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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Maddy Rose aged 12
I was doing a talk in Solihull near my home in Birmingham, and when I arrived at the theatre I was given a green envelope by a member of the theatre staff. This happens all the time but usually these...
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Callum Wu, age 10
My mum is the best mum.
One best mum in the world.
The best mum.
Helpful mum.
Ever in my heart.
Really the best mum!...
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Declan Dunsmuir, age 11
White front door. I am hame.
Little baby James sleeping in his pram.
Short easy hamework, now I am dun.
flat screen TV, it is great.
Funny yella Simpsons on TV....
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Sana Nadeem, age 9
I see my large door opening
I see messy cupboard full of games
I hear angry mum shouting
I smell lovely perfume swishing
My lovely new cup with Christmas designs....
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Aiden Logan, age 9
Brown fluffy dog sniffing
Fluffy and cute hamster eating
Squawking parrot flapping
Tasty bruscetti bubbling
White teddy cuddling...
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Lewis, age 9
I see happy mum getting out of the car
I see big tree standing
I hear my dog Kiki barking
I smell tea my dinner my food
I feel the door handle the door the door knob....
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Steven Murphy, age 10
I see lovely mum washing dishes
I see lovely auntie washing dishes
I hear lovely budgie squeeking
I smell good aftershave skooshing
I feel comfy bed squeeking...
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Michael Mooney, age 9
Untidy porch shoes all over the place
Oval table top moving
Noisy telly music channel
Noisy mince bubbling
Fluffy Kim being funny,...
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Andrew Nolan, age 10
Straight path leading to my door.
Spotty Ben who is going to attack me.
Barking Jack who is noisy.
Pooy dog poo on the stones.
My home is a dog hotel!
Very Happy Chappy!...
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Giancarlo Pelosi, age 10
My dog Lucky jumps up at me
Her basket takes up all the room
Lucy – Lucy – Lucy
Soft fur white and brown
Happy – Happy – Happy...
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By Holly Henstock (aged 11)
There’s a Woodlouse in my hallway
A Worm on the floor of my room
One proposed to the other
And so they were bride and groom
The wedding went fine, in fact perfect
The Worm’s white dress was pretty
The louse was happy and kind
And the...
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By Benjamin Zephaniah
They lived in France and Germany
The Celts
They lived in France and Germany
The Celts
They spread their community
Through Holland, Spain and Italy
They left their mark on history
The Celts.
They moved around for centuries
The Celts
They moved around for centuries
The Celts
They moved on land,...
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Cool kids at Hunter's Bar Junior School. Sheffield.
Written by class J6, year 4.
The Greeks (after Benjamin Zephaniah)
They lived in Athens and Sparta
The Greeks
They lived in Athens and Sparta
The Greeks
They spread their community
Through the Med to Italy
They left their mark on history
The Greeks.
They haven’t been around...
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By Seun Ogunnaike
My mum cried black tears, when I had been racially victimised.
She’d forgotten about Africa, the motherland, or she wouldn’t have cried.
Black is my colour, all colours.
It’s red, purple and blue, yellow, pink and orange.
Black, is the sun in your...
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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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