My latest poetry video, Note to my teenage self about my first stereo, is up on my YouTube channel. I got my first stereo as a Christmas present when I was fifteen. Although it was a supposed to be a surprise, I actually knew about it in November. I’d spent the week on a geographyContinue reading “Note to my teenage self about my first stereo”
Author Archives: Hazel Ward
Taking the no. 11 bus & other circuitous ramblings
I don’t know about you but I’m finding the number of bad things going on in the world at the moment pretty hard to swallow. Just when I think it can’t get any worse, something else crawls out from under a stone. Here in the UK, there are things going on in the political arenaContinue reading “Taking the no. 11 bus & other circuitous ramblings”
High on Tulsa
Fresh off the press. Catch my live recording on YouTube. High on Tulsa: For John Moreland If you haven’t come across John Moreland before, I strongly advise you to look him up. Here he is playing “Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars” – one of my favourites. Cracks me up every time. This poemContinue reading “High on Tulsa”
Lockdown – How has it been for you?
This morning, the weather was lovely and my partner and I went for a bike ride. By the time we got home, I felt pretty good. In fact, I’ve been feeling okay for a while now. Which brings me to ask – how has lockdown been for you? I’ve been thinking about this sinceContinue reading “Lockdown – How has it been for you?”
Taking a Break …
… from words for a couple of days. Did a bit of painting instead. Nothing like a cute kitten to lift the spirits.
Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Seven
It would have been churlish of me not to mention poetry in this seven-day book challenge. So, on this my last day, my book of choice is my current squeeze, Fishing in the Aftermath by Salena Godden … … one of the most creative, arresting and inspiring poets I’ve come across. I bought this bookContinue reading “Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Seven”
Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Six
Day six and in the home straight. Today’s book is The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon … … an old fashioned whodunnit in an alternative reality – the alternative reality being Sitka, a Jewish homeland in Alaska with a lease that’s about to expire. The protagonist, Meyer Lansdman, is a down-on-his-luck homicide detective withContinue reading “Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Six”
Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Five
Is it day five already? My book of choice today is Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami … … the sublimely surreal story of a writer, whose name we never know, who is broken and just about operating on a basic daily level. The writer is haunted by a woman he once had a relationshipContinue reading “Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Five”
Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Four
My day four book of choice is Daniel Deronda by George Eliot … … which is not just, as the title implies, about Daniel Deronda. It’s a tale of two physically beautiful people who are driven by an inner darkness – Deronda himself and Gwendolen Harleth. Both characters are outsiders in their cloistered worlds and,Continue reading “Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Four”
Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Three
My day three choice is The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce … … the story of a lonely man who does something incredible and completely out of character and in doing so, finds a way to accept and forgive himself. Full disclosure. I love a good journey book. By that I don’tContinue reading “Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Three”
Hazel Ward 