Sharon Hall
I am a freelance writer and blogger and have been in the writing business for more than 20 years. I love to write and my creative writing dates back to my teens. I have written poetry, memoirs and children's stories and will share some of those with you on this blog.Visit Author's Website
Precious
Today is the day that you were born
My precious baby.
Today is the day that you were born.
My precious girl.
I don’t know what star I wished upon
My precious baby.
I don’t know what star I wished upon
My precious girl
But my wish has come true
My precious baby.
But my wish has come true
My precious girl.
Because now I’ve got you
My [...]
Does It Matter
Does it matter
That I’m from
A different place
Though born
In the same nation?
That my influences
Are sun and sea
And the strictness of West Indian life
Not the cold grey laxity of the British way?
Does it matter
That I learned
A brighter grammar
And the Queen’s so-called English
That I went to school
And stayed in school
That I don’t smoke
And hardly drink
But can still have [...]
Not For Ladies
Pregnancy is not for ladies
Check your self-esteem at the door
It’s not so obvious at the start
When your breasts turn into
Self-inflating grapefruit
Tempting the touch
But so tender
That you want to scream
If anyone even looks at them the wrong way.
But as time passes
So does your dignity
While you trip, tumble and roll
Your cumbersome way
Through the next few months
Snatching sleep [...]
East Coast Sunrise
The sea-fragrant air insinuates itself into your mind,
Wrapping itself around your waking dreams like a warm blanket,
Then gently touches your eyelids, your mouth, your body;
A lover’s caress, to bring you out of sleep.
Outside, foam-flecked waves rear snowy heads
The descend, emptying their essence onto the warm, waiting sand.
Undisturbed by the bustle of wind-blown clouds
The sun begins [...]
Rain
English rain
Is not like Caribbean rain
Each pointed drop
Drills through the remnants of the warmth
You wrapped inside you
When you left home.
Just enough for discomfort
But without the honesty
To drench you.
Caribbean rain
Does not pretend
It wets you through and through
Leaving you soaked and annoyed
Yet knowing the sun’s not far behind
While in England
More grey days
With bullet rain
Wait to follow
The one [...]
Floral Treats
If you want to try something ambitious
Add petals to make meals delicious
Take some advice
On making meals nice
And serve up a dish that’s nutritious.
I know cos’ I have to the assurance
Of a certain blog writer, Sue Lawrence.
A web release states
That flowers are great
For cooking: I don’t need insurance
So when next you’re starting to forage
Try marigolds, roses [...]
Gratitude
Thank you for every wispy, barely-there hair on her fragile skull
Thank you for her questing hands,
ever stronger with longer and longer reach,
that try to touch the world and bring it to her.
Thank you for her sturdy legs and feet
now planted to get a taller perspective on the world.
Thank you for her bright eyes, [...]
Four Short Poems
Dripping, Tripping, Slipping
Kitchen faucet’s
Dripping, dripping
While my mind is
Tripping, tripping
Every drop drills through my brain
Plumber must come out again
Puddles causing
Slipping, slipping
While the tap is dripping, dripping
Diamond Ditty
I want lots of diamonds, diamond rings.
I need to be surrounded by beautiful things.
When I see fine jewels my heart sings.
I simply cannot help it; I just love those blings
Cover [...]
Butterfly
Butterfly (for Lisa)
When you crawl into your hole
It’s not to hide
But a necessary part
Of your becoming.
Not every transformation
Takes place
In the pitiless glare
Of others’ expectations.
Rest and contemplation
May also feed
That creative spirit
To force the radiant colours
Out of that caterpillar’s
Cocoon.
