K. Morris's Blog, page 475
July 17, 2018
The Abstract Principle of Equality
An insightful quotation.
It was 1871 when Swiss philosopher Henry Frèderic Amiel pondered on the nature of democracy in his “Journal Intime”. It is impressive how Amiel in few clear words nails effectively the problems implied by a representation where one is worth one despite merit, experience, education etc. and foresees the processes that will shape the world as we know it. Of course, he could not predict how the impact of modern means of communications would have made the d...
July 16, 2018
There Was A Young Lady From Bangkok (2)
There was a young lady from Bangkok
Who did my front door unlock.
It was after midnight
And by the star’s bright light
We drank a bottle of Hock.
There Was A Young Lady From Bangkok
There was a young lady from Bangkok
Who wrote poetry while drunk on Hock.
A literary man named Paul
Said “tis so easy to fall
For poetical girls in Bangkok”.
Taps
Looking back
I recall
The Union Jack
And Taps
At nightfall.
Sometimes I desire
The certainty of the camp fire,
That ancient union
Felt in the communion
Of song.
It has long since gone
But memories live on,
Tinged with nostalgia perhaps
For Taps
And the flag that did unite
Both black and white
In the camp fire’s simple light.
July 15, 2018
Terse Is By No Means Worse
Disclaimer: many of my own poems could be construed as falling into the category of short verse. It could therefore be argued, with some justification, that I have an axe to grind here.
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Sometimes, on reading a long poem, I feel that had it been shorter its words would have exerted a greater impact on me as a reader. Yet, as pointed out in this article on Magma Poetry, it is rare for short poems to win poetry competitions, https://magmapoetry.com/writing-short-poems/.
In my opinion, Ernes...
There Was A Young Man Called Rory
There was a young man called Rory
Who was a romantic Tory.
He met a Socialist girl
(Her name was Pearl),
But that’s another story!
There Was A Young Lady Called Lou
There was a young lady called Lou
Who said “I am in love with you!”.
So she lent me some money
(That sweet, darling honey)
And now I’m in love with Sue!
Cheap
Cheap
Girls shoes.
I choose
Not to keep.
July 14, 2018
Oh Would The Night
Oh would the night
Wrap me tight
In her longed for arms,
There I would take
Delight.
In her untried charms.
But she
Would forsake
Me
Come break
Of day
And I
Should sigh
And go dally
With Sally
Or Fay.
