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Fire

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I have felt the fire at midnight’s hour

It kindles brightly and sinks within the hour.

I have gazed at embers dying fast

Looked into the future and gazed into the past

I have raked the ashes cold, felt the bleakness in my soul.

 

 

Joy Unbounded Or The Daily London Commute

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Those who have visited London will have experienced the delights of crowded public transport. There is, surely nothing more pleasant than having one’s nostrils tantalised by the sweet scent of one’s fellow commuter’s perspiring bodies on a baking hot summer’s day.

I can also highly recommend the sardine game. This entails packing as many human beings into a tube or mainline train as is humanly possible then adding a few more for good measure. Oh the delights of being clobbered by heavy baggage as one’s fellow passenger’s show their pleasure at visiting this great capital city by swinging their luggage with gay abandon.

Another fun aspect of the daily commute is the manner in which it enables one to make new friends. The train or other mode of transport jolts and one finds a total stranger sitting on one’s lap (that is if you have been fortunate enough to obtain that rarest of comodities, a seat)!

Talking of seats or the lack thereof, I have hit upon a sure fire way of obtaining one when travelling in this great city of London. I proclaim at the top of my voice,

“Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

All in the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.

“Forward, the Light Brigade!

Charge for the guns!” he said.

Into the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.”

My fellow commuters are so moved by the power of Tennyson that they rise in unison and vacate the carriage leaving me to my declaiming. They are no doubt deeply touched by the majesty of the poem and rather than show emotion in front of me choose rather to express it elsewhere.

To all of my fellow commuters, happy commuting!

 

Kevin

 

An Act Of Mercy By K Morris Free In The Kindle Store From 12 March Until 16 March 2015

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My collection of short stories, “An Act Of Mercy” is free in the Kindle store from 12 March until 16 March 2015. To download “An Act Of Mercy” free please visit http://www.amazon.com/An-act-mercy-other-stories-ebook/dp/B00EHS74CS or http://www.amazon.co.uk/An-act-mercy-other-stories-ebook/dp/B00EHS74CS.

One Amazon reviewer writes as follows:

“A collection of well-written stories (set in the U.K) that had me engrossed from beginning to end. I like this author’s style and have not been disappointed

yet. “.

If you read “An Act Of Mercy” or any of my other books please do consider leaving a review. I always appreciate your feedback.

 

Many thanks,

 

Kevin

With Respect …

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In my experience the 3 little words “I’m not being … ”, (insert the relevant missing word of your choice) are often the precursor for an insult or other offensive comment.

  1. “I’m not being rude, but …”. Meaning – I am going to say something insulting. I am, however going to deny my intention to be rude.
  2. “With respect…”. Meaning – I have no respect for you or the ideas you are expressing. I am, however going to use those words as a figleaf to hide the fact I’m insulting you.
  3. “I’m not racist but …”. Meaning – I hold highly reprehensible views on race. I am, in fact a racist bigot.
  4. “Some of my best friends are …”. Meaning – I don’t like this particular group of people, however I hope to disguise this fact by using the forgoing words.
  5. “Its not you, its me …”. Meaning – It is (in my opinion) entirely down to you that this relationship (insert relevant example) isn’t working. I am, however going to let you down gently by pretending that it is all my fault.

Shakespeare’s words, “One may smile and be a villain” spring to mind.

 

I have Been Nominated For The Teen Daydreamer Award

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Thank you to The Teen Daydreamer for nominating me for The Teen Daydreamer Award, (https://theteendaydreamer.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/the-daydreamer-award-3/). I very much appreciate it.

Here are the rules:

 

  1. Thank the person who gave you the award – Thank you again Teen Daydreamer!

 

  1. Complete the challenge they set you.

 

  1. Select a blog or blogs that you want to give the award to. (The amount of blogs you select is unlimited!)

 

  1. Tell them about it and set them a challenge.

(Please include the rules in your post).

My challenge, as set by Teen Daydreamer, is to describe my absolute dream job, so here goes!

Ideally I would like to earn sufficient from my writing to allow me to live in the country (but within easy reach of a major city). I would spend a part of each day writing and the rest in charity work or socialising with friends. A pipedream but, in any case my ideal job.

There are so many blogs deserving of nomination. However, after careful consideration I have decided on the below 6 blogs:

  1. Inspired By A Book. This young woman has worked hard, in a short space of time to build up a book review blog and deserves credit for her hard work (https://inspiredbyabook.wordpress.com/).
  2. Writing Post Parkinson’s talks about living with Parkinsons and contains some great material on creativity more generally (https://nimbus432.wordpress.com/).
  3. Behind The White Coat is a touching and frequently humorous blog by a doctor (https://doctorly.wordpress.com/).
  4. Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog for his unfailing support for indie authors and support for reading (http://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/).
  5. Tess of How The Cookie Crumbles for her interesting posts on China together with her stories (https://letscutthecrap.wordpress.com/).
  6. Kev Cooper for his writing and his unfailing kindness to fellow authors (http://kevs-domain.net/).
  7. My challenge to the above bloggers, should they choose to accept it, is to write a short piece about their favourite book and/or the writer who has exerted the greatest influence on them.

(Note: being a blind user of screen reading software I am unable to insert the image which accompanies the original post).

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Samantha Is Free To Download From 8-12 March 2015

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My story, “Samantha” is free to download from today (Sunday 8 March) until Thursday 12 March.

Samantha tells the story of a young girl forced into prostitution in the city of Liverpool. Can Sam’s love for Peter, a man she meets in a night club save her? Or will Sam meet her end in the murky waters of Liverpool’s Albert Docks?

To download Samantha free please go to http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samantha-K-Morris-ebook/dp/B00BL3CNHI (for the UK) or http://www.amazon.com/Samantha-K-Morris-ebook/dp/B00BL3CNHI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top (for the USA).

 

If you read Samantha or any of my other books please do consider leaving a review. I really appreciate knowing what my readers think of my writing.

 

Many thanks,

 

Kevin