The Northern Echo's Schools' Poetry Competition
The Northern Echo appealed to all secondary schools in the region to get involved and to get their pupils writing a poem to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
The war inspired some of the greatest poems in the English language and it was the current generation's turn to put their thoughts and feelings in words.
The winner, 14-year-old Olivia Skilbeck was chosen by a panel of experts and received the latest iPad. The top ten poems were included in a special edition of The Northern Echo published on Remembrance Sunday – November 9.
Click here to read Olivia's poem, Blood on the Battlefield, along with work by the other finalists.The competition, which is now closed to entries received a huge response from schools across the region and you can read their poems below.
Click on the title to read the full poem
The Lies
Shotton Hall Academy
Aged 14
Life as the wife of a soldier
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
The battle at home
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
A daughter’s view
Carmel College Darlington
Aged 13
In the Wind
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
Rememberance
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
Remember
Sedgefield Community College
Aged 14
Women at War
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
Entrenched
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
World War One
The Academy At Shotton Hall
Aged 13
Remember
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Aged 12
It should of never happend.
the academy at shotton hall
Aged 11
The Great War
parkside academy
Aged 11
Remember
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Aged 12
The Great War
parkside academy
Aged 11
Poppies
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
A Field of Rememberance
Belmont Community School
Aged 15
Stronger Together
St Johns RC
Aged 13
Stronger Together
St Johns RC
Aged 13
We Remember Them
Belmont Community School
Aged 15