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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The Occupation Charlotte Barnfather
All was normal,
Until they found,
Our small island,
We fled the grounds,
The Germans have taken over,
The Germans have taken over,
Lying down in the middle of the night,
Scared worried hope we don’t get a fright,
The Germans have taken over,
The Germans have taken over,
Germans patrolling all around,
Hiding so quietly not making a sound,
The Germans have taken over,
The Germans have taken over,
The Germans have taken over,
Finally, the day is here,
We can relax and give us cheer,
The Germans have left Guernsey,
The Germans have left Guernsey.
The Germans came to Stay Clementine Glynn-Riley
The war started on 1st July,
The Germans came to stay.
There was no way they would go away.
They took our Island small.
They changed all of our laws and thought we were fools.
People forced to leave homes and say goodbye to raids
Post from family is gone.
People taken to become slaves, they to build bunkers.
The Germans took more people away.
They finally went away when British marched on in,
On the 9th of May on Liberation day.
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