2009 Under 18s Finalists
Poem: Home
Writer: Jennifer O’Hara
Age: 11
Location: Coatbridge
Poem:
The Magic Of Freya’s Fair
Writer:
Samuel Smith
Age: 9
Location: Somerset
Poem: Don’t Worry, No Fear
Writer: Samantha Sebbage
Age: 14
Location: East Sussex
Poem: I Remember
Writer: Naomi Allen
Age: 14
Location: Devon
Poem: What Is A Rose
Writer: Francesca Blyth
Age: 9
Location: Cleveland
Poem: Hyde And Seek
Writer: Bronwyn Ellis
Age: 17
Location: East Yorkshire
Poem: My Heart Hurts
Writer: Emma Radclyffe
Age: 17
Location: High Wycombe
Poem: The hidden Princess
Writer: Leah Watts
Age: 13
Location: Dorset
Poem: I will Put In My Box
Writer: Max Birkin
Age: 9
Location: Surrey
Poem: The Return Of the Survivor
Writer: Kirsten Munday
Age:
Location: Surrey
Poem: Child Snatcher
Writer: Cleo Henry
Age: 13
Location: Leicester
Poem: Anonymity
Writer: Nina Patricia Sabado
Age: 15
Location: Switzerland
Poem: Lachlan Vass
Writer: The Obstacle Course
Age: 7
Location: Tokyo
Poem: The Butterfly
Writer: Vanessa McKane
Age: 12
Location: Belfast
Poem: My School Trip To Llandudno
Writer: Jo-Anne Taylor
Age: 9
Location: Widnes
Poem: 17 Summers
Writer: James Johnson
Age: 17
Location: Kent
Poem: Untitled: Are Roses That Are wilted….
Writer: Anwen Hayward
Age: 16
Location: Cardiff
Poem: Lost Cuddle
Writer: Rachel Gaffney
Age: 10
Location: Essex
Poem: Seasons
Writer: Seren Cave
Age: 11
Location: Lincolnshire
Poem: Untitled: Without You
Writer: Paris Sharpe
Age: 8
Location: Wednesbury
Poem: Full Moon
Writer: Chris Holdsworth
Age: 16
Location: Romney Marsh, Kent
Poem: War And Poppies
Writer: Joseph Berenson
Age: 14
Location: London
Poem: Deafened
Writer: Shelby Derbyshire
Age: 17
Location: Jarrow, Tyne & Wear
Poem: Armageddon
Writer: Phyllida Jacobs
Age: 13
Location: Devon
Poem: Aspiration
Writer: Charlotte Hulme
Age: 14
Location: Hampshire
Poem: Senseless
Writer: Tasha Murphy
Age: 13
Location: Loughborough
Poem: Over Shakespeare’s Romance
Writer: Beth Cortese
Age: 17
Location: Rutland
Poem: Living Through The Seasons
Writer: Rebecca Lodder
Age: 17
Location: London
Poem: The Twisted Heart
Writer: Nicholas Conroy
Age: 14
Location: Kent
Poem: Porcelain Doll
Writer: Lauren Fisher
Age: 13
Location: Inverclyde
Poem: Words Can Hurt
Writer: Catherine Van Maanen
Age: 12
Location: Essex
Poem: The Jibber Jabber Jing!
Writer: Bethany Hamer
Age: 13
Location: Cumbria
Poem: Black Oil
Writer: Francesca Lee
Age: 16
Location: East Sussex
Poem: Untitled: Pythagoras
Writer: Rowan Ottesen
Age: 16
Location: Hants
Poem: I Beg You My Lord ...
... Never Give Me A Daughter
Writer: Zain Amir
Age: 15
Location: Cardiff
Poem: Shell
Writer: Tania Knight
Age: 14
Location: Essex
Poem: Bloodthirsty Love
Writer: Sydney Payne
Age: 13
Location: Somerset
Poem: The Moat Digger
Writer: Ashleigh Alton
Age: 16
Location: Lancashire
Poem: Puppet Of Perfection?
Writer: Rachel Patterson
Age: 13
Location: Morpeth
Poem: Life
Writer: Ellie Guillory
Age: 14
Location: Tyne & Wear
Poem: Executioner Of The Human Race
Writer: Michael Rowe
Age: 14
Location: Gloucestershire
Poem: The Four Spirits
Writer: Annabel Wilson
Age: 15
Location: Bournemouth
Poem: the Psychiatrist
Writer: Eleanor Dove
Age: 17
Location: Bedfordshire
Poem: You Are My Island
Writer: Natasha Forbes
Age: 16
Location: Stafford
Poem: Anon
Writer: Emily Hibbs
Age: 17
Location: Solihull
Poem: Healed
Writer: Hannah Soyer
Age: 14
Location: Johnston, Iowa
Poem: Mysterious Night
Writer: Francesca Lawrence
Age: 10
Location: Alton, Hants
Poem: In Goes The Needle
Writer: Rachel Boyd
Age: 13
Location: Larkhall, Lanarkshire
Poem: Every Night
Writer: Tim Churchfield
Age: 12
Location: Norway
Poem: The Breaking Of One’s Pearl Necklace
Writer: Shaula Garibbo
Age: 14
Location: Teignmouth, Devon
