Earlier today, I recorded my poem Leaving on Youtube. To watch and listen to me reading Leaving please see below:
Poet Kevin Morris Reading His Poem Leaving On Youtube
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September Author Newsletter
My September Author Newsletter is now available and can be found here. In this issue you will find my poem ‘Squire and Peasant’, an article on the use of Microsoft Teams for poetry readings, together with other content.
Please click here to visit the newsletter.
Grub
When an elderly gentleman named Grub
Went and died in a gastropub,
A chef called Miss Lou
Put him in a stew
And served him up as grub!
Miss Doyle
I met a young lady named Doyle
Who knows how to use massage oil.
She came round to my place
With her pretty friend Miss Grace
To discuss the interesting subject of soil!
When An Adventurous Young Lady Wearing Heels
When an adventurous young lady wearing heels
Jumped in to swim with the seals
They said to her, “Lin,
To swim is no sin,
But why are you wearing those heels!”.
Why Do I Hate the Fly?
Why do I
Hate the fly?
Tis that he
Remindeth me
Of my
Own mortality.
Poet Kevin Morris’s Poem Leaving Included in September 2021’s Virtual Dodo
I am pleased to announce that my poem Leaving has been included in September’s Dodo Modern Vidpoets.
My poem is the next to last poem. To read my poem and those of the other contributors please follow this link https://dodovidpoets.blogspot.com/2021/09/virtual-dodo-7-september-2021.html.
Making Music
A young lady of ill repute
Is fond of playing the flute.
Her friend Lin
Plays my violin.
And me? I play the lute!
In Honour of the Season
In honour of the season, I have reproduced below my poem, Autumn, which can be found in my collection Light and Shade https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Shade-serious-not-poems-ebook/dp/B08B4X3GVX. Autumn is an acrostic. You can find out about acrostics here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic.
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August has long since ceased to be.
Upon the forest floor,
The oak and chestnut has shed its store,
Unceremoniously, of conker and acorn.
Mulch for the lawn,
Now leaves feed the ground.
Claire’s Warning to Gentlemen
When a young lady named Claire
Said, “you gentlemen should take care
As there are many young women
To tempt you all into sinning”,
I remembered last night with her …
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