Guernsey Poets

I used to be a dreamer I had faith to keep But now I just can’t sleep The dawn will break And I’m still awake The Sun will rise in my ...

'Twas ten days before Christmas The weather was drear And people in Canada Were experiencing fear   A sense of gloom Was felt ev...

I am old now My eyes peer out from wrinkled flaps of skin Age bleached in a crumpled canvas The sisters tend me silently Bringing with...

This... This is England land of hope and glory 3 years on from that semi-final and this time this time it'll be a different story...

A year on now from the first onslaught By the invisible enemy that can’t be fought By normal means or clapping hands Or sealing ourselv...

In a room alone, In touch with the world Yet curiously apart, On a singles holiday, Without leaving The confines of home, A staycati...

The air smells fresh, there’s little exhaust fumes and listen, to all those birds It’s only ugly modern life, that’s bereft, the art...

I thank two thousand and twenty  As it really wasn't that bad The gifts that it gave were plenty  If you think of the treasures we...

Santa’s sleigh’s been decommissioned Rudolf furloughed, left in a field to roam, Overweight, over seventy, Santa should be shielding Bo...

Don’t want to think About dying just yet, But when the daily death toll rises There’s no safe bet, Who’d have thought A venture outsi...

One… Two… Three… Four Wipe the handles on the door Two… Three… Four… Five Wear a mask to stay alive Three… Four… Five… Six Keep your ...

We stand in a line, then zig zag our way slowly towards the doors. The sun is shining and shadows seem to grow longer with waiting But p...

There are times when weighty matters Must give way to much lighter stuff Instead of news of gloom and doom You want to hear some happy “f...

Something good is sure to happen Wars and famine all to cease Tears to stop, and hatred ending Bring about a world of peace Love your ne...

The new Saviour is here: a girl child this time was it prophesied? For I have not seen it in the runes or written in the scrolls scri...

So Christmas is over And it brings a new year For some times of plenty But some dreaded fear Will wishes been made Be of greed or of pe...

Your shadow escaped capture Now your spirit is reconciled You've got to find your roots Before you are exiled Freedom is a word Tha...

They call this the land of hope and glory Another 4 years Another world cup This time it's going to be a different story The planet...

I’m going on a cruise m’darlin’ To see what’s new, A big adventure to the mother country, Far away from our Jamaica’s shores so sunny, T...

Let us celebrate the goodness of Man The higher qualities and noble deeds Let all people rejoice with poems and songs For that’s what thi...