This year's contest started in March on a nationwide scale under the theme "School", supported by the Office of the Primary Education Commission, the Office of Private Education Commission and the Education Department of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. There were 62 Schools and a total of 429 entries participating in the contest among which 50 top poems have been selected.

1. "Bomb threatening explosions sound

Rush me to shelter under school building

Wish our teachers safety"

Name : KAENNITA  KAMBUD

Age : 11

2. "At night fall I rest my head

On Grandma's lap enjoying her tales -

Stories about universal wonders"

Name : DARARAT  KHAMJING

Age : 11

3. "On first day of new semester

Dad entered pawnshop while I

Broke open my piggy bank"

Name : THANAKRIT  MUANGSRI

Age : 11

4. "My strong attachment to my school

I wish there was no Saturday or Sunday

That's what I always long for"

Name : PATCHARAPORN  BOOTROD

Age : 11

 5. "Scythes in hand Mom and Dad lead

Through the field of rice ears

To our school in the rice fields"

Name : MATA  JAKPENG

Age : 11

6. "Our roof is the sky

Environment is our teacher

Our school is named Earth"

Name :          KOMKRID  SAEKONG

Age : 11

7. "New school term begins

Cheerfully I take textbook loads

It looks like moving library"

Name : JARIYAWAT  JOBDEE

Age : 11

8. "Imagine a large home

Where children from different families gather

This home is called school"

Name :          JINTANA  CHUENJAI

Age : 11

9. "Two-storey wooden building

Is where I come to almost everyday

To study under same old teacher"

Name : JUTAMAD  JURUTA

Age : 11

10. "National anthem is heard

While still on my way to school 

Tomorrow I determine improvement"

Name : JUTHARAT  JUNSAWANG

Age : 12

11. "While attending class lectures

From school cafeteria food smells flow in

I wish the class would end"

Name : CHADAPHORN  THONGCOME

Age : 10

12. "Our school amidst the jungle

Neither male nor female teachers available

The abbot checks our homework"

Name : CHANATIP  CAAWKOMONWAN

Age : 10

13. "Our old and beloved tricycle

Driven by our same old beloved daddy

Ensures our school arrival on time"

Name : CHANARAT  CHONGCHAREONPISARN

Age : 12

14. "Golden rays splash the sky

Children are on their routes to school

Their same destination"

Name : CHOMPOO  SALEEPOL

Age : 11

15. "Upon fresh and green grasslands

No need to carry heavy school bags

Buffalo gives me a ride"

Name : YANIGA  KONGDEE

Age : 11

16. "Homework is not yet completed

But Mom drags me out to school

Tears stain my face"

Name : TIYADA  KLIKLANG

Age : 9

17. "Stubbornness and naughtiness

Put me under frequent punishment

Yet I love my teacher"

Name : NAPAT  SAEONG

Age : 11

18. "At 8 o'clock class begins

Echoes of national anthem singing heard

As fast as possible I rush"

Name : NATTAWADE  DUNGKA

Age : 11

19. "My exam results bring

Dry smiles and feigned laughter from me

Teacher's patting consolation follows"

Name : NIDCHAKRAN  SAEHONG

Age : 10

20. "At three Southern border provinces

Explosions resound in the villages

Tears shed on school's opening day"

Name : TAYIDA  DOUNGSOONGEAN

Age : 10

21. "Facing the sky I lay

Reminisce of the teacher's Pleiades story

How I miss my school and teacher"

Name : TASSIDA  KAENKAEW

Age : 11

22. "At the border our school stands

Our computers badly need dusting-off

How we long for electricity"

Name : THADSANAI  TIDCHAI

Age : 10

23. "National flag flutters on the pole

Teachers stand ready to start speech

Wish for his songs instead"

Name : TIPARAT  LAOPISANTAKSIN

Age : 11

24. "It is indeed a very large school

Students are gathered there

But where are the teachers"

Name : TANAPORN  BUMRUNGTRAKUL

Age : 10

25. "I wake up and get dressed hurriedly

Hope to reach school before anybody

To reserve playground"

Name :          NAPATSORN  SUTUNTANGJAI

Age : 12

26. "On stairs running and slipping noises

Crying little boy yelled for mom

Teacher's embrace brought back smile"

Name : NISAPORN  SANGKET

Age : 11

27. "Our school is comparably our paradise

Teachers dry our tears and dress our wounds

Better than Mom we love Teachers"

Name : NERISA  SIMPIG

Age : 9

28. "Early rise this morning

Walk to school with happy face

Thanks to the new shoes"

Name : BENJAWAN  KHRUTWISED

Age : 12

29. "Greeting smiles from teachers

Respond to students' gentle salutations

Here is little tots' paradise"

Name : PATCHAYAPORN  JANTATONG

Age : 11

30. "At Buddhist-oriented schools

Students chant a prayer at the flagpole

Alas, I am a Muslim"

Name : PATTAMON  PATTANAITSARAPORN

Age : 11

31. "During school's internal sports day

Players and cheering teams did their best

My slinged arm is regretted"

Name : PITCHAYANAN  PASUNON

Age : 11

32. "Walking to school one morning

I got excited at new school building

Looking back at myself, just old uniform"

Name : PUTTARANAN  SRIOUDON

Age : 12

33. "The school cultivates children

To love and be friends to each other

Yet grown-ups tend to quarrel"   

Name : PATTARAPORN UDCHAI

Age : 11

34. "Recitals of poems resounded

All times table rules are learned by heart

There is no loneliness at school"

Name : MONTICHA  JUNTAWONG

Age : 11

35. "Nice friends, good teachers

Atmosphere of happiness in my memory

School is my paradise"

Name : WANWISA  CHIMRIT

Age : 10

36. "School is a place of dreams

Through my ears noises come in

Yet through my eyes I see nothing"

Name :          WARANYA  JARIYAKORNKUL

Age : 11

37. "At my elementary studies' completion

I could not make it to leave school

Bidding my farewell with tears"

Name : WISARUT  PROMKLAI

Age : 12

38. "Yesterday at school

I was bored with teacher's grumbling and nagging

Today I offer my apologies"

Name : SARANYA  RUNGSOMBAT

Age : 11

39. "Five times two makes ten

This is taught at school to me

Back home I repeat to my youngster"

Name : SASIPORN  NAPHO

Age : 11

40. "My school is a high-rise building

Classroom provides happy learning facilities

Back home it's a small dwelling"

Name : SIWAPORN  LOHNARAI

Age : 12

41. "Rushing to school I found

Books, desks and chairs all crisply burnt

It's mischievous deeds by grown-ups"

Name : SUPPHAWAT  LAOSU

Age : 10

42. "The school is at home

Parents open class every day

My daily routine before bedtime"

Name : SUPHAWIT  SAUPHET

Age : 10

43. "The school is comfortable

All friends are around with fresh look

I can just look at them"

Name : SANITA  BOONPHITAK

Age : 10

44. "Beyond the mountain is my school

Long-distance lessons come through box-teaching

We have friends everywhere in Thailand"

Name : SORAWID  JARAINPAYAB

Age : 12

45. "Only police forces and military men

Are stationed in our school

But we need more teachers"

Name : SARAN  DEELUEA

Age : 11

46. "No Dad no Mom

Nothing have I even food

School is just a dream"

Name : SARITA  BOONYAWISA

Age : 10

47. "Small steps before entering school

Gain knowledge from teachers

Bigger steps in the future"

Name : SIREEJITT  SRISUWAN

Age : 11

48. "A school amidst jungle

From distance singing birds chorus heard

Wish I could learn like them"

Name : SUPITCHA  PETCHBUASAK

Age : 11

49. "Now our school is closed

All doors are shut, very quiet there

But brains are still open"

Name : AMONPONG  SAISEN

Age : 11

50. "School's roof collapsed

In rain-soaked cooled class our lessons taken

The only air-conditioned class here"

Name : ATIPAT  MANSATIT

Age : 12