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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).

Idle Thought

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How many leaves

Are stirred by Autumn’s breeze

In this wood?

 

The trees

Have never understood

Why I pass by

In idle thought.

 

 

The wind blows

And the wood knows

I ought

To let go of thought

And enjoy

What the mind destroys,

For all leaves fall,

And my Autumn

Has come.

Review of my Poetry Collection, Shadows and Birdsong

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I was pleased to receive this great review of my poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong, Poetry Collection Review – Shadows and Birdsong by Kevin Morris – Esther Chilton. The book is available in Kindle and paperback in the Amazon Kindle store.

A Review of My Poetry Collection, Shadows and Birdsong

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I was delighted to receive this review of my poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong, https://writingtoberead.com/2026/11/11/treasuring-poetry-poetry-collections-by-previous-guests-kevin-morris-and-sally-cronin/. The reviewer also reviews a book by Sally Cronin, which sounds like a good read.

Infinity

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I cannot command

The sand

Nor all these fallen leaves

To show me

The meaning of infinity.

And the mighty sea

Levels the castle I left

On the beach.

 

 

Poets reach

For rhyme.

As old Time

Laughs,

For he sees

Even the great sea

Must pass

 

 

Interview with Poet Andrey Aleshintsev on World Poetry Cafe

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On Thursday 22 October, I was delighted to interview poet Andrey Aleshintsev on World Poetry Café, about his poetry collection, the Primal Verses. To listen to the interview please visit https://www.mixcloud.com/VictorSchwartzman/world-poetry-cafe-oct-22-kevin-morris-and-a-special-guest/

. The interview starts approximately 20 minutes into the podcast.

 

My thanks to Andrey and co hosts Ariadne and Victor.

Fallen Branch

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You guide me around the branch

Which once danced

But now lies on the path

As you and I

Pass by.

 

It is now gone

But the tree lives on.

While you, my old friend,

Know not all things must end

And simply guide me

Round a branch

Once part of a tree.

 

We dance

And smile

For a little while

And then pass

As the summer grass

That turns to hay.

 

But you, my friend,

Are happy

In your ignorance of branch

And tree

 

Not in the Market Way

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“I am looking for something a little bit cheaper”

He said on his mobile phone

As he walked all alone

Among the dead.

 

 

I passed by

And thought of the Grim Reaper

Who has a place for all to stay

 

 

All men pay

Though not in the market way

Ghoul on a Train

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I met a ghoul on a train

Who showed me his very big brain.

I said to him “ghoul!

You are truly a fool!”

He said “no! I’ve a big brain!”