You can now purchase a copy of ‘War & Peace in Today’s World’ as written by a number of young people from around the UK for our […]
Author: YIE
Child Refugees – by Sohail, aged 16
Child Refugees We are lucky We have survived The journey across the Mediterranean A long, hard traumatic journey The journey ahead Is even harder We are […]
Innocent Eyes – A Child of War, by Asah year 8
Innocent Eyes – A Child of War My gentle eyes What terror they see. Despair and misery No compassion, no liberty. Brokenness and savagery Befall […]
Conflict – by Dawid year 8
Conflict Waters flooding in Bellowing noises in my head Being overwhelmed with fear Like pins and needles pushing in That’s conflict. Being filled with dead […]
Lost in the Mud – by Alex year 7
Lost in the Mud When the telegraph came, our hearts rose Filling our mouths like the streets when it snows We wanted to know what had been […]
Today is National Poetry Day!
Thursday 6th September is UK National Poetry Day and to celebrate we are giving you an exclusive preview of some of the exceptional poems that we received […]
16 to 18? Wondering what’s next?
Being a young person can be really difficult at times! Lots of pressures from different places and people can make it a confusing and stressful time. Well, […]
Last day to enter our competition
Friday 26th August is the last day for you to send in your poetry competition entries. We’ve really enjoyed reading through all the submissions over the last […]
Enter the 2016 poetry competition
This year’s poetry competition is about ‘War and Peace in Today’s World‘. You can download the guidelines here ‘War and Peace in Today’s World’ “This century has […]
Buy The Book – ‘Identity – The Anthology’
‘Identity – The Anthology‘ is a powerful collection of words and poems by young people in the UK. Touching on issues such as religion, immigration, abuse, mental […]