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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Occupation Louisa Hardouin-Munro
We were sent to foreign countries,
to places far,
Sent away to unknown strangers,
without having a say.
I was scared,
I was frightened,
and I don’t know why,
but my stomach tightened.
I held on tight to my dear mother,
And cried until I could cry no more,
Then I waved goodbye,
and leapt through boats door.
We landed on an Island,
much bigger than our home,
With lots of food and land,
and a little garden gnome.
Occupation Hattie Fullman
The Germans came with rules and
Those rules were not to be ignored!
Praying for.
Everyone having the same amount of food
radios and newspapers were forbidden
The bombs were a sign that they were
Coming to town,
On the 28th June the bombs began
Boys up to 16 and up were sent to camp.
Nobody enjoyed these five years of dreadful
occupation that were taking some families
apart.
The Germans came with rules and those
rules were not to be ignored
Is it over yet?” is what people were
praying for.
People trying to escape but it was
risky.
Private meetings wer not allowed.
The Germans came with lots of rules
and those rules were not to be ignored
“Is it over yet?” is what people were
praying for.
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