Guernsey Poets

This is a tree, he said and pointed to a tree. We have seen images, they said. There are many trees, he said. This tree is cedar. We ha...

This used to be a sea of only white and green Daffodils were rarely ever seen Now here they are with their yellow heads Muscling in on o...

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...

You shone for King George and the Beatles and the Stones clean and new-fangled no lamplighter required Every day for 60 years patien...

They’ve torn down the trees That held the ground, And built concrete castles For human pleasure, Now not a single monkey Can be found, ...

Image: Facebook - Joey & Friends - The Trislander Appreciation Page You were a punky little thing in 1977; and your snarling youth...

The children of a modern day Are locked inside a darkened tomb No longer outside will they play Their world is now a messy room Technolo...

Today's poem is a "Golden Oldie" and was originally published here in November 2012 There's a ring around the sun After...

Dictated to by technology Is that the way it has to be? Wired to the universe Deleted Dilated Interrelated Satellite pulse to erase th...

Thursday was always my shopping day. Each week I would collect my pension from the Post Office. Standing in the queue I would chat to Be...

When God drops his crumbs Into our muddling pool of reality They tumble to earth Will they breed new humans sprouting from that ancient t...

Where have all the flower power people gone? Long- time passing Where have all the flower power people gone? Long-time ago They have gon...

I work It is a mind-dulling, monotonous process Relaxation is guaranteed to purge all rebellious thought in hazy absurdity. Television an...

The killing, crushing, loneliness, Lost and all alone in the madding crowd – Everyone wants to belong So why can't I? It's time...

Christmas has changed don’t you think? From the ones when I was a lad, Those times were special, simple and good, Just my brothers, and m...

Hurray! I don't have to vacuum The old, brown carpet, anymore! At last, I managed to get it Removed from the dining room floor! It ...

They don’t make any more cigarettes It came as no surprise The cancer scare was everywhere And the smoke got in your eyes They don’t mak...

Yet again, I go darkly into an uncertain future That looms before me, threatening with challenges – Each, an Everest without its guiding S...

I grew up in the Rohais Those were the good old days My brother and I used to walk to school We only saw a car or two In the road we’d ...