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You are in Entertainment > Staying In > Poetry Book
The great big Jersey poetry book
Try the old fashioned apporch if you are in search of inspiration, nothing like a quill and ink to get the creative part of your brain working in overdrive
Fountain Pen

Are you a poet and do you really really know it? Well now you can show the world you skills.

LOVE DEATH FRIENDSHIP PEACE JERSEY
HATE/PAIN LIFE RELIGION JERRIAISE TIME GONE BY
LYMERICS CONSCIENCE POLITICS SLEEP SILLY
CHILDRENS SEASONS ENVIRONMENT CELEBRATION OTHER
Select a catagory from the above list to see poems in that catagory

This is the Big Jersey Poetry book. Made up of poems written by Jersey people and published on the website.

Your poem can be about any subject you like as long as it is written for a family audience, so no nasty words.

Latest Additions
My Kittens - Alex
CHILDRENS -
A Poem about Alex's new kittens.
O Caring Love - Joan Egre
RELIGION - An upbeat Christian poem
It Comes Eventually- Dina Andrews
LIFE - Inspired by bad news about a friend

You can submit as many poems as you like, send them using the form below and we will put them up on the site for everyone to see.

Everyone and every topic is welcome, we will use this page to highlight our favourites and occasionally as the book grows feature them on the main homepage of the site.

So what are you waiting for get writing, new poetry written for the book, old poetry written at an important moment in your life or just plain silly poetry, we want it all.



YOUR POEM
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Disclaimer
Poems will only be accepted from residents of the Island of Jersey. The BBC may edit your poem and reserves the right to publish it in any context.

If you choose to submit your name this may also be published. We cannot guarantee that all poems will be published.

 

 




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