there are more people excluded from the group than there are
in the group,
And we exclude them,
Then remembering our tears,
Allow them to join,
The cycle will continue until both groups have learned their lesson,
And we will let in all others to our group of everyone,
And be as humankind was meant to be.
Clock
by Corinne F.
tic toc tic
toc
I hear as the hand
turns round the
clock it never stops
time passes, time
flies still ticking and
tocking round the clock
it circles it spins
and still won't stop
I figure time never
stops just keeps going
throughout all time
so make the best of
it and make sure it
does not stop
What
is Love? by Lauren (aged 11)
Love is joyful
Love is heart breaking
Love is fun
Love is cookies baking
Love is warm
Love is cold
Love is everything I got told
Love is everlasting
Love is doubtful
Love is dependable
Love is dull
Love is feelings
Love is true
Love is old
Love is new
Love is renewable
Love is non-renewable
Love is right
Love is doable
Love is love.
Too
Late for Escape by Lucy Gallagher
(aged 11)
you look back
good. They're not there
the river lies ahead
go there?
I think not!
the intermist is a wide circle
in the shape of a parallelogram
yet your eyes scan right past it
it's to predictable.
the foreground,
yeah, it's cold
and icy,
and yet forests
and one million types of mosses
have ambushed there.
you hear the swoosh
of them.
you know it's too late
for escape
so you smile cunningly and turn
and they surround you,
a wide circle
in the shape of a parallelogram
predictable?
very slowly
yet you only have a part second
space of time
you finger your charm of destruction
here it goes....
Who
Dares by Claudia Taylor (aged 12)
Who dares
to step inside
my brain?
Please don't
bring
gum in here.
It used to be a
healthy walnut,
But the kids
leave their gum on me.
That's why it's hard to think.
But, you've
got to be careful,
Especially with me, the brain,
I've got cerebral palsy,
and it really is a pain.
I'm always jumpy
and
a little nervous
(system)
It's an inside joke.
For the inside
of the body!
Ha, ha.
Oh dear.
Yoga is really
A pain in the bum
(no offense,
Mr. Gluteus Maximus)
I get tossed around
All the time.
Hhhmphh.
Endless
Anguish by Lucy Gallagher (aged
11)
The gates open
wide,
And seem to force her away,
She screams and shouts into the open night
That's halfway
And yet it pushes and pushes
Tearing at her agonizingly
The girl's soul cries in anguish
She has no emotions
But fear holds her not to let go
Her hands turn cold
It spreads through her body
But still she holds on
Still fears got her
Still the gates reject her,
The gates of life
Forever
Friends by Christina Lai (aged
11)
My Friend Is
In My Dream
The Next Day I want Some Ice-Cream.
We Sing Songs and Hold Hands
We Have Funky Wrist Bands.
We Are,
Friends
Friends
Friends
I repeat,
Friends
Friends
Friends
UNTIL THE END!
Life
Goes Up and Down by Paige Taylor
(aged 11)
Life goes up
and down
I smile
Then I frown
Tears of joy
A mix of both
Happy and sad
Up and down
Round and round
A whole other emotion
An ocean of tears
Then smiles all around
Why
Can't We be Friends? by Livia Petto (aged 11)
My eyes fear
My lips tremble
My hands shake
And my brain thinks
Me and you
Should be friends
As we were before
That's why I'm
Apologising
If I've ever
hurt your feelings
I'm sad
But I know
You'll think the best
Forgive me
and we'll
be friends
as before
Don't
Make That Mistake by
Sofia (aged 11)
Still, I'm weeping
through the rain
Mournfully crying out in pain
Now no-one seems to know my name
All because of that day.
I was sitting
in my class
Waiting anxiously for time to pass
He said he'd meet me after school
So I tried my best to play it cool.
I met him after
school
Class lasted just about forever
I knew he'd say it, and I was right
He said so many words, but all he could have said was "We're
over."
I stumbled pass
the rickety gate
I returned home from school so late
Now I will never win
All because of him.
So don't be
foolish
Don't make a mistake like me
Don't try to be smart
You can't handle the love.
A Cry at Dawn by Maya Gouw (aged
10)
From the hour of birth
To the late lifeless hours
I could not see
I could not hear
Nor could I feel
The cries from this gentle core
The pattering crystals
Will seep unwillingly in the ground
My joy… Why could it not awaken?
The truth was held before me
Why couldn't I accept it?
It was the hour of sorrow,
Their cries would be heard
The plutonian pounding of a tragic call…
But… Inhuman as it was,
Infernal, I figured,
Must be me.
Bad Luck by Janely Rodriguez (aged
12)
Am I bad luck?
Or am I untrusted by... I don't know!
Do you know how it feels not to be loved by your own family?
Sometimes I get that feeling unexpectedly
I need something or should I just want to leave?
Sometimes I just want to leave.
I'm under a place I feel scared in.
I know my parents love me,
but it's just that I can't handle all of this time doing by me.
Can I destroy someone's life?
Maybe I've already caused Global Warming...
It's my fault, it always is.
I should get away, fly somewhere
anything to be far away,
Don't make me feel better
I can do it on my own
because I can't be near people
I'm just BAD LUCK!!!!
Lady-Like
by Paige Taylor (aged 11)
Crosses her
legs
Curtseys
With her dress up in the air
Smiles gracefully
Waves her fan
Pearls around her neck
Gloves on her hands
Like a bride
A glamorous tiara
To top her lady-like look
Off
First
Love by Sofia (aged 11)
Yes, I'm in
love
But you don't know the feeling
Yes, I'm in love
But you don't know the true meaning.
It was February
14th - Valentine's Day.
There was a disco, as I expected.
Guess what he gave me?
My first kiss.
Just then, I
floated into heaven
He gave me just what I wanted
My hopes and dreams have been answered
And he's wanted this for a long time too.
Yes, I'm in
love
But you don't get it
Yes, I'm in love
Someday, you will be too.
Beauty
by Paige Taylor (aged 11)
So still
So beautiful
I am in awe
This description
Could be about anything
A helpless little baby
In deep sleep
A lady doing yoga
In her child's pose
Head down
Zen
Calm
Balance
Beauty
All things resting
Close your eyes
And fall back
Into a beautiful relaxation
Change
by Alec Pan (aged 12)
Some choices
are a piece of cake to decide.
Some are more than you can handle.
Some are as simple as buying candy,
Some are as complicated as a war.
Big choices can wreck your life.
Or can repair it. But all it takes is one word.
And the choice is made.
Make your choices WITHOUT regret.
And even if you do want to change your decision,
Changing it will be harder than chasing a plane.
Choices are silent assassins
For when you do not notice bad choices,
They will strike you unexpectedly later on.
A specific choice only appears once in a life time.
So reply to that choice with a wise answer.
Am
I In Love by Erica (aged 12)
Rest assured
here it comes open wide
let it hide
deep down inside
in the heart, a perfect place
to fill that big old open space
love has landed and won't take off
I've fallen in love and I think it's here to stay.
That Boy Named Bill by Grace (aged
12)
I used to like this boy named Bill,
And to this day I love him still,
Stay in my heart he always will,
That skater boy named Bill.
He broke my heart one winter's day,
Never thought it would end that way,
together we would always play,
that lonely winter's day.
Yeah, he really hurt me,
I guess he didn't see,
I set my feelings free,
Bill hurt me.
I thought he was the one,
My searching over and done,
We tried and it was fun,
But he was not the one.
Meditation by Ishpreet Sundal (aged
12)
To relieve yourself
of envy,
To relieve yourself of wrath,
To free yourself of any burdens that may be blocking your path,
To maintain peace of mind,
To remain true and kind,
To reach the place you most wishfully seek,
To say words that are wise when you speak,
To see things that are clearest clear,
To fight so strongly to get rid of your fear,
To live your life to the fullest extent,
To learn what responsibility actually meant,
To refresh your soul, body and mind,
To see things better as though once blind,
To achieve all of the above without a doubt,
Meditation is the answer, its what its all about.
China
Doll by Paige Taylor (aged 11)
I saw this little
antique china doll
Delicate
Fragile
So dainty
And pretty
Her face
So detailed
I stared at her
And stared at her
Until my mother yanked me
I held on to that thought still
Of that little china doll
Curly
Hair by Paige Taylor (aged 11)
Charlotte, Charlotte
My curly haired friend
Why do you HATE curly hair?
Curly is fun
Curly hair bounces
Everybody loves curly hair
Curly hair is a design for your hair
Curly curls
Of fun and life
Curly hair
Curly hair, hair, hair, hair
Wacky hair
Chocolate brown
I just want to know why you HATE your hair so?
You look so good in that dress with curly
You can twist it
Your reputation is the girl with curly hair
Curly is awesome!
Chocolate brown is awesome
Curly
Awesome
Curly
Awesome
Blonde, short, and straight
That's my hair is!
I
Miss You by
Shaterra West (aged 13)
You just had to go and hurt me.
I really liked you, but you didn't see.
I had to set my love for you free,
But still I sometimes dream of you and me.
I don't know what it is about you that makes this girl go wild.
Could it be your laugh, your lips, or that supercute smile?
Either way it goes, one thing will stay true.
'Cause I'll always have some kind of feelings for you.
So if you ever read this, I just want you to know,
I will always have love for you,
But I won't let it show.
Kiss
Me by
Paige Taylor (aged 11)
Kiss me sweet
Kiss me soft
Subtle enough
But to show that you love me
My cheeks turn pink
Smile
Kiss some more
Our kiss
The sun beaming down on where you kissed me
You
by Sammie Cucinell
Everything was
going as played then you came
I had everything going off the wall
You made my emotions change
The words you say changed my world
I can't remember when last I felt like this
But I think it's the first
Come any closer and I'll go crazy
You make me say thing I thought I would never say
You make my heart bounce
You make my laugh
You make me what to die
From
Another's Eyes by Melissa (aged
13)
We shall never
see ourselves from the back as do our parents,
and we shall never see our face in their eyes.
But we do see the world in our way,
the way which they cannot.
In this odd manner, the whole world seems as it is ours.
It is not seen by others even in their dreams
which we shall not know.
Everybody on the earth sees the world in their own way.
We can't control, no matter how hard we try,
the way it appears to them.
The
Red Black Sea by
Megan Rensch (aged 12)
Last night I
was walking in a dream
Hiding from the moonlight
I had made an acquaintance with the darkness.
Last night I was walking on a stream
Hiding from the shadows
The darkness had betrayed me
One step closer…two…three
One step closer to red black sea.
Last night I was walking in a crowd
Hiding from the sunshine
The brightness got me down.
Last night I was walking on a cloud
Hiding from the rain
It burned my skin like acid
One step closer…two…three
One step closer to red black sea.
Last night I was walking on a fountain
Hiding from the fog
It stole my throat, made me splutter and choke
Last night I was walking through a mountain
Hiding from the weather
How dare it laugh at me
One step closer…two…three
One step closer to red black sea.
Last night I was flying through the air
Hiding from the snow,
I knew that wasn't there
Last night I was under the sea
Hiding from everything
Even hiding from me
One second closer…two…three
One second closer to the end of me
Now its over, finally
Now its over, over is me.
What's
Love by Lauren Hernandez (aged 10)
What's Minnie
without Mickey,
What's Tigger without Pooh,
What's Patrick without Spongebob,
What's me without you!
Kiss
by Claudia Taylor (aged 11)
Uncomfortable
heat swelling inside me
Intimate
Kiss, kiss
Find a way so our bodies fit into each other
So we become one
I want to look
But I can't, I'm scared
I close my eyes
And trust, being calm
And then, it happens.
Some strange feeling
Brews up inside my pulsing chest
It swirls and steams and settles
I want to catch it and let it stay inside me forever
Red roses playing with one another
Flirtatious, coy,
Love,
Kiss.
If
You Didn't Have To Love Me, Would You? By
Rhia Lyon (aged 13)
If you didn't
have to love me, would you?
If you didn't have to feed me, would you?
If you didn't have to clothe me, would you?
and if you didn't have to house me, would you?
Would you ever risk your life to save me?
Would you ever risk your life to comfort me?
Would you ever risk your life to help me?
and would you ever risk your life to love me?
Do you love me?
Would you love me?
Will you love me?
Can you love me?
You see,
I do love you,
I will love you,
I can love you.
If you say you don't love, you'll break my heart.
It will shatter and crumble into a thousand pieces,
lying there, destroyed, destructed, disrupted on the floor.
Sinking into the earth.
You are like glue. You can stick me together and hold me together.
You can mend me and you can fix me.
Will you ever know how much I love you?
and if you didn't have to love me, would you?
Would you tear out your soul to love me?
If you didn't have to love me, would you?
Fraxinella
by Josie Benson (aged 11)
The smoke pours
into the air
Killing us with each breath we take
Killing the planet with each puff allowed to escape
From the smokestacks of the
Fraxinella
That kills us all
Day by day
Breath by breath
Puff by puff
Some say suicide is committed by a man with a gun
I say it is committed by a man with a machine
It helps us
But it destroys us
The fraxinella
Daddy's
Little Girl by Alex (aged 12)
She was at his
heels, begging to go along.
Washing his truck with him
And singing a silly song.
Riding on his shoulders
And laughing at his knees.
Her love for him is huge
And very easy to see.
She loves him in everyway.
From her toes to her curls.
She cries her eyes out know.
Because she was daddy's little girl.
A Howl by Ronak (aged 10)
A howl can mean many things, from happiness to sad.
He howls when alone and hurt or over all just mad.
You scold him
when he acts this way, tells him that he's bad.
But when you look deep in his eyes, you see that he's just glad.
