K. Morris's Blog, page 694
February 13, 2016
My Blog’s Tagline Has Changed
I have changed my blog’s tagline from “this WordPress.com site is the bees and ees” to “newauthoronline | K Morris, Poet and Author”. The new tagline clarifies that I am both a poet and author, while the previous generic description conveyed little (if anything) about either the blog or myself. The change in tagline in no way impacts on how you access this site, which remains at the same location (newauthoronline.com).
As always, I am keen to know what you (as readers of newauthoronline.com)...
Five Fascinating Facts about Thomas Hobbes
I read history and politics at University College Swansea. Hobbes “Leviathan” was one of the works read as part of my study of political thought. I still have his “Leviathan” on the bookcase in my study. Kevin
Facts about the life and work ofLeviathanauthor Thomas Hobbes
1. Thomas Hobbes was born premature, because his mother was worried about the imminent invasion of the Spanish Armada. Hobbes was born in April 1588, several months before the Spanish Armada of Philip...
Charity Anthology in aid of Alzheimer’s Disease – Tales of Fantasy and Magic by Julie Ann Bowmaker
A very good cause. Kevin
Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life
Today’s featured book is an anthology of poetry Tales of Fantasy and Magic by Julie Ann Bowmaker. The collection is a tribute to a very special man, Julie’s dad, Graham Charles French who passed away in May 2012 from Lewy body dementia. Like other books that donate proceeds to charity you will not find this anthology on Amazon, as to lose a large proportion in commission would defeat the object.
What is Lewy Body Dementia?
Le...
New Book Release: “Zeena And The Mermaid” By Victoria Zigler
Title: Zeena And The Mermaid (Zeena Dragon Fae, book 3)
Author: Victoria Zigler
Genre: children’s fantasy/fairy tales and fables
Publication date: February 13th 2016
Description:
“The adventures of Zeena and Saarik have already taken them through
the woods and up the mountains. Now they’re answering a plea for help
from a mermaid named Naia. With the help of both Naia’s magic and
Zeena’s own magic, the two friends head on an underwater quest to free
the water fairy, Lana, and make the ocean...
February 11, 2016
Old School Caps
“We spread rumours about the man above then, when he is replaced …”.
Being blind, I can not see his face.
His voice says private school.
The man’s a fool.
A girl’s upper middle class laugh brays
In response to what he says.
I think of dorms
And cricket on the lawns.
I dwell on old school caps
And half educated prats.
A harsh judgement perhaps
For we all lapse
From time to time
When wine
Gets our tongue
And inane songs are sung.
I went to a boarding school.
No doubt played the fool
And disre...
Cactus: Poetry Collection
New and old followers:Cactusis my debut poetry collection and contains three sections of poems about places. It has several poems you will never see here, so if you like my work and want to support me, then buying it is a great way to do that!
You can find it in these places:
Kindle
Blurb
Amazon UK, USA (available on others if you search)
Bigcartel (directly from me, with a note)
and the Goodreads page (courtesy of Becca at Libfem) is right here
I am also happy for you to...
February 10, 2016
Kevin In The Lion’s Den
Yesterday, I entered the lion’s den and survived to tell the tale! There where 20 lions in total. They sat in silence for most of the time, the quietness of the room being occasionally punctuated by an approving roar (sorry laugh) when I (or my fellow poet and colleague, Toby Wheeler) regailed the audience with a humorous poem. At the end of both performances these mighty beasts of the jungle put their paws together and clapped, leaving both Toby and I to emerge to fight another day!
To be wh...
February 8, 2016
Housekeeping
On Sunday afternoon (7 February) I did some housekeeping. Not the kind entailing vacuuming floors and dusting furniture, no I went through the links on my “About” page and deleted those which no longer function. I had meant to perform this task for a while now but had never quite got round to doing so.
One blogger who has hosted guest posts by me had deleted their site, while another webmaster removed all guest posts (including mine). In both instances anyone clicking on “dead” links would ha...
February 7, 2016
K. Morris reading his poem ‘Fire’.
Yours truly, reading my poem, ‘Fire’, which can be found in ‘Dalliance; a collection of poetry and prose’.
To purchase ‘Dalliance’, please visit:
For the UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dalliance-collection-poetry-prose-Morris-ebook/dp/B00QQVJC7E
For the US: http://www.amazon.com/Dalliance-collection-poetry-prose-Morris-ebook/dp/B00QQVJC7E
