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Great Feedback On My “Selected Poems”

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I was delighted to receive the following email earlier today:

“Dear Mr Morris,
I am writing to tell you that your poems in “The Collected Poems of K Morris” that you gave me on the train on my way to college are exceptional. You might not remember me but I am the girl doing politics and history that you met on the train and gifted your amazing book to. I have always been interested in writing poems and therefore you have really inspired me to carry on my interest and write some poems of my own. I would really like to thank you for gifting me your book and inspiring me to continue writing”.

The Selected Poems of K. Morris

“The Selected Poems of K Morris” can be found here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WW8WXPP/ (for the UK), and here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WW8WXPP/. (for amazon.com customers).

(Please note, I have not included the young lady’s name in order to protect her privacy).

A Poem From My Recently Released Poetry Collection, Shadows and Birdsong

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On 10 August, I published my poetry collection Shadows and Birdsong, which is available in Kindle and paperback. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HDQ9QK3Z/

To listen to me reading one of the poems from Shadows and Birdsong — Caught Up in Thoughts of Work — on TikTok, please click here: https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinmorrispoet/video/7660016517932682518

If you do read Shadows and Birdsong, please consider leaving a review.

At the Edge of the Churchyard

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At the edge of the churchyard

I pause as a solitary bird sings.

Spring has long gone.

And early Autumn says all ways

End in the churchyard.

The traffic passes.

 

Lassoed

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When a young lady whose morals are loose

Went and lassoed me with her noose,

And I said, “honey,

I don’t have money!”

That girl she cut me loose!

Temporarily

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The heat has passed,

Temporarily.

The rain

Turns the grass

Green again.

 

Autumn draws near.

Another year

Will come.

But, if I am no longer here

Will it still be so?

 

Philosophers go

Down rabbit holes.

While I see

The rain

Has brought the greenery

Back again.

And I feel happy,

Temporarily.

A4 Star Review of my Poetry Collection Shadows and Birdsong

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I was delighted to receive this 4 star review of my recently released poetry collection Shadows and Birdsong:

 

“Kevin Morris’s latest poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong, is a meditation on aging and mortality, familiar territory for readers who have read his previous collections. What sets this collection apart is a refining and deepening of Morris’s craft. The approaches to the transience of life are more varied, the rhyme schemes more sophisticated …”. To read the review on Goodreads please follow this link Elizabeth Gauffreau’s review of Shadows and Birdsong | Goodreads

All Smells Fresh After Rain

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All smells fresh after rain.

The scent of wet earth

Speaks of rebirth.

But excess heat

Will defeat the rain.

 

These dead leaves

Hang

Or fall

And I recall

Autumn is yet to come.

 

Launch of Shadows and Birdsong on the World Poetry Cafe

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I was delighted to appear on the World Poetry Café to celebrate the birthday of the show’s tech, Victor, and to launch my recently published poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong, which is available in Kindle and paperback.

 

To listen to the podcast please follow this link https://www.mixcloud.com/VictorSchwartzman/world-poetry-cafe-august-20-kevin-morris-and-victors-81-birthday/

. My segment starts approximately 20 minutes in.

 

To download a sample or to purchase Shadows and Birdsong please click here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDQ9QK3Z/

 

Another Great Review of Shadows and Birdsong

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On 10 August, I released my poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong, which is available in Kindle and paperback.

 

I was pleased to receive this wonderful review of Shadows and Birdsong https://audreydriscoll.com/2026/08/18/new-release-shadows-and-birdsong-by-k-morris/

A 5 Star Review of my Poetry Collection Shadows and Birdsong

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I was delighted to read this 5 star review of my recently published poetry collection Shadows and Birdsong, which is available in Kindle and paperback. To read the review please follow this link https://aspholessaria.co.uk/2026/08/17/review-of-shadows-and-birdsong-by-kevin-morris/

Changing Seasons

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The weather is good

(According to some).

In the summer wood

Leaves long dead

Brush my greying head.

 

Autumn will come

And the heat cease.

Yet leaves fall

And I recall

Autumn is yet to come.

 

In my childhood

I collected conkers and acorns

From leaf-strewn lawns

 

Today there is little breeze

And the leaves

Fall from trees

Thirsting for drink

 

 

And I hope for rain.

It will come,

But what has been done

Can not be undone