Poems on the Website

We frequently use poems in our resources and over the years we have collated some wonderful examples, which we would love to share with you …

Click on the side navigation for examples of poems published in Words and Language or follow the links below to read a selection of poems published in Resources.  

The poems we feature on the website are either written by published poets or young people participating in school linking programmes.

Being Me

Written by Danniel Bennett, Year 7 Student

Resource: Feeling Isolated KS3

Location: Classroom Resources, Who Are We?

Being Me

Resource: Feeling Isolated KS4

Location: Classroom Resources, Who Are We?

We Are Britain

A Book of Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah

Resource: We Are Britain

Location: Classroom Resources, Who Are We?

New York and other poems

Examples of acrostic poems.

Resource: My Place in Poetry

Location: Classroom Resources, Where Do We Live?

City Jungle

A poem by  Pie Corbett

Resource: Are Cities Jungles?

Location: Classroom Resources, Where Do We Live?

People Equal

Written by children from Jupiter Class, Year 4, Allerton Primary School, Bradford – inspired by the poem ‘People Equal’ by James Berry & Christopher Corr.

Resource: People Equal

Location: Classroom Resources, How Do We All Live Together?