Guernsey Poets

Do you remember ‘76? When we were told to save all our drips The reservoir was cracked and dry And it was too hot for potato peel pie ...

Here’s to the women who wore pants to school When skirts or dresses only were the rule   Here’s to the women who made a safe place For ...

Time seemed to stand still It just came to a stop In the golden silence You could hear a pin drop Time seemed to stand still Just li...

I wanted to write a cheerful rhyme, To add a rosy tint to the day, But it seems I’m having a hard time Zeroing in on just what to say ...

In the game of colonial bingo It helps to learn the lingo And back in the Napoleonic days I brushed up on my Norman francaise I was r...

A place, secure, or so we dreamed, a place of safety from hurt, was where we dwelt in innocence while that external, other world of c...

The dinosaurs never watched TV But they knew they’d die eventually Just something in the air they sensed Wasn’t right, it was no coinci...

In straitjacket and padded cell, I struggle when the full moon calls. The doctors say I am unwell. I hurl myself against the walls till,...

They sit at desks, PC-equipped, round-shouldered, fingers stroking keys: without exception microchipped beneath their skin, like worker-b...

Today I mixed flour yeast, salt, water and a little oil With my fingers, into a dough in a glass bowl. Like a magician preparing transform...

At 19, I actually thought that now, I’m happy, especially after my torturous childhood, because, suddenly, it seemed there was a purpose ...

If I could sing I’d be a singer If I could play guitar I’d be a star If I could think I’d be a danger If I could go I’d go too far If I...

From the pool And strangely squelching, A dark horde emerge In clinging black suits, Bare feet slip slapping On wet tiled concrete, As...

Poor levels of communication. Lack of cooperation. Intimidation. Resulting in frustration. Put it in the boiling pot. Boil it up....

They sail in a vessel of great splendour to unknown shores, where the throng of slack-jawed natives gives way as they stride through the...

If I hadn't met you, I'd be a different me probably dead, or living in a hostelry, in prison for robbery, or assault, or worse or...

United the Kingdom no longer Britain the once ever Great Divided its people stand helpless In a land so unsure of its fate The Union Jac...

The culture and traditions of Guernsey are being taken from us. We are rapidly losing our identity. Losing everything that makes us proud ...

She gazed upon the clothing rail. Drawn into the winter sale of garments, left upon the rack. There her mind was transported back. Liber...

Come gather 'round children I've something to tell And some of you grown ups are welcome as well As one that will listen... Is one...