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Poetic Muse

When a young lady wearing just shoes

Said, “I want to be your poetic muse!”

I said to her, “Rose!

You are wearing no clothes!”

She said, “that’s how you like your muse …!”

 

Shadows of Poetry

In early January

My shadow goes in front of me.

The sun shines

But my hands are cold.

 

One day I know

My shadow will no longer go.

Though perhaps in rhyme

I will leave something behind

And people may see

Something of me.

For poets make shadows

Through their poetry

Magpie

She left her hair extension.

I kept it for her

Knowing she would return.

There was no pretension

That she was my lover.

 

 

Others have left things behind.

A girl left an earring.

I have always returned

But have never learned.

A sad magpie

Am I.

 

A Young Lady’s Vice

A young lady who is extremely nice

Is known for her love of vice.

She is fond of cake

And loves a good steak.

And now lets discuss that girl’s vice …

 

Moriah’s Satire

I know a young lady named Moriah

Who says, “our lives are a satire!”

I say to her, “Fay,

We are in a play!”

And she says, “my name is Moriah!”

Miss Chancer the Dancer

I am marrying a young lady named Chancer

Who has a job as an erotic dancer.

She thinks I have money

And calls me her honey –

But, dear reader, I am also a chancer …

Kafkaesque

A young man sitting at his desk

Said, “your poems are so very Kafkaesque!”

When I said, “how so?”

He said, “I don’t know!

But The Trial will come nonetheless!”

Matt’s Hat

I know a young man named Matt

Who wears a very fine hat.

He sits on the ground

And says nothing profound.

But he wears a very fine hat!

I Go out in the Rain

I go out in the rain

Again and Again

My mind on poetry.

The ground smells fresh

Of life and death

And I return again and again

To the rain

Thinking on poetry

And my mortality

Poet Kevin Morris’s Spoken Word Poetry

In addition to this blog, I also record many of my poems on TikTok. Below are a selection of some of them. While you don’t need to subscribe to TikTok to view videos, in order to comment and like content a TikTok account is necessary. If you enjoy what you hear do please consider subscribing:

 

Two Voices: A Poetic Journey Through Nature and City | TikTok

My Old Clock: A Poetic Reflection on Time | TikTok

An Acrostic by Poet Kevin Morris #poetryreading #spokenwordpoetry #fy… | TikTok