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 ...

I don’t want to know The headline news today Or what the morning papers Have got to say Nor hear the hourly show Blow by blow  On the...

What happened to the flowers You used to wear in your hair Now you have grey streaks there What happened to the people That so long ago...

I can’t think to seem straight No, I can’t think For myself or on my feet Of the names to the faces On the street My mind is blank Mi...

I know inside my heart Life’s too short to be apart That together we could start A revelation, a celebration A new translation of love ...

It’s all water under the bridge And clouds across the sky Where time just seems to fly It’s all water under the bridge Just listen for...

There’s another rise in temperature More damage to the ozone layer Through ignorance and neglect Now we have the greenhouse effect In ...

With the cost of living And the price of dying It’s no wonder at all To the Lord I pray That I can afford to pay For my own funeral. ...

Something changed I don’t know why I don’t know where or when Something changed I don’t know how But it was different then Something...

The vandal of the scandal The villain of the piece Flying off the handle With friends and enemies From pillar to post And light to sha...

Do you know where we are Can you count every star With your naked eye Do you know the way to go Can you stop the acid rain Falling fro...

I tried to write a poem About how I’d like to be remembered Well believe me I tried But all I could think of was I’d like to be remembe...

There was a strange fellow called Queripel Whose driving was really so terrible When a police car gave chase He thought it was a race N...

Who rained on your parade And stole the thunder From under your feet Who took the wind Out of your sails Breaking the heart of your b...

He was a soldier of fortune In the year of our Lord When he discovered the pen Was mightier than the sword  He was a soldier of fortu...

The rules are taught in schools of thought Signed and designed to read the mind Ultra sonic sound, new programmes found And frequencies...

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...

My hand’s been overplayed My mind’s been X rayed And it only drew a blank With all my dreams expired And my circuits rewired I can no...

They say that the white man Just can’t sing the blues But I’ve got a hole in my pocket And a hole down in my shoes Do you judge a bo...

You can’t pin that rap on me I wasn’t even there You can’t pin that rap on me Don’t you even dare I’m innocent don’t you see Until I’...