Guernsey Poets

See the wren, resplendent: her clever eye, her sweet essence. Deep, let her sleep be deep; there, let the green hedge be her perfect b...

The Raven Drenched in darkness Eyes observing everything Life... Death... Perversion Unable to separate As all is one Life... The beg...

With catapult, once school was finished, I went to hunt in woodland, high above Belfast, in summer light and heard, among leafed branche...

In a green lane in St Peter’s near midnight, under a full moon, a pale owl flew across my path, silently, then low over dark fields to...

Have you noticed ever, how unbelievably clever the beautiful kestrels are? with its amazing sight in almost black night even without ...

One for sorrow, two for joy, But any number cheers this boy. Always checking land or sky Hoping hard to spot a 'Pie' Magpies a...

Thank you Lord, Flamingos cry, surveying, with disdainful stare, all manner of ignoble beasts of crooked horn or matted hair. Thank you...

Most mornings, he’s there, round about ten if he’d had a bad night, a little later, then But Church on Sundays, the birds seem to know al...

The Mariner from days of yore (you may have read the tragic tale) spent his pathetic days ashore and, to all passers-by, he’d wail abou...

At the Model Yacht Pond, he's feeding the pigeons never on Sunday, though, he's to church they climb all over him, pecking the see...

Today's poem is a "Golden Oldie" and was originally published here in August 2012 Footsteps fade on the sand runway Throu...

One morning, on our lawn, after two stormy days two pigeons were staggering, in a bit of a daze we thought it best if they rested, in the ...

Skylark after skylark rising above the fields Making use of the eternal updraft As earth attempts unity with the heavens. I lust for adje...

Something of an institution, every day he’d play an almsman’s role. Like penitents, drab pigeons would flock, seeking absolution or nutr...

Loose feathers birds in nest, Mother feeds them she knows best. A chorus of chicks twitter and tweet, Young bird song sound so sweet. ...