K. Morris's Blog, page 573
July 11, 2017
There was a young lady called Glitter
There was a young lady called Glitter
Who spent all her time on Twitter.
Her boyfriend named Jack
Said “your love I lack.
I feel so incredibly bitter!”
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There was a young lady called Glitter
Who spent all her time on Twitter.
Her boyfriend named Luke
Was obsessed with Facebook.
It made Glitter incredibly bitter!”
July 10, 2017
Listening to myself on the radio
Listening to myself reading poetry on the radio,
I ponder on “what will people think?”
Will they wink
And shake their head?
Best go
To bed
And worry not, about the words said,
For I am tired
And need my sleep
July 9, 2017
Reminder: Kevin Morris’ Poetry To Be Featured On Audiobookradio today (Monday 10th July)
Just a quick reminder that my poetry will be featured on Audiobookradio at 2 pm and 10 pm today (Monday 10th July) and at 6 am on Tuesday 11th July. (Please note that all times are UK). To listen please visit http://audiobookradio.net/
England Is …
England is ticking grandfather clocks
And country cots,
Their doors still without locks.
It is a place of church choirs
And open pub fires,
Where dogs lie
While their owner’s sigh
Or laugh
Over an article in the Daily Telegraph.
England is young men full of testosterone
Who refuse to leave it alone,
And draw their knives,
With no concern for mothers or wives.
England is a tower block
Where people lock
Their doors
Against thieves and hoares.
England is a place of country houses,
Where spous...
July 8, 2017
How real are online friendships? – Guest Post by Jemima Pett…
In a world of increasing online interactions, where we often don’t meet those with whom we interact, this post examines an important issue.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
How real are online friendships? How do you handle the inevitable?
If you don’t have a companion animal, and avoid all those Facebook memes of cuddly puppies, cute kittens and ridiculous antics of parrots, you may have flicked over some of TSRA”s guest posts recently.
What you may not realise is that those pets bring pe...
Poems by Alice Guile
The below poems are reproduced with the kind permission of Alice Guile and are copyright Alice Guile. Alice’s work may not be reproduced or copied in any manner without her express written permission. To find out more about Alice’s work please visit, https://www.facebook.com/houseofmarvelsdesign/.
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The Stable Boy’s sister
You swapped the stamping of hooves
For mud thicker than Mother’s passion fruit jam
Sucking at your boots, sucking you in
Until you could hold out no longer.
The starched...
A Gentleman Went Awalking
A gentleman went awalking
And heard the people atalking
About hell
And the demons that therein dwell.
“Your soul
Is his goal,
He will steal it away
Ere close of day.
So beware
And have a care”
A priest did say.
The gentleman leaned upon his cane
And I maintain
That by the street lamp’s pale light,
I saw
That night
His claw
And a tail.
I returned home much shaken
Though I could have been mistaken,
About the tail …
July 6, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Robots Will Change the Way We Write
Will robots replace writers? This post argues that they will take over the more mundane aspects of writing by, for example producing simple weather and sports reports. However, it goes on to say that it is unlikely that robots will take over in the field of creative writing. Indeed (the author states) that the advent of robots may encourage we humans to become more uniquely creative. An interesting read.
Throwback Thursday is a series where we take a look back at some of AW...
Poet Kevin Morris’ work to be broadcast on Audio Book Radio
I was delighted to receive the following message from Audiobookradio earlier today,
“Your poetry will be featured after George Szirtes & Amber Agha this Monday 10th July on our daily poetry
hour which is 2pm & repeated 10pm & Tuesday 11th at 6am”. To find out more about the station or to listen to programmes, please visit, http://audiobookradio.net/
Don’t Miss This Poetry Contest
Rick Lupert at Poetry Super Highway is offering a poetry contest that you might want to enter. The main prizes are cash (read below), but there are also a lot of other prizes available, including two copies of Doll God, which I am donating as a sponsor of the contest. There are lots of other books donated, too. What I love about Rick’s contests are that they aren’t to make money for a literary magazine, but to really benefit the poets themselves.
Read and ENTER. This is the best...
