Guernsey Poets

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...

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...

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...

American flags hang dismally like forgotten laundry slung across balconies dirty and betrayed A grey skin of steam plumes by the Hudso...

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...

One knee’s sore from kneeling We used to give applause, We still perform the actions But no one remembers the cause, There’s a persona...

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

Of God. The Son. Or the Holy Ghost. I've wondered in which I would trust the most… The God. The designer. The Creator of all If he ...

I’ve got the sniffles and “the runs” too Is this a cold, or maybe the flu? I’m so tired ...should I crawl back in bed ...Or drink more...

That’s a black mark against you So just imagine if you can I saw red when you said I should play the white man There’s a yellow stre...

You could be a Gentile Or you could be a Jew An immigrant alien In a country that is new You could be a member Of a tribe called the ...

Tasty barbeque chips, how I’ve craved you so! But have had to do without, for to the store I rarely go And honey-roasted peanuts are ...

Circles of light spin through the night The Moonless sky is falling apart Could it be the hand of God I see Coming to capture my sinfu...

If it wasn't for your kindness He would be a drifting poet Who might sing a song of sadness To whoever wants to hear it And his word...

Did you burn out in the fire When the flames got too high Did you lose your shroud of cloud When you touched the sky Was your temple mad...

Nobody, I thought close, is corresponding with me not an e-mail, a pigeon, nor postie at the gate I'm sure I replied, I certainly trie...

When did I become a shade? A figment of your imagination passing by So engrossed in your conflicting self That you did not see my smile ...

I’ve got people asking me to be their friend on Facebook. Yet when I see them on the street they don’t give me a second look. What’s tha...

Have you got the nerve to take it all the way make it work when all goes bad fight another day. Then rise above the odds to do your gi...

How is the world with you? Does the joy outweigh the pain? Are you getting more sunshine than rain? Are you on a mission? Or do you foll...