Monthly Archives: January 2025

Where to Submit Your Poetry

A useful updated list compiled by the Poetry School on where to submit your poetry, https://poetryschool.com/articles/where-to-submit-your-poetry/

 

Good luck with your submissions!

Poet Kevin Morris Interviewed By Ariadne Sawyer of the World Poetry Reading Series

I was delighted to be invited by Ariadne Sawyer of the World Poetry Reading Series to appear on the show for Thursday 9 January. During my interview, I read a number of my poems, talked about what inspires me to compose poetry and read a number of my poems.

For a podcast of the show please visit https://www.mixcloud.com/VictorSchwartzman/world-poetry-cafe-jan-9-2025-with-kevin-morris/. My segment begins approximately 22 minutes into the show.

The Hungry Ghost

They say there’s a very hungry ghost

Who goes around eating all the toast.

A girl called Coral

Says that he’s immoral.

But I’ve seen her eat the toast!

Forgetful Miss Fox

A most forgetful young lady named Fox

Has a habit of losing her socks.

The good vicar Ron

Has more than one

And the bishop he wears her frocks!

Birthday Snow

Today, on my birthday

I passed by a fallen tree

Being cleared away.

On my first birthday

The snow came.

I wonder, will it fall again

On the day

That I go away

 

Mating Season

I heard foxes in the night

There screams of delight

Mingled with wild wind and rain

As I lay alone

Listening for the owl’s lonely cry.

Rose Who Scratched Her Nose with Her Toes

There was a young lady named Rose

Who scratched her nose with her toes,

Which drove her boyfriend

Right round the bend,

So he escaped whilst wearing no clothes!

January

I am cold

And regret the rain.

I am told

Sun will come again.

For now, happy new year!

For January drear is here!

Happy new year!

The Goat in a Boat

I once saw a goat in a boat

Who was wearing a brand new wool coat.

I yelled, “your boat is sinking!”.

He said, “I was just thinking

Whether you sir like my nice wool coat!”.

Innocence Lost

There can be no denial

That when some men see innocence

It attracts and distracts them.

They smile, planning how to defile

That which they once had

As a lad

Ere the world corrupted them

And reduced them

To shadows of good men.