Organised by

Guernsey Literary Festival

Sponsored by

Specsavers

Supported by

Guernsey Arts

Armance Flesselle, France

2nd prize: Young People’s Poetry
Poems on the Move & Poems on the Buses Exhibitions

I want to write poems, and recite them
To my ceiling fan, if you won’t listen,
Maybe he’ll take your place, and say je t’aime
To this ink, like waves on paper hidden.

I want to lie naked, surrender to
The ashes on my skin, the smoke in my
Eyes. Hurry now, we’ve got dinner for two
Waiting in the big beautiful sky.

Let’s eat in the nude, on a shooting star,
Perhaps catch a movie, cheesy rom-com
We can laugh about as we drive our car
Fast, to feel the sand blow out of my palm.

The waves in outer space roll forever,
Sit with me, one day they’ll wash us over.