NaPoWriMo day twenty one and poem number twenty one is about those good old days when Olive Oil was something you used for earache and leafy greens were plentiful. It’s called The Ghost of Cabbage Past The house smelt of cabbage cooked and eaten long ago but in no hurry to leave. The ghost of cabbageContinue reading “The Ghost of Cabbage Past”
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Listen
NaPoWriMo Day 29. Penultimate day, can’t give up now – there is an end in sight. Today’s poem is called Listen Listen Listen There are ghosts scratching at the door, bleeding through the walls and rising through the floorboards. Weary bodies press against the window. Cold air streams through the keyhole wrapping itself around you.Continue reading “Listen”
The Lady of the Moor
NaPoWriMo Day 22. Today’s poem is inspired by a prompt by NaPoWriMo on day 18 which was to try to write a ruba’i which is a four-line stanza, with a rhyme scheme of AABA. Robert Frost’s famous poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening uses this rhyme scheme. Not sure how successful it is but itContinue reading “The Lady of the Moor”
Hazel Ward 