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Young Writers' Competition
Posted on: 19/10/2015
In the summer of June 2015, students across KS3 and KS4 took part in the Young Writer’s poetry competition: Poetopia. Poetopia is a mythical world, inspired by popular utopian/dystopian teen fiction such as ‘The Hunger Games’. Students had to write a poem based on one of the six factions; each faction had its own themes and rules. 203 entries were sent off and 165 of our students have been successful in having their poems selected for publication. This is an amazing achievement for our students; the English department couldn’t be prouder! A complimentary copy will be sent to the school once it has been published and will feature as a special text in our school library. Well done to all the students who took part!
Here are some examples of the poems selected for publication
The Things I Enjoy by Jordan Boyles – 10A
My name is Jordan, I like to dance
I have always had a passion for dance
I also like to write
I love my Caribbean food
My middle name is Holly
When I was eight I like to play with dollies
But now I’m fourteen, I feel as if
I’m too old to play with dollies.
But in my eyes I see
That is a good thing
As I am growing up
Ain’t a baby.
Money by Suada Ali Ahmed – 9D
You’re always talking about money
Wishing you have more
You’re funny
But you never realise it
Because you’re always talking about money.
Money brings you sadness
But love brings you happiness
Word!
A Poem About Me by Kayleigh Paice – 8C
I am as a certain as can be.
I wonder what I’m yet to learn about me.
I do know I’m not the person I will be tomorrow,
Nor the me from the past
I am here at the moment that’s all I can be
And that’s all I can say about me.
Falling by Sahra Omar – 8A
I am falling
Swimming through a sea of people
I can’t breathe
How long is a second when it contains a though
Just waiting for something to clasp
Head and should made of lead
Dragging me down
My final thought
It’s time for class…
Haiku by Tobias Garrett – 9D
Poems are special,
They can be long or quite short,
There are many kinds, too.
Chicken by Khadijah Suleiman – 9D
Starts off as a an egg
Hatches as a chicken
Grows to become a chicken
I feel bad they have to die
But, it’s fine since they are fried.
Put some sauce and some veg
Eat with rice
Enjoy and devour the flesh
You can eat, fried or roasted.
Oh how I love my chicken.
A True Best Friend by Michael Okoineme – 8C
When we’re together
It seems forever
When I need him the most
It’s like he’s the post.
When somethings eye-catching
He’s watching
When I’m crying
He’s dying
When we’re happy
It feels like a nappy.
So comfortable
As if we were on heaven
If only I still had him.
Then I would win!