When a young lady of Vienna
Asked me to lend her a tenner,
To mend her door,
I said, “you will need more,
As a tenner won’t go far in Vienna!
When A Young Lady Of Vienna
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When A Foolish Young Man Named Meek
When a foolish young man named Meek
Challenged me to a duel this week,
And I said, “pistols at dawn!”,
He looked most forlorn,
As Dawn is on holiday this week!
Good Night
All agree
That a gentleman will offer coffee
Or tea,
And that he
Will hold open the door, and say,
“good night”
In a gentlemanly way,
And watch her sweet face
Enter the embrace
Of the sultry night.
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Thursday Book Feature: The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems
I was delighted to receive this review of “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems” (audio edition). For the audio edition, which is available from Audible, please visit, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KPN8LT3/. The foregoing link will take you to the audio edition on Amazon. You can also find it by going to audible.co.uk or audible.com and searching for “the writer’s pen and other poems”. Unfortunately the direct link I had to the book on the Audible site returns an error, however searching does bring up my book (
Since April is National Poetry Month, I hope you’ll take some time to read a good poem or two. This month, I’ll be reviewing some poetry collections I’ve enjoyed.
The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems
By K. Morris
Copyright 2018.
This short collection contains poems mostly about human nature. When I downloaded the Audible version, I was surprised to discover that Alex Lee, the narrator, is a woman. She does an excellent job. Her reading of one poem about a clock and a refrigerator includes sound effects. Some poems remind me of Robert Frost and other such poets. I recommend this book as a delightful twenty-five minutes of poetry reading.
My Books
My Ideal Partner: How I Met, Married, and Cared for the Man I Loved Despite Debilitating Odds
That’s Life: New and Selected Poems
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Curious
A young lady said, in a manner most curious
That she “liked to go fast and furious!”.
So we went running together in filthy weather
Which made her poor mother Heather,
More than a little furious!
A Recollection of Heels
I remember the feel
Of your heels.
You left them behind
For me to find,
And asked me to keep
Them for your return.
You never came.
No need to weep.
For the secret
Of your name
Is safe.
Will I embrace
A girl’s disdain,
or learn?
Sometimes I wish that “progress” would stop
Sometimes I wish that “progress”
Would stop,
Like the express
Train at Adlestrop,
But it will not.
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Note: The above was inspired by Edward Thomas’s fine poem, “Adlestrop”, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53744/adlestrop
Don’t Say The “D” Word
We say
“He passed away”.
The “d” word
Is often
Not heard.
He is in his coffin
So why this absurd
Fear
Of the “d” word?
Does the Reaper, standing, unnoticed, near
Smile at our denial
That you and I
Shall die?
Larkin took refuge in drink
But, at dawn did think
On death
And felt bereft.
I have now said
The word we dread
To voice.
We have a choice
Over what words are said
But we are nonetheless, dead
In the end
My friend.
There Was A Young Lady Named Amie
There was a young lady named Amie
Who, feeling that life was a little samey,
Modelled for an erotic poster
On a roller coaster,
With a nurse whose name was Janey!
