When money and sex meet,
They play a weary game.
There is neither victory nor defeat,
Only face-burning shame
When Money and Sex Meet
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Monthly Archives: October 2016
The Season for Writing Retreats
I am certainly drawn to the idea of retreating to a log cabin. Kevin
With the smell of autumn in the air, I am tempted to hole up in a cabin somewhere and spend my days sipping hot liquids and burying myself in my manuscript.
A friend of mine has come up with a great way to make this dream of reality. Every winter she and several of her other writing friends meet at a cabin in Maine where they spend a long weekend tucked away. She then returns refreshed with renewed passion for writing and thousands of words added to whatever project she is working on at the time. (The group met through blogging originally, which is further proof that this format is a great way for writers to make connections with one another.)
Though I am always less productive when around other people, I appreciate the way that fellowship can add to a writer’s craft. After all, many of us have a…
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Poet and Author, Kevin Morris Interviewed by Annette Rochelle Aben on Blogtalk Radio
I was honoured to be interviewed by Annette, on Blogtalkradio, regarding my poetry and other meanderings.
The show also includes me reading several of my poems.
For the podcast please visit HERE
A big thank you to Annette for interviewing me!
Kevin
Popularity, Friends and Readers
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Veil
The thing he can not express
The dress
That never was
Because …
Words he can not speak
Leave him weak.
Should he seek
For answers from the Mother Superior
Or her inferior?
The inferior speaks the truth.
Does the roof
Then fall in
Exposing Mother Superior’s sin?
Oh how frail
Is the veil
Separating heaven from hell, and how easy to expose
The fact that the emperor has no clothes …
One May As Well Be Hung For A Sheep As A Lamb
It is said that one may as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb. However, there being neither sheep nor lambs in the field, Tom stole the farmer’s prize cow instead.
They found Tom (or what had once constituted him) in a bloody mess in the field. Having forgotten his glasses and being extremely short sighted, he had mistook a very ill tempered bull for a mild mannered cow.
“Look on the bright side” said Mick Carmichael, down the Fox and Hounds later that evening.
“What bright side? Poor bloke was gored to death”! said Charlie Dunn.
“Well it just goes to prove what I always say – that one shouldn’t put any faith in those old sayings, as Tom wasn’t hanged for either a sheep or a lamb, but ended his days on the horns of farmer Robert’s prize bull …”! replied Mick Carmichael.
Author Kevin Morris on Tell Me a Story
Many thanks to Annette for interviewing me. To hear my interview please listen on Monday 17th October. Kevin
Passing
The sun comes and goes on a cold Autumn day
And I think on fun and how quickly it passeth away.
The flower that bloomed
Is soon entombed,
Or if it blooms still
A rill
Of tears
Marks it’s all too tender years.
Monster Poetry Writing Competition
Candy Korman, of Candy’s Monsters is running a poetry competition. The competition closes at the end of October. anyone interested in entering can either post their entry in the comments section or email Candy directly. All entries must have a monster theme. For details of the competition please see http://www.candysmonsters.com/poetry-me/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CandysMonsters+%28Candy%27s+Monsters%29
Canute: Using Braille to make ‘Kindles’ for blind people…
As someone who lost the majority of their vision at approximately 18-months-old (I am registered blind), I welcome this invention. My thanks to Chris the Story Reading Ape for drawing my attention to this interesting article.
Extract of an interesting article from The Memo site:
Canute is tackling the decline in Braille literacy – and everyone should care.
Being able to read is one of the most precious of skills: Books free the imagination and inspire creativity – they allow people to learn independently, and relax after a hard day.
But not everyone has that luxury.
This week is National Braille Week: a week dedicated to the raised dots that allow blind people to read letters, numbers, punctuation and words.
But Braille is on the decline.
In the ’60s up to 50% of blind school children in the US were able to read Braille, but this figure is now closer to 10%.
Today one company hopes to turn this around, with a device that’s fit for the digital age.
Get ready to meet Canute.
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