Guernsey Poets

My drug of choice is simply cheese Grated in a bag just for ease It’s the ultimate snack it Works so well on a buttered jacket Then a...

She  met  him  on  a  Liner On  a  Grecian  Islands  cruise There beneath  soft,  starry  skies And  quite  a  lot of  booze They  fel...

No I did not bake that cake It was something I didn’t make Another elaborate culinary lie Like the steak and kidney pie Oh that pie w...

Dry January is rewarded  with pancakes and Valentines;  In leap years or other times.  So should it be   twenty-eight words or twenty-n...

When I was young, food was an essential not a luxury  With Occupation memories we looked forward to our tea  We'd quietly put away o...

The fragrance of baked apple fills the air It’s quick, tasty, and healthy lunchtime fare Soup made from barley, lentils, beans, and ric...

all I wanted was to win the leg of lamb at the Saturday meat draw I rushed to the pub after work bought two strips from the ticket...

‘Mine’s a pint’ She’ll order it without thinking, The irony is She shouldn’t be drinking, Later at the chippy She’ll order a large fi...

Tasty barbeque chips, how I’ve craved you so! But have had to do without, for to the store I rarely go And honey-roasted peanuts are ...

Imagine life before hummus No olives and flatbread No tapas or leaves Nor ready cut veg Fruit in their season Then made into jam No...

Monday morning, it’s chocolate time mustn’t forget the washing, on the line Monday lunchtime, chocolate again just a few squares, well,...

Roquefort, Camembert and Brie are perfect nourishment for me. The names themselves are poetry: a wholly wholesome trinity. Cholesterol, ...

A Guernseyman once told me how Chancre crabs are caught and that the kitchen always rings with screams when they go in the boiling pot. ...

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...

We stop indoors my wife and I: keep to ourselves, rarely go out. We have no friends. We are quite shy. Newspapers, we can do without. Bu...

The elephant, a hulking brute, dines principally on greens and fruit. He does not have a sylphlike figure, instead keeps growing ever big...

Oh Garlic, of the great Allium Tribe Bulbous root, so vibrant and exciting You cast a magic spell that works so well To make food delicio...

I don’t want grub served on a slate, a bucket or a block of wood. This sort of nonsense tends to grate. It’s simply gimmickry with food...

Does every cook want to be a celebrity? Me, I just want a bit of tea With no posturing or tasting menu A plain steak please, leave out th...

It's delicious And delightful It's nutritious But not frightful Because it's not filled With blood and gore No animals hav...