Poem by Grace: Trapped between tubes of gloss and shimmer, The lies uses to fool her foes, A book on the floor bound in leather her place to express her woes,
Poem by Jodie: I won't be the girl to always hold your hand And I won't be the girl who runs with you in the sand. I won't be the girl to squeeze you tight And I won't be the girl to hold you all through the night.
He said he loved me, I said sorry He said he missed me, I said sorry He said he needed me, I said sorry Then I realised that he and me We were both the same
The overgrown grass tickles my bare ankles, Running through the yard. Fireflies zoom round and round, Aglow against the indigo sky.
Poem by Dani: It’s a split in the route that you can't change Getting tangled on a line that you'd rather not see...
Poem by Lena: There are an infinity of things I love about you, For example your fingers, And the way you can say two words Never the same.
Festive poem by Holly: Crunch, crunch, crunch, Footprints in the snow. Ring, ring, ring, Bells chime in the air.
Poem by Porshia: Outside is a blizzard of snow, Layer on layer the inches grow. It is Christmas Eve, this night Everyone lies in bed, tucked up tight,
Imogen's Christmas poem: They dance for me, lost in the sea...
Agnes' Modern Re-make of the classic poem “Twas the Night before Christmas”
Poem by Natali: Icy kisses, white candy canes, breathing out pure love onto window panes.
Poem by Flo: She sits Alone in a ghost house; Waiting for the familiar footsteps Of happier days past.
Anisa's poem about Spinebreakers: To break a spine means utter joy, To break a spine unfolds a ploy.
Rebecca's poem about Shakespeare's well known tragedy: The secret past of a lover’s lie, Is never seen in a public’s eye, The hope of reunion is evermore lost, And their death was the ultimate cost.
I think of you every morning. I dream of you every night. With each passing day. I love you more and more.
Gabrielle's poem Wild Water
Poem by Lauren: Known you for long Know your every move Know what thinking Know the way you groove...
Hilaire Belloc’s cautionary verses inspired me to write my own cautionary tales. Here's Jane, who gazed at her reflection all day and became trapped inside a mirror.
Hilaire Belloc’s cautionary verses inspired me to write my own cautionary tales. Here's Elle, (Who chewed her nails all day and suffered a terrible fate)
Rebecca: Hilaire Belloc’s cautionary verses inspired me to write my own cautionary tales. Here's Sid, who watched too much TV and became square-eyed!
Poem by Olivia: I know her. Always Cool as a cucumber, Wise as an owl, Happy as Larry
I wrote this in an English class, it started going around in my head so I wrote it down....
A modern interpretation of one of Coleridge's poems. It's about a dog, and was written in 30 mins.
When once my sorrow could dispel A dark and feeble reckoning, Those eyes, a fervent burning Hell –
You could call it a blossom; an array of beautiful colours You could call it a fierce incomprehendable blade, impaling into you, yearning and hurting.
Samara's 100 word response to 100 words that matter..
Molly's continuation of the famous Owl and the Pussycat poem...
This poem is about a sad fate happening on our streets. It depicts the perspective of a sign. A sign held by a man named Harlan. He is waiting for the next person to drop money in his box. He like so many is homeless...
Laura, Lauren, Rachel and Mitchell put this short film together at Spinebreakers LIVE at the Sage. Based on Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Where doth love lie? In the mind, the body?
If living without you is a crime, I plead guilty...
School crush, Head rush, How to let it show? Shy smile, All the while, Wanting him to know.
Alex's Valentines poem: Treasure love as it is not always there, It's not always easy, Not always fair...
This is a poem I wrote for my friends to assure them this time I am here to stay.
Rachel's poem about books
Poem by Oscar: 1 solid mattress; icy, raw, pock-marked, overused.
Poem by Sophie: Am I a window, you see through? Am I a secret, that no one knew?
Max's poem : When the hushed voices of children fade into whispers, Max's poem: The night’s vistas unfurl and they blanket with dreams:
Rachel's Poem: This bed is everything mine is not, This one’s cold, my own one hot...
A sonnet by Irida:In moors of cashmere and meadows of silk, I sit I imagine, I dream, I love and hope I do as my heart sees fit
darling the days are coming, when dark is not all you see, the flowers will turn to gaze at you, and your heart will thaw eventually.
Snow is falling falling falling As the children are snowballing Christmas is approaching scarily The adults think warily...
My eyes are closed, My mind displays our antiquity. So I close my mind, Only to feel a cryptic iniquity.
I was inspired to write this poem by a painting called, "Dreams in a War Zone" by Esam Pasha.
Sam's reply to Sonnet 130
A poem by Ashleigh Carter about a disturbed sleep.
Read Emma's poem about Paranoia: This feeling is entwined with fear, At the end, visible crystal clear.
Molly experiments with the Haiku form of poetry: Check it out: Writing a Haiku Is something I haven't done In my entire Life
Poem by Ana: Why am I so lonely? Why can’t I find happiness?
Poem by Molly: The Christmas Story from the perspective of the star
This is a poem about knife crime, and what it's like for me to live in London, and bare witness to this brutal violence day in, day out. I hope you lot can relate, if only just a little.
Poem by Rhiann McAlister
Words are a river Flowing towards their destination The end of a book, a letter - or just a Poem.
Poem by Maybelle Law: And he only spoke eight words that day, and the space and the stars were heaving with his lies. the ghost was breaking, bearing down harder now, and yet she couldn’t escape his cold, lucid stare.
Olivia has written a poem whilst observing people on the train
A poem by Bridget
A poem by Catherine
Alison's poem about breaking up with someone.
Amelia's poem about the grave
Amelia's insightful poem
Amelia's poem about knife crime
Emma's energetic poem about dancing.
Tim's reflective poem about the world
A poem about loosing a child.
My head's spinning, heart's ringing, pulse beating, like fire. Mind racing, palms sweating, eyes shining; with tears of emotion, fear, pain...
A poem by Chloe
A poem which explores the question of love
Joanna's reflective poem
An ode to great mates.
Poem by Andrew
A soppy poem about being in love.
Becky's poem dedicated to her late hamster
Emma's poem about a storm
A look at outer space
A poetic look at life
The Lie
Poem titled Strip Away My Religion by Hirra
Daniel's energetic poem about sports.
Lauren writes a poem titled, Remorse
My puppy in Jamaica.
Connor's poem titled Just a Different Name.
A poem about loosing a loved one.
Sarah-Luci's poem titled Hugs and Kisses.
Ffion's poem about rumours
Ffion's touching poem about being bullied.
A heart felt poem about bullying in schools.
A reflective poem about the world.
Humorous poem dedicated to Eastender's Barry Evans
A poetic outcry against Barney The Dinosaur
A poem about a lonely badger
Bili's poem titled A Toy
Max Elsworth's 'Spider' poem
A poem that looks at the intricacies of life through a window.
Alice and Kelly's poem about shopping.
Marissa's poem titled A Crucifix in the Smoke
Lucy's Poem about love
Jordan pens a metaphorical poem.
Lizzie writes a poem about the prominence and hatred of smoke in her life.
Smiffey's Poem about change
A poem about life, love and everything in between
Danny's poetical musings.
Ashleigh pens a poem of the street of her life.
Zinab explores the concept of perfection in this heart-felt poem.
Soothing words on death, you and heaven by Mariah.
A poem based on Vincent Van Gogh’s Famous Starry Night Painting.
Laura writes a poem about her feelings.
Lost. (A Cinqauin Poem)
Zinab pens a dramatic poem.
Joel MacCormack's poem
Fed up of English summer? So's Joel
Niamh inspires us with poetry...
Jellyellie’s ode to a waving tree
Osman shows us he has a lot of love to give...
A personal dedication to the LIVE fish
Naomi astounds us with her definitions.
What happens when you're convinced you've been born in to the wrong body?