she – Hazel Ward

The Ghost of Cabbage Past

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”

The Bright Kid

Hello out there. I had myself a little mini break after NaPoWriMo so this is my first poem since it finished. It’s called The Bright Kid The Bright Kid She loved school as a kid. Always the clever one she never had to try too hard to be good at it. At fourteen she gotContinue reading “The Bright Kid”

The Rules of the Game

NaPoWriMo Day 28. Only two more days to go to the end of this year’s NaPoWriMo event. Today’s poem is called The Rules of the Game. The Rules of the Game Two children playing in the street, the boy teases the girl until she gives chase. He runs into a neighbour’s garden, flowers parting underContinue reading “The Rules of the Game”

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”

We Are She

NaPoWriMo Day 7. Here’s another poem prompted by the NoPoWriMo site but inspired by a poet I had never heard of before, the late Gwendolyn Brooks. Here’s Gwendolyn’s poem, it’s called We Real Cool We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.Continue reading “We Are She”