NaPoWriMo day nine and here’s poem number seven, it’s called Jellied Fruits and Dates. It’s slightly out of season but hopefully you’ll like it and it will invoke happy memories of your Christmas past… A memory lodged inside my head, a ghost of Christmas past. We were watching the panto on TV, IContinue reading “Jellied Fruits and Dates”
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Big Hair / Seventies Dude
NaPoWriMo Day 8 and the latest poem is slightly more surreal and stream of consciousness. Big Hair/ Seventies Dude To my surprise this morning I wake up and find I’ve turned into a seventies dude with big hair wide flares and a skinny jacket with giant lapels I pull on my platform shoes and takeContinue reading “Big Hair / Seventies Dude”
For Michael
I dreamed again of the last time I saw you, that summer’s afternoon long ago. You had grown since you last wore those trousers, too short now. Hair cut to reveal fine features, your plump child’s face gone. You were a heartbreaker.
Hazel Ward 