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 ...

I’m at ease with nudity I was an artist’s model in’53! I’d disrobe without a care And disport myself upon a chair In creativity’s name...

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...

There's always a sexual tension  Between TV coppers on the force  But I'm not sure that I noticed it  Between Sergeant Lewis and...

Oh dear, dear Ratty Cried a distraught Toad Why ever did you have to Cross the road? An electric car The whispering death Was the re...

Measured by medications The wheel of the pill dispenser  Goes inexorably round And is filled each week in a ritual After breakfast and...

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...

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...

In nearby trenches the enemy was real He was over the top behind a hail of steel Waiting with his gun and knife And a picture of his wi...

I got a strange call from Track and Trace Who said that I had been in some place Where as far as they could reasonably tell I'd bru...

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...

Such an act of brilliant trickery Of this tiniest island state To elevate itself beyond pinprickery And punch way above its weight Beca...

It's thirsty work this poetry and I forgot to ask if it was ok to take a nip from my trusty old hip-flask I couldn't wait for t...

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...

I worried about my Guernsey boys Spending so much money on new toys With them it's all "want, want, want" That's why th...

Some people burn with indignation While others do it without consideration Creating bonfires almost all the time Ignoring the wind and wa...

There's something wrong these days with our transport links So many cancellations and complaints it all stinks If the Germans turned u...

The news today has bothered me The Co-op want to close their facility There's talk of 'contingency' and 'food security...

I made my eldest grandson some fairy cakes for tea But he didn't want them, because he was high on E The young are so ungrateful, they...

It's the season of the spider The crawling has begun Navigating dewdrops, they Journey from the Sun They scuttle through the kitche...