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
WW1
Greenfield community college
Aged 11
Please Don’t Die
Greenfield Community College
Aged 11
Goodbye Dad
Greenfield Community College
Aged 11
at wor
Greenfield Community College
Aged 11
If i have to say goodbye
Greenfield Community College
Aged 11
Bang! Bang!
greenfield community college
Aged 11
The War
Greenfield community college
Aged 11
Soldiers
Bishop Barrington
Aged 11
Heroes
Haughton Academy Education Village
Aged 11
My Fear, my war
Bishop Barrington
Aged 11
War is The Fighters Perception
parkside academy
Aged 12
What Looms Ahead.
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
poem for peace
Parkside Academy
Aged 13
Nobody’s Safe
Parkside Acadamy
Aged 12
It’s Dark It’s Cold
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
Winter Soldier
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
Unknown
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
The Unknown Soldier
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
Blood of the Unknown
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
Burning Candle
Belmont Community School
Aged 13