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
World War 1
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
World War 1
Parkside academy
Aged 12
When the Hours Went By
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
The Bullet Hit!
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Aged 15
I would give my life
Parkside Academy Wilington
Aged 12
Death in the fields
Parkside accademy
Aged 11
Trench
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
Trench
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
I wonder? I wonder? Whats happening yonder?
Parkside Academy
Aged 11
My Father
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
This Is He
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
A Bird Without A Wing
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
Thousands
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
11th November 1918
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
Bayonets Dripped With Blood
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
Three Acrostics
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
The sky
Parkside Academy
Aged 12
War Has Begun
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
The Messenger of the Skies
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11
British Soldier
Greenfield Community and Arts College
Aged 11