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March 12, 2021
Procrastination – a Guest Post by Author and Poet Victoria (Tori) Zigler
My thanks to Victoria (Tori) Zigler for the below guest post. I meant to post this weeks ago. However, with the need to do housework, answer emails, varnish my toenails and so many other things, I have only just got round to doing so! Did someone just accuse me of procrastination!
We all know how it starts. We have the best intentions when it comes to writing, but then we think of something we must do first, and then… Wait. What happened to the last two hours?
Ah, yes. Procrastination. It does ...
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I met a young lady named Jane
Who went like a very fast train.
Whilst back at my flat
I took off my hat.
And she went, like a fast train!
March 11, 2021
A Podcast of Poet K Morris’s Interview and Poetry Reading on Vancouver Co-Op Radio’s the World Poetry Reading Series is Now Available
I am pleased to announce that a podcast of my poetry reading and interview on Vancouver Co-Op Radio’s The World Poetry Reading Series is now available. The show was broadcast at 9 pm (UK time) on Thursday 11 March.
To listen to my podcast, in which I read from my recently published “The Further Selected Poems of K Morris” please follow this link, http://www.coopradio.org/content/world-poetry-caf%C3%A9-163
My interview starts approximately 10 minutes into the podcast. I also read a poem at the e...
March 10, 2021
Jane’s Cane
A young lady named Miss Jane
Is possessed of a mean cane.
Her friend Lou
Wields a shoe.
And me, I’m sweet on Jane!
The Beauty of Globes
The beauty of globes
So soft to touch.
Pleasure grows.
Worlds explode.
Its all too much ..
Barely a Bird I Heard
Barely a bird I heard.
The wind blew,
And a fallen tree
Spoke to me
In words most true
Of the progress of humanity.
March 9, 2021
Poet K Morris to Be Interviewed on Thursday 11 March at 9 pm (UK time), on Vancouver Co-Op Radio’s The World Poetry Reading Series
At 7 pm, on Monday 8 March, I was interviewed over Zoom about my recently released “The Further Selected Poems of K Morris”. The interview is due to be broadcast at 9 pm (UK time), on Thursday 11 March and can be heard by tuning into Vancouver Co-Op Radio’s the World Poetry Reading Series, https://worldpoetry.ca/?page_id=24.
I understand that a podcast of my interview should also be available. Once the podcast is online, I shall post a link to it on my blog.
My thanks to Ariadne Sawyer, host o...
Results of the Competition to Win a Free Signed Paperback of The Selected Poems of K Morris
On 7 March, I announced a competition to win a free, signed paperback edition of my recently released The Further Selected Poems of K Morris, https://kmorrispoet.com/2021/03/07/your-chance-to-win-a-free-signed-paperback-edition-of-the-further-selected-poems-of-k-morris/.
The question asked was as follows:
In which famous poem do these lines appear:
“ Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o’clock in the morning.”
The answer is T. S Eliot’s The Hollow Men, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W...
March 8, 2021
In a Moment of Introspection
In a moment of introspection
He pondered on the connection
Betwixt their lips.
Cold, hard cash.
And the impending car crash
March 7, 2021
Statue of Poet Philip Larkin Placed on Secret Racism Reviews List
An article in The Telegraph says that the statue of the poet Philip Larkin in Hull has been placed on a secret racism review’s list following Black Lives Matter protests.
In his letters, Larkin made racist comments, which has caused the poet’s statue to be placed on the review list.
The article states that emails from those employed by the Council have argued that the statue should stay, and I would be astounded if Larkin is removed from public view.
In my view, a poet’s (or any other literar...
