Hazel's poems are inspired by life and circumstances which she observes taking place around her. The poems bring a wry smile to the face and, occasionally, a lump to the throat. Her style has been compared to Pam Ayres, but as Hazel notes in one of her poems included in this book 'I'm not Pam Ayres, I'm me!' At the age of almost 87 she is still watching like a hawk, her sharpened pencil poised to capture in rhyme life as she sees it.
Hazel Brown is the senior elder of a large, extended family. She has worked as a rural labourer, was a member for WA’s first metropolitan Commission of Elders, and is a registered native title claimant.