Heritage Poems 75 - Guernsey schools' poetry competition
This year, 2020, celebrates 75 years of liberation from the Occupation of the Nazis during World War two on the Island of Guernsey. A poetry competition was held asking Guernsey school students to write poems about the experience during Occupation and the joy of Liberation after 5 years (World War 2). Students from schools across the island talked to their grandparents and learnt about how it affected family members. They submitted poems which were judged by local sixth form students studying English. Online voting was used to identify an overall winner from the nine finalists. Students also had the opportunity to read out their poems on Radio Guernsey in the JKT show.
This year, 2020, celebrates 75 years of liberation from the Occupation of the Nazis during World War two on the Island of Guernsey. A poetry competition was held asking Guernsey school students to write poems about the experience during Occupation and the joy of Liberation after 5 years (World War 2). Students from schools across the island talked to their grandparents and learnt about how it affected family members. They submitted poems which were judged by local sixth form students studying English. Online voting was used to identify an overall winner from the nine finalists. Students also had the opportunity to read out their poems on Radio Guernsey in the JKT show.
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We’re Finally Free Henry Kennedy
We’re starving when we hear the crowd,
In huge numbers they gather round.
I open the door and hear the roar,
The crowd flinging their hats that hit the floor.
An almighty warship with a thousand men,
Waving the flag that will condemn,
The Nazis that have occupied us,
I hope we’re finally free.
The crowd walk up to College, up the hill,
The Nazis surrender, with joy we’re filled.
No longer starvation, we are all free,
Now’s the time to throw a party!
Now it’s a time for celebration,
That we will remember for years.
We have no fear of starvation,
In fact, we have no fears
Liberation Hayden Steele
As I was lonely, being bossed by the Nazi party
Living on rations.
And then the day came,
Going down to the ship watching them sign the papers.
There were millions of islanders seeing this.
Then reading it out at Elizabeth College,
I now want to be reunited with my family.
I had to wait 6 months but eventually it happened,
Reunited with my family,
Now normal life is resumed
I am now bursting with joy.
I looked back Joshua Pailing
As we left the Island on boat packed with people,
I looked back on all the beaches and homes and Castle Cornet.
None of us knew how long we would be away from our island homes and family.
We sailed, drifting slowly along
until Guernsey was a speck on the blue, sparkly horizon.
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