I thought, well, just write poems, at least you’re writing something. My mother needed help, she had a heart attack, my husband was with all sorts of things, so I was trying to balance all these things and I didn’t have time to do another novel. My personal circumstances were such that I didn’t have the time to dedicate. Of course, I think every writer wants to write the great novel. The Hawk: When did you decide to become a poet, or realize you were one?Ĭroome: I think I fell into it. The Hawk interviewed Croome in Johannesburg, where she lives, to find out more about her poetry. More recent volumes include “Drop by Drop” (poems of loss)” (2020) and “the dust of hope (rune poems) ” (2021). In 2015, Croome published a poetry book titled “a stranger in a strange land,” which explores themes of race and gender as well as poems about cats, cancer and vegetarianism. After many years of being an accountant, Croome decided to turn to writing fiction and poetry full-time. Judy Croome is a South African poet, novelist and short story writer born in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe, to South African parents.
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