2009 Under 18s Finalists

Poem: Wings On A Prayer
Writer: Julian Collins
Location: Worcester

Poem: Michael’s Mess
Writer: Janet White
Location: Derbyshire

Poem: Yar! Yar! Yarnstorming!
Writer: Daniel Feisty
Location: Cleveland

Poem: Liquid Isabella
Writer: Tanya Duff
Location: London

Poem: From An Alley, A Flame
Writer: Morney Wilson
Location: London

Poem: Blackbird
Writer: Vincent Ryan
Location: Dorset

Poem: Some Rediscovered
Writer: Carlene Dany
Location: North Yorkshire

Poem: Some Things Are Easier To Paint
Writer: James Orr
Location: Middlesex

Poem: Turn Of  The Tide
Writer: Margaret Jude
Location: Cambridge

Poem: Lifespan
Writer: Ray Racy
Location: Bristol

Poem: The Coming Of Spring
Writer: Keith Marchant
Location: Woking

Poem: My Grandmother
Writer: Eleanor Greenwood
Location: Berkshire

Poem: The Realm Of Darkness
Writer: David Whitney
Location: Torrevieja, Spain

Poem: Money God
Writer: Andrew Barber
Location: Swindon

Poem: Alchemy
Writer: Bernard Brown
Location: Chichester

Poem: Snowbound
Writer: Rosemary Benzing
Location: Shrewsbury

Poem: Where Gallantry Reigned
Writer: William Dodd
Location: Hampshire

Poem: Don’t Mind Me, I’m Only The Potato Peeler
Writer: Christine Quarrington
Location: Eastbourne

Poem: Among The Seafront
Writer: Lindsey Priest
Location: East Yorkshire

Poem: A Bright Green Rose
Writer: June White
Location: Bedfordshire

Poem: A Midsummer Dream
Writer: E J Urmston
Location: Lancashire

Poem: Blackbird
Writer: Ian Dixon
Location: Middlesex

Poem: Uploders
Writer: David Tas
Location: West Sussex

Poem: Compulsion
Writer: Richard Turner
Location: Lancashire

Poem: Eldorado – The Facts Behind The Fiction
Writer: J G Ryder
Location: Gloucester

Poem: The Boy Soldier
Writer: Olive Woodhouse
Location: Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan

Poem: See Mrs West
Writer: Patrisha Reece-Davies
Location: Peterborough

Poem: Tsunami
Writer: Mrs A J Mannion
Location: Okehampton

Poem: A Brief History Of South East England
Writer: Steven Howarth
Location: Kent

Poem: Hands Of The Tempest
Writer: Malcolm Wilson Bucknall
Location: Hornsea, Yorkshire

Poem: The Annahaia Hills
Writer: Gerard Hughes
Location: Newry, Co Down

Poem: A Far Away Look In His Eyes
Writer: Helen Somers
Location: Burnham On Sea, Somerset

Poem: More Than The Milky Way Has Stars
Writer: Bryn Strudwick
Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire

Poem: The Corners
Writer: Trevor Wiggan
Location: Wolverhampton

Poem: In Days Of Old
Writer: Yvonne Sparkes
Location: Chelmsford, Essex

Poem: The Ploughman
Writer: Alan Vincent
Location: Bedford

Poem: Crying Days
Writer: John Green
Location: Frimley, Surrey

Poem: Thirty Years
Writer: Fraser Hicks
Location: Gosport, Hants

Poem: Lake Windermere
Writer: Ronald Caseby
Location: Chichester, W Sussex

Poem: Rat And Mouse
Writer: Kath Hurley
Location: Romford, Essex

Poem: Inglewood
Writer: Mr Russell
Location: Aloa

Poem: Pavement Pies
Writer: Gavin Capstick
Location: Carlisle, Cumbria

Poem: Here-Life
Writer: Cherry Pyke
Location: Launceston, Cornwall

Poem: Death By Call Centre
Writer: David Walter
Location: Hereford

Poem: The Tree
Writer: Eric Holt
Location: Bolton

Poem: Passing
Writer: Lynn Noone
Location: Manchester

Poem: Our Head In Our Hand
Writer: Edward Taylor
Location: Cambridge

Poem: His Famous Delayed Jump
Writer: Judith McCarthy
Location: London

Poem: A History Of Dancing
Writer: Rishi Dastidar
Location: London

Poem: Red
Writer: Lisa Chambers
Location: Wolverhampton