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Solitude – Guest Post by, Kevin Morris…

My thanks to Chris Graham (the Story Reading Ape) for publishing my guest post.

Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog

Solitude is usually defined as “the state of being, or living alone. Seclusion”.

We have the dictionary definition above, but what does solitude mean for the writer?

In his oft quoted poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” Wordsworth describes solitude as a state of bliss:

“For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which ...

The Kite

The delight

Of a kite

Flown high,

In the sky.

And when she descends

Her “Friends”

Will help her fly

High, again.

And forget her pain.

He who buys

A kite

Flies high,

And may touch the sky.

But does that middle-class guy

(Who does not supply)

Share the blame

For a kite

That burns in flight?

Guest author: Kevin Morris ~ Light and Shade

My thanks to Sue Vincent for her kindness in hosting me on her blog. Kevin

Sue Vincent's Daily Echo

Sunset over Bodmin moor. Image: Sue Vincent

The sun’s light

Ends in night.

But, when I express

It this way,

Some will say

That I obsess

With death.

Yet one may

Take delight

In a summer’s day,

But not fight

The inevitable night.

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The above poem, “The Sun’s Light Ends in Night”, can be found in my recently released collection, “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not so Serious) Poems”. My ...

A 5 Star Review of my book, “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not So Serious) Poems”

I was delighted to receive the below review of “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not so Serious) Poems”:

“it was amazing

This is another enjoyable collection of poems by this author, where the poems are split in to a couple of different sections: one for more serious and

thought-provoking poetry, and another for humerous poetry. As is generally the case with collections like this, while I liked all the poems, I did enjoy

some of them more than others, with “The Point of Poetry” and “The Weather Wa...

Stella’s Umbrella

A naughty young lady named Stella

Beat me with her large umbrella.

But things got much worse

When, dressed as a nurse

She spanked me in her cellar!

At Dead of Night

“Dalliance” was the first collection of poetry published by me. Or, to be absolutely accurate, the first collection of poetry (and prose) to be published by mme.

One of the poems appearing in “Dalliance” is entitled “Midnight”

You can find “Dalliance” here, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24498367-dalliance, and here https://www.amazon.com/Dalliance-collection-poetry-prose-Morris-ebook/dp/B00QQVJC7E/

Light and Dark

Light and dark

Is the park.

Sometimes sunlight breaks through

The trees,

And the poet sees

The fact, that you

And me

Find, in our mind

Both light and dark

And we

Must be

Forever part

Of the dark,

In the end

My friend.

A Short History of the Paperback

An interesting history of the paperback book, including information regarding “collectable” paperbacks, https://www.ioba.org/standard/2001/12/a-short-history-of-paperbacks/.

As a child growing up in the city of Liverpool, I well remember a glass bookcase full of paperbacks, in my grandfather’s house in Speke (a suburb of Liverpool).

Most Saturdays my Grandfather and I would go into W. H. Smiths and buy a paperback, often by Enid Blyton, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton.

I lost the ma...

A Guest Post and a Book Announcement

I am grateful to Vivienne Sang for kindly hosting me on her excellent blog, and allowing me to talk about my views on poetry, and my newly released poetry collection, “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not so Serious) Poems“. To read my guest article on Vivienne’s blog please follow this link, https://aspholessaria.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/guest-post-from-kevin-morris-poet/.

I am delighted to announce that “Light and Shade” is now available in Kindle and paperback from Amazon.

For amazon.com custom...

GUEST POST FROM POET KEVIN MORRIS entitled “TIME PASSING”

My thanks to Lorraine for hosting me on her excellent blog. Kevin

I am absolutely delighted to host this Guest Post from a marvellous poet, fellow blogger and wonderful friend, KEVIN MORRIS.  Kevin creates the most otiginal poetry, that has layers of meaning.  He is most innovative and I always enjoy reading him.  Here is his Guest Post:-

TIME PASSING

I remember, as a schoolboy, being fascinated by the hypnotic tick tock

of a wall mounted clock. And I recall watching the slow movement of

the ...