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March 13, 2021

Tempted by Hyacinth

Tempted by hyacinth
Who did bring
Thoughts of spring.
Should winter repent
Of sweet hyacinth
Who’s subtle scent
Does so tempt.
Tease. And please.

Perfume lingers on fingers.
Flowers beautify
A man’s bare room.
To buy
Oft does bring
The pleasure of spring
To winter old.
Whilst flowers grow cold.

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Published on March 13, 2021 02:15

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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Published on March 12, 2021 09:28

Express

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!

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Published on March 12, 2021 03:52

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...

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Published on March 11, 2021 23:00

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!

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Published on March 10, 2021 23:45

The Beauty of Globes

The beauty of globes
So soft to touch.
Pleasure grows.
Worlds explode.
Its all too much ..

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Published on March 10, 2021 11:52

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.

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Published on March 10, 2021 09:49

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...

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Published on March 09, 2021 23:33

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...

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Published on March 09, 2021 11:47

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

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Published on March 08, 2021 06:28