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
Poppies
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
Stars of Night
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
Trench Horrors
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
The Unknown Soldier
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
Story of a Man
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
Fear
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
The Heroes
Belmont Community School
Aged 13
The Poppies Will Never Die
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
solider daddy
The academy at shotton hall
Aged 12
My Terviring Life
Greenfiled Community College
Aged 11
A poem to my grandad
Greenfield Community College
Aged 11
world war one
Greenfield Communtiy Collage
Aged 12
My Loved ones
Greenfield Community College
Aged 11
stay strong
Greenfield community college
Aged 11
NEVER TELL
Greenfield Community College
Aged 11
Life at war
Greenfield community college
Aged 11
The world at war
Parkside Acadamy
Aged 11
world war one
greenfield community college
Aged 12
Letter of Love
GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Aged 11
Soldier
Greenfield Community Collage
Aged 11