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Possible Author Newsletter

A couple of days back, a colleague dropped me an email saying that she was moving on to pastures new, and asking that I keep in touch with news about my poetry.

My colleague’s email got me thinking (not for the first time), that I should, perhaps start an occasional newsletter concerning my poetry, books I have enjoyed reading Etc.

There are a fair few friends and acquaintences who enjoy my poetry but who do not visit my blog on a regular basis. Of course I can email friends on an informal bas...

“You’re a joker”, she said

“You’re a joker”, she said,

Doubling over in laughter.

“If you didn’t laugh

You would cry”

Said I.

And after

I felt proud

That I can still engage

With a girl, half my age

And make her laugh Outloud.

I hear Eliot’s footman snicker.

The stage

Lights flicker

‘Ere the curtain does fall

Covering all.

A Young Lady With A Beautiful Figure

A young lady with a beautiful figure

Said, “I will all gentleman’s offers consider.

I am of an ancient profession,

And confess to having no discretion.

But I do have a beautiful figure!”.

A Podcast of Poet Kevin Morris’s Appearance on Vancouver Co-Op Radio’s The World Poetry Reading Series, On Thursday 24 September Is Now Available

I am pleased to announce that a podcast of my recent appearance (24 September), on Vancouver Co-Op Radio’s The World Poetry Reading Series is now available, and can be accessed here, http://www.coopradio.org/station/archives/1707.

If you did not have an opportunity to listen on Thursday 24 September, or would like to do so again, please visit the above link.

My reading takes place approximately 12-15 minutes into the podcast, which I listened back to using Google Chrome.

Freedom

Freedom is the autumn breeze

On the face unmasked,

On a sunny day.

But, the weather does freeze

And, ’tis an easy task

To take freedom away.

Sarah

A young lady whose name is Sarah

Has a reputation as a terrible stirrer.

She’s told everyone about me

And that naughty Miss Leigh.

But, have you heard this about Sarah? …

I Hear The Wind Blow

I hear the wind blow.

Later, I will go

To the pub, and laugh

With friends, over a glass.

Yet I hide inside

My smile, the wind’s gust

For all this must pass.

Autumn Day

On a grey

Autumn day,

I engage

With age.

Express

When a young lady named Miss Bess

Said, “would you like to go express?”.

I said, “you ought to know

That I like to go slow.

Oh, you mean the express train, Bess!”.

Light and Shade serious (and not so serious) poems By Kevin Morris

I was delighted to receive this review of my book “Light and Shade”. My thanks to Hannah for taking the time to read and review my poetry.

Echoes In An Empty Room

Life is full of light and shade. For to be human is to experience joy, beauty, love, pain and laughter. This collection reflects all facets of human experience. hence the title ‘Light and Shade; serious (and not so serious poems)’.

My Thoughts:

I am really getting into poem books now, I like the fact that this one i...