Outernet Kidz
I get lots of poems sent to me by kids - I love receiving them - so this is a space specially for you... There is also a separate collection of poems sent to me by adults here.
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By Jasmine Newton Howells
The Brightest Star silently shines. Silently shines the Brightest Star....
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By Jasmine Newton Howells
Wish upon a shooting star, Wish with all your heart, If you want your dreams so much, There your wish will start....
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By Isabel Garnsey
Swinging gracefully through the trees Listening to the buzzing bees. The chimpanzee so full of life Doesn’t know the meaning of strife. Slowly man comes to the jungle Carrying their mechanic bundle. Cutting everything in their path No-one...
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By Class 6F, British Council Primary School, Madrid
Benjamin, Benjamin We wanna thank yu For takin’ time out, to visit our school. Know lots about yu life and work Subjects important to yu Racism, animal rights, Pollution to name of few. We’ve Hip-Hopped, Reggaed, Read many poems...
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By Hollian Miyuki Gibbs-Leake
Will I get at least one right? Will I ever win the fight? Will I be thought as a hero? Will I get please more than zero? Will I pass the dreaded paper? Will I be the great escaper? Have...
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by Siobhan Kavanagh
"Born in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1958 Environmentalist, vegan was your fate, Numismatics, Martial Arts & Football are what you love Jamaica influenced you to spread peace like a dove. Aston Villa is the best team ever, just like...
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by Joyce Nalaga, Zimbabwe
"I want to grow up to be a mountain, I want to be great and proud, And bigger than my brother. When I am a mountain I will call myself Mount Ever Because I will be around...
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by Yilin Chin, China
"They are light They shine, They are strong They bring life to life When life is lifeless.
They fill our skies with silver They fill our skies with gold, And they sing like angles Like sweet...
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by Safia Didi, London, England
"Once there was a girl called Safia. She needed some shoes for her third year at Sudbourne Primary School. Safia walked to Clarks and saw lots of different shoes but all of them were very ugly....
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by Safia Didi, London, England
"Dear Mr Zephaniah, Would you come for tea, I’ve never had a poet, Come to visit me."...
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by Kaazim Omari, London, England
"I am the refugee Hear my sadness Hear my plea, I am the refugee These new things are weird to me, I am the refugee If what happen to me happened to you Maybe you would see...
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by Kaazim Omari, London, England
"AFRICA, AFRICA I can feel the vibes That brighten our lives AFRICA, AFRICA The drums that beat While we dance on our feet AFRICA, AFRICA African culture has a white vulture AFRICA, AFRICA Our minds out of...
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by Rachel Benn
"Squeedle-dumps can’t hurt you, For they are very tame, Invite them in for their Squeedle-dump supper, Then walk by their side down the lane, If you are a boy and squeedle-dump is a girl Then you are...
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by Laura Moleta, New Zealand
"You will always be In my mind In the minds of many For ever And ever Okay Your picture has been taken Many times over You are my thoughts All...
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by Laura Moleta, New Zealand
"Thanks for the big things like the hugs and the love and for the small things like the smiles and the waves With all your help I grow stronger each day
Thanks for your patience your...
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by Jo Hayes
"Here’s the scrape where I fell Over on the bike path. There’s the gash on my shin From football. All these things really caned, But I did not care because I was having fun. Playing at the...
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by Isabelle Joussemet, Bangkok Patama School, Thailand
"The music started loudly Building up the mood, The curtains opened swiftly, And there bold Benji stood.
At first we saw the dreadlocks As something really weird, But soon his friendly manner Overcame our fears....
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by Salim Maalow
"The sun has gone down, Leaving an empty sky Above the hills Above our town.
Buses swish by.
Strangeers are laughing. My friends have gone in I'm alone It's time to go home.
Someone runs...
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by Beth Logan
"Maybe at a disco they'd stop To groove to a nice bit of pop They might share a leggie And funk to some reggae Or reach us the Martian hip hop
They may try on some frocks And even...
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by Joanna M. Moore
There once was a sweet shop manager, And a very evil manager he was.
He doubled the price, On the white sugar mice, Lots of money he makes, On his iced fairy cakes. Chocolates, sweets and nuts,...
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by Vedasree Chai
"I wish I was the moon, I wouldn't be here at noon. I might get pretty cold, But I'd rather be bold. I am the only light in the sky, But I know why. Oh I'm better than a...
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by Anna Maher
"Clouds are big Clouds are small But I have a favourite of them all
One that is bouncy One that s round One that is found In the sky, with big curvy edges.
I wish that I...
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by Emily Cartwright (in Response to Dr Zephaniah's De Rong Song)
When you're riding On your broomstick, and all your bristles fall off, don't worry be happy!
When you go for a biscuit and all that's left are crumbs don't worry be happy!
When you...
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by Yasir Abrar from Burnage High School, Manchester, UK
in Response to Dr Zephaniah's 'Dis Poetry' People ask me what I think of poetree, I say poetry sums up the life of everybody Read my poems and then you'll see What I think of poetree! I ain't as...
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by Morena Heneghan
"Winter has gone And springtime is here
Spring has gone And summer has arrived
Summer has gone And autumn is setting in
Autumn...
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by Hannah Partos
"My pet piranha fish Went to the dentist yesterday All his teeth were pulled right out I didn't know what to say He wont' touch a human head He's stopped munching bones He's switched to fish flakes instead And...
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by Hannah Partos
Mary, Mary, quite contrary Have you any wool? With silver bells and cockleshells And pretty maids all in a row I had a little nut tree Nothing would it bear In came the doctor In came the nurse In came the lady with three bags full To...
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by David Marnell
"It is a fast match Hear the roar as Arsenal take on Spurs. They've got a new stripey kit. Their striker runs quickly. A fierce tackle brings him down. There are others waiting to pick up the prize. The...
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by Kimberly Odle
"Blown up by a gust of wind Sending it flying up so high I wish I was a bubble I wish I could fly So many colours would I have I wish I was a bubble A balloon...
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by Shabaz Hussain, Romel Ali, Zakaria Ullah, Salma Uddin and Ruziena Begum Karim
"Benjamin is very cool everyone likes you at Shapla School next time you come we'll be very proud Jumping and dancing in a great big crowd all your poems rhyme and sing macho man is really...
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by Rebekah Khanom, Farhara Parvin, Sabina Begum, Shuma Begum, Ruksana Begum, Sumyah Fardus, And Moriyun Begun Skanwal
"We really like your dread locks hair Your poetry Shows lots of flair We like your poems, they are so fast You remember every thing of by heart You are so funny, your actions cool We'd like you...
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by Louise Khon
I was watching a television program, About poets of whom I had heard, Byron, Keats, Shelly and Zephaniah, All competing with rhythmic word.
The program awoke my senses, I began writing straight away, Inspiration from all side...
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by Colin
This is the man to take you higher A prophet of our time They call his benjamin Zephaniah a master of the rhyme
His name is taken from the bible his poems form the sky his words...
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