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
Thank you
Shotton Hall Academy
Aged 13
Walk to War
Shotton Hall Academy
Aged 13
War Is…
The Academy At Shotton Hall
Aged 13
Have you ever
Sedgefield Community Collage
Aged 12
Words Will Be Spoken
Sedgefield Community College
Aged 12
Bang!
Sedgefield Community College
Aged 12
Are They Remembered?
Sedgefield Community College
Aged 12
The Crying Soldier
Sedgefield Community College
Aged 12
Words Will Be Spoken
Sedgefield Community College
Aged 12
the soldiers
Sedgefield Community College
Aged 12
Morning Light
Carmel College
Aged 12
Daddy’s gone away
Carmel College
Aged 13
Trench Life
Carmel College
Aged 12
Scars
Carmel College
Aged 16
Trenches
Carmel College
Aged 12
The Battlefront
Carmel College
Aged 12
Trench Life
Carmel College
Aged 13
WWI Poem
Carmel College
Aged 13
The Trenches
Carmel College
Aged 12
All Around Me
Sedgefield Community Colledge
Aged 12