K. Morris's Blog, page 271
June 29, 2020
Neef the Thief
There once was a man named Neef
Whose occupation was that of professional thief.
He threatened a lady from Bristol
Who, with her sword and pistol,
Brought that thief named Neef to grief!
Awaking in the Depths of the Night
Awaking in the depths of the night
I saw a girl dressed in white.
When I called her a ghoul
She said, “you stupid old fool!
I’m a vampire who likes to bite!”.
Miss Cook’s Book
When a young lady named Cook
Said, “come and look at my book”,
I entered her scented boudoir
Where, from under a bra,
She took a most delightful book
A Young Lady Eating Hot Buttered Toast
A young lady eating hot buttered toast
Said, “I am a most terrible ghost!”.
She had large feet
And really could eat!
And she stole my hot buttered toast!
June 28, 2020
I Scent the Early Summer Air
I scent the early summer air,
And there
Find a hint of autumn leaves.
The trees
Hold what will be gold
Once autumn calls, and leaves
Fall down,
To the ground.
For within this early summer air,
I scent the autumn hiding there.
Shopping During the Pandemic
Being in need of some new trainers (the 2 pairs I own are fine for walking the dog, but not much else), I visited TK Maxx with a friend yesterday.
According to this Guardian article, https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/jun/10/shopping-for-clothes-is-about-to-get-weird-heres-how-to-make-it-simpler, one can expect the following when clothes shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Staff wearing masks.
The presence of free hand sanatiser in stores.
A 2 meter social distancing rule,
And any cl...
June 27, 2020
Moral Purity
I met a group of young women
Who said, “sir, do you like sinning?”.
When I said, “I am pure!”.
They said, “are you quite sure?”,
And those women just couldn’t stop grinning!
Ideologies
I think on ideologies.
The pendulum’s swing.
and the wind
In the trees
It’s blast
Will outlast
All these
Ideologies.
2 Reviews of My Collection of Poetry, “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not so Serious) Poems
I was delighted to discover that my collection of poetry, “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not so Serious) Poems” has received a further 2 reviews on Goodreads.
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Veronika Sizova:
“I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this poetry collection, which has immersed me into a vibrant universe of scintillating humour and alluring melancholy
simultaneously. The bold contrast between the sections “Light” and “Shade” has particularly fascinated me, being reminiscent of the chiaroscuro technique
used by Renais...
June 26, 2020
When I Fell in the Deep Water
When I fell in the deep water
With a rather famous old fiction author,
And I said, “we will drown!”,
He whacked me on my crown,
And said, “sir, this is fictional water!”.
