STUDENTS at the Royal Grammar School have been writing poems in response to the London bomb attacks.

The pupils from Year Nine captured a sense of the shock, fear and horror that has gripped the country in the wake of the attacks.

Karen Penn, a personal, social and health education teacher at the school in Amersham Road, High Wycombe, asked her 13 and 14-year-old pupils to write about their feelings after the blasts.

She was so moved by the poems that she sent a selection to the Free Press.

Sonny Myles wrote a poem describing his fear for the safety of his dad after hearing the news.

He writes of his attempts to get in contact: "First call nothing. The phone was off. Second call nothing. The phone was off."

Thomas McGirr's poem questioned the motives of the bombers.

He wrote: "The bomb goes off, the light goes out, the death, the murder, why? What about?"

The Eyes, written by David Ferris, focussed on the terror experienced by a commuter on a train travelling to King's Cross when the bombs went off.

Sonny's Poem

I just heard the news, I heard it in break
My first thought was confusion I didn't know what to say
And then the shock came in my mind.
I finished my sandwich and ran upstairs
Dialled my Dad's number and prayed.
First call nothing, the phone was off.
Second call nothing, the phone was off.
That's it I wasn't going to try again.
I passed my phone to my friend from London.
The phone dialled, my friend had the pleasure of hearing his Mum's voice. I, however, did not.
I went downstairs to watch the news
They said there were only two dead so far.
I thought the chances of Dad being one is very slim.
It wasn't something I wanted to think about.
So I tried again. Thank God I heard his voice
I was happy again, I could relax.
I asked him questions. Everyone was safe
Thank God they all lived to see another day.

Sonny Myles, class 9K