Guernsey Poets

Today's poem is a "Golden Oldie" and was originally published here in December 2010 Paused Washed up, eroded by the course...

It’s the little things, like the sounds you make That fill my heart with joy Those little murmurs you create When gone, that surf my min...

Image: Taken at Blaise Castle, Avon by Janinka A very different style for me (in that it doesn’t derive from a personal experience) b...

You pass through my thoughts Often but less now A cold sky, shy of sun Above, cools my face Eyes searching for clues Fingers touching s...

You lay, I sat Whilst summer sun melted Yet we were cool inside Where we’d been sent to hide I talked and talked Shed a tear or two I...

Janinka Diverio Of Polish and Italian descent I was raised in Guernsey and spent all of my childhood and formative years on the island. I...

Nothing Less, Nothing More - Janinka Diverio A memory now Nothing more Nothing less Handless Under this cold silent day of summer Wi...

If I have to lose you Then know I will be with you Angel wings around you If you have to leave me Then please do not forget me And ple...

Coming to terms Which lesser of two evils Will hurt me less? Fingers slipping Tears wiping Heart breaking From memories Of love makin...

A wave, a hazy line Campfire smoke Passes by, meanwhile stinging My eye A tingle of the skin Thoughts of him Too late for me Friends...

Fly by night Fleeting and now forgotten Once entwined like filigree Hearts, body and hopes Now cooled molten Morning light The sun wi...

I miss you I miss the voice I hear and the moving images I miss your silence that filled the space I miss your tales, your wisdom, your...

The quiet too loud Alone in a growing crowd Of me and me Your resonating last word Goodbye with an x Now familiar, now yours, just one...

You've gone again And this time I will let you My heart drained Left full with pain Endless - too tired now to hold on I let go An...

My imagination remembers the embers once hot now cool My heart once joyous surrenders the victim you forgot to the fool Janinka D...

Palm trees in the clouds Oversized curtain tassels Reproduction prints After dinner mints Family conversing Eat as much as you can Dar...

Hour upon hour Our Memories of days spent Time went Out with the tide Side by side We swam with white horses Crashing into once rocks...

A wave of hazy dream stuff floats by An apparition, a glimpse, a wish, a desire So real, so near, so true Skin tight no more Love lesse...

Hyde Park early evening Sun streaming through the Buildings of somewhere We didn’t know A pub, a bar Seems a long time ago Failing mo...

I have not included an image with this post as Janinka prefers to let the text stand for itself she says; "It allows the reader to con...