A 5 Star Review of My Book “Light and Shade”

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I was pleased to receive the below 5 star review of “Light and Shade, entitled “A fine Collection of Poetry”:

“Kevin’s collections of poems are impressive to say the least and he captures the seasons and life experiences well. The limericks show his quick wit. Would highly recommend.”

To read the original review please visit, https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RAB9H7HSUADIE/. Or to purchase (or read a sample of) “Light and Shade” please go to https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Shade-serious-not-poems-ebook/dp/B08B4X3GVX/

Empire

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The wind is getting up.
Should I put
Kipling aside
For his pride
In empire?

Should I apologise
And lower my eyes
For seeing empire
In all it’s complexity?

The Romans to Britain came.
Should Italians apologise
And lower their eyes
With shame?

You may say
“The Roman Empire
Was not all bad”.
But you would be mad
To put your head above the parapit
And admit
The same
Of Britain’s imperial past.

A certain class
Would look aghast
And cry “shame”
And label you
With a name
Untrue.

Mud sticks
And many men
Seal their lips.
Whilst a brave few
Say what they
Believe to be true.

When I Said To My Dear Friend Pearl

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When I said to my dear friend Pearl
“Do show me, does your hair naturally curl?”.
She turned bright red and said,
“Not on this sweet little head.
And Kevin, I’m not that kind of girl!”.

As Ghosts They Come

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As ghosts they come
Often when the sun
Is burning.
And, when the sun
Does set,
Oft you will find
His mind
Turning,
To thoughts of regret.

One day
They
Will no longer come
And the sun
Will, forever set
On his regret.
Some readers may engage
With a yellowing page.
And vampire
And desire.

A new horror anthology

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I look forward to reading this horror anthology.

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I am participating in another Box under the Bed series anthology of horror stories, edited by Dan Alatorre.

I have participated in two previous anthologies in this series. Dark Visions, published in 2018, had my stories The Willow Tree and The Haunting of William.

Nightmareland, published in 2019, features three of my short stories, The Siren Witch, Death Without Honour and The Path to Atonement.

The new book is called Spellbound. It is available for pre-order here:

I have two horror stories in this book, Death is about Choices and Glass Mountain.

Blurb

From the creators of the #1 bestsellerThe Box Under The Bedhorror anthology and its #1 bestselling sequelsNightmarelandandDark Visions,comesSpellbound
– a horror anthology with 20 stories from 15 authors.

A young girl and her mother seek out a mysterious sorceress to guide the child in developing her powers, but…

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At School, I Read Freely

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At school, I read freely
Of Kipling’s poetry.
No one told me
What my thought ought
To be.

Today there is an urge
To purge
His poetry.
Yet, in “Recessional”, we see
The fire of empire die.

They hector
And lecture.
While I,
And those like me,
Retreat into our poetry.

A Lady Who Is Just Over 40

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A lady who is just over 40
Is rather pretty, and really quite naughty.
Her husband Ray
Is away today.
As for me, I’m feeling quite naughty!

Muse

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She has long dark hair.
Nothing to bind
Him there.
It is not that kind
Of affair.

She is there
For a time.
Caught in his rhyme.
A something, of art
But no part
Of his heart.

Is the poet’s duty
To beauty?
Art may uglify.
Yet truth is beauty,
And poets lie.

Shirley

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There was a young lady named Shirley
Whose hair was both long and curly.
When it fell right off
She said, with a cough,
“This life, it doesn’t treat me fairly!”.