On Thursday 19th March I hosted a segment on the World Poetry Reading Series World Poetry Cafe March 19 2026 with Kevin Morris by VictorSchwartzman | Mixcloud. During my section of the podcast I read William Wordsworth’s the Solitary Reaper which is one of my favourite poems. In addition, I recited a number of my own poems and talked about my poetry.
To listen to the show please follow the above link. My bit starts some 20 minutes into the podcast.
K Morris - Poet 
Congratulations, Kevin!
Thank you, Liz!
You’re welcome, Kevin!
Congratulations, Kevin. I enjoy Wordsworth’s poetry, too. I studied him for O-level,many long years ago.
Thank you, Vivienne. Whilst I am a fan of some of his poetry, there are some poems, for example Daffodils which I can take or leave, while others (such as The Solitary Reaper, and Composed Upon Westminster Bridge are favourites of mine).
Westminster Bridge was one we studied, as was Tintern Abbey. We also studied Memories of Immortality from Recolletions of Early Childhood, which I like. But Daffodils, (that I can quote its entirety) is, to say the least, suffering from over-exposure. In my day, we weren’t allowed to take the books we studied into the exam room. We had to learn quotations by heart. Nowadays, the texts can be taken in, complete with annotations. (And they say the exams haven’t got easier!)
I also can quote huge tracts of poetry, including Alfred Noyes’s the Highwayman and Charles Causley’s The Jolly Hunter. I think there is much to be said for encouraging children (and everyone else) to learn some poems by heart.
I can’t recollect whether we where allowed to take books into exams with us. I suspect this was not allowed, and even if it had been permitted navigating through several braille volumes of Middlemarch or To Kill a Mocking Bird would have presented huge difficulties!
Thanks for commenting, Vivienne
Wow! That’s amazing, Kevin. It sounds as if you’re going to have an unusual take on publishing.
Good luck.
Thank you, Vivienne!