Monthly Archives: September 2025

Miss Fox and the Telephone Box

There once was a young lady called Miss Fox

Who placed lots of ads in a phone box.

An elderly vicar named Glyn

Spoke of wickedness and sin

As he called Miss Fox from that telephone box …!

 

Being Discrete

I met a young lady of a certain profession

Who said, “sir, do please show some discretion!”,

Her name is Miss Bess

And here is her address –

But no! I think I should show more discretion!

Forestry

I listen dutifully as he speaks of forestry.

A soft breeze whispers in trees

And I am far away where wind plays

Through the forest and through me.

 

 

 

Poet Kevin Morris Reading Keats on the World Poetry Cafe

I recently appeared on the World Poetry Café, which is hosted by Ariadne Sawyer. During my interview, I read several of my own poems. In addition I recited “Ode to a Nightingale” and “To Autumn by John Keats.

 

My segment begins approximately 19 minutes into the podcast. To listen to the show please visit World Poetry Cafe Sept 18 2025 Kevin Morris by VictorSchwartzman | Mixcloud

 

In addition to listening online, users of Apple products can download the Mixcloud app, which is available in the Apps store, and listen on iPhones, iPads Etc.

A Review of My Poetry Collection, Passing Through: Some Thoughts on Life and Death

My thanks to Robbie Cheadle for interviewing me and reviewing my poetry collection, “Passing Through: Some Thoughts on Life and Death”. To read my interview and Robbie’s review of “Passing Through”, please visit https://writingtoberead.com/2025/09/17/treasuring-poetry-kevin-morris-shares-about-his-book-passing-through-some-thoughts-on-life-and-death-and-a-review-poetry-poetrycommunity-treasuringpoetry/

Invisible

The wind is an invisible thing.

We see the waving trees

And leaves blown in the breeze.

I hear the wild wind

But him I do not see.

 

Finding the Quiet in Me

In the early morning

When all is still and quiet

My thoughts run riot.

 

 

Then, the silence takes me

To a place

Where no thought exists in me. ,

And I am free

To simply be

Walking Though the Graveyard in the Pouring Rain

Walking through the graveyard in the pouring rain

I do not feel alone

Nor do I regret the wet

For I can feel the heavy rain

While those who sleep beneath the gravestones

Are company for me.

And these old churchyard trees

Thrive in the rain.

Too Much Latin

There once was a great lover of Latin

Who had a job as a professional assassin.

Whilst reading great Virgil

He became very ill.

That’s what comes of reading too much Latin!

 

 

On a September Day

On a September day

I kicked a stick away.

That branch once danced

In the soft spring air.

 

 

Now I, with no care

Kick it along the forest floor

For it will dance no more

And eventually decay

 

 

I smile today

But in time will find decay.