Organised by

Guernsey Literary Festival

Supported by

Guernsey Arts

Partner

Guernsey Ports

2017 Winners

Judged by Gwyneth Lewis

Open Poetry

  1. 1st

    Demeter’s Lament  Sally Douglas

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  2. 2nd

    Spiders  Gabriel Griffin

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  3. 3rd

    Monsoon  Sally Douglas

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  4. 3rd

    One Concession and Child  Fiona Ritchie Walker

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Channel Islands’ Poetry

  1. 1st

    Afterthoughts  Julia Meredith

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  2. 2nd

    Love Poem  Marlene Morris

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  3. 3rd

    La Fête Du Cidre  Wendy Falla

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Young People’s Poetry

  1. 1st

    The Timeless Waltz  Isaac Powers

    Read poem
  2. 2nd

    Old Folk  Eilidh Lang

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  3. 3rd

    Where I Want to Go  Alex Soulsby

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Poems on the Buses Exhibition

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    Ambush  Elizabeth Lavers

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    Anchoress  Ian McEwen

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    Avocado  Sharon Black

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    Buy Local  Lester Queripel

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    Clear Night  Pat Borthwick

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    The Cliff  Sally Douglas

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    Coppicer  Pat Borthwick

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    Disentangling  Donald S. Murray

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    Drifted Down  Shauna Robertson

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    Elsie  Judy O’Kane

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    First Aid  Chris Kinsey

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    Insurgence  Janet Lees

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    Into  Abigail Parry

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    Love Song in Old Age  Doreen Hinchliffe

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    Memory Stone  Pamela Trudy Hodge

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    Monkfish  Judy O’Kane

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    My Ladybug  Pauline Boateng

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    Pencil  Steve Voake

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    The Perfect Pair  Guy Russell

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    Pumpkins  Pauline Hawkesworth

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    Sark Dark  James Willis

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    Siamese Fighting Fish  Peter Kenny

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    Skateboarding  Caine Langlois

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    White Cotton Curtain, Outdoors  Sharon Black

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