K. Morris's Blog, page 253

A Young Lady Whose Conduct Was Truly Licentious

A young lady whose conduct was truly licentious

Said, “my friends they all think me pretentious!

I have sheets of pure satin

And my cries are in latin.

And my lovers they all find me licentious!”.

Departed

I consider myself sane.

So must

Not call your name.

For you are beyond dusk,

And sun.

And rain.

But, where I to say,

In my old, familiar way,

“Trigger”. Would you come

In a run

To your name,

Through the sun, and rain?

When A Man By The Name Of Paul

When a man by the name of Paul

Said, “I have seen many an empire fall.

And I have a burning desire

For that inocent young lady Moriah”.

I said, “Moriah, she fell long ago Paul!”.

A Review of My Collection of Poetry, “Light and Shade”

I was delighted to receive the following review of my collection of poems, “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not So Serious) Poems” on Goodreads:

“A good little book of poems, some humorous and others more for contemplation. A lot of the funny ones had me chuckling to myself.”

To read the review in full please visit this link, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3430943490?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1.

You can find “Light and Shade” here, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Shade-serious-...

The Moat

In the post office I stood

With you.

When someone, I know not who,

Reached out to stroke

You.

The moat

‘Twixt sleep

And endless dream

Is not as deep

As it often does seem.

One of My poems Included On Dodo Modern Poets

I am pleased to announce that my poem “The Man With the Mop” has been included on Dodo Modern Poets for September 2020. To listen to my poem (and that of the other contributors), please visit, http://dodovidpoets.blogspot.com/2020/09/virtual-dodo-3-september-2020.html.

“The Man With the Mop” can be found in “The Selected Poems of K Morris”, which can be accessed here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WW8WXPP/ and here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WW8WXPP/.

Strawberries and Cream

Last night I dreamed a strange dream

About strawberries and lashings of fresh cream.

All the young women

Said no to sinning.

But gave in to strawberries and cream.

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Last night I dreamed a strange dream

About strawberries and lashings of fresh cream.

All the young women

Said no to sinning.

And the vicar fell into the cream!

K Morris reading his poem ‘Dog Bed’.

On 2nd September I wrote about the sad death of my guide dog Trigger, which can be found here: https://kmorrispoet.com/2020/09/02/trigger/

I have now recorded my poem ‘Dog Bed’, which was written in memory of Trigger.

DOG BED

The mark
Of your teeth is still there,
On your old dog bed.
I walk in the park,
Where
The dead
Leaves lie.

Shadows on the grass
Mistook for an old friend.
All things pass,
However much we pretend
Otherwise. You closed your eyes,
And left your mark
Upon my heart.

Be...

K Morris reading his poem ‘I Heard Leaves Fall’.

K Morris reading his poem ‘I Heard Leaves Fall’.

Pat

A young lady whose name is Pat

Sent me a message using her WhatsApp.

She called me “sweet honey”,

And asked me for money.

And I’ve never seen a photograph like that!