Tag Archives: books

I Have Sat on Bar Stools

I have sat on bar stools

As fools

Pontificate in love and hate.

 

From on high,  I

Have judged women and men

Thinking myself superior to them

 

 

Yet in the quiet

Of morning time

I rhyme

Of imperfect man

And I who am

As them.

Interview with Author Audrey Driscoll on the World Poetry Cafe

On Tuesday 21 July I was delighted to be joined by author Audrey Driscoll Audrey Driscoll’s Blog | Elements and Transformations on the World Poetry Café. The interview begins approximately 22 minutes into the podcast and can be found here https://www.mixcloud.com/VictorSchwartzman/world-poetry-cafe-july-23-with-kevin-morris-and-audrey-driscoll/.

 

 

My thanks to Audrey Driscoll for joining me on the World Poetry Café.

Interview with Author Esther Chilton

I was delighted to interview talented author Esther Chilton on the World Poetry Café. To listen to my interview with Esther please follow this link https://flashfiction2.substack.com/p/world-poetry-cafe-april-23-2026-with. The interview begins approximately 22 minutes into the podcast.

I Shall Not Romanticise

On opening my mum’s back door

I hear the rain pour.

I shall not romanticise

Rain or death.

Man dies

And some are left bereft

Listening to the rain.

Poetry Reading by Poet Kevin Morris on Saturday 8 November from 2-3 pm at Ashburton Library, Croydon

As previously mentioned here, I will be reading my poetry at Ashburton Library, Shirley Road, Croydon tomorrow, Saturday 8 November from 2-3 pm. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. If you are in the vicinity it would be good to meet you.

 

Please feel free to just turn up. Or, if you wish to book please call 0207 8845175 or visit An Afternoon of Poetry with Kevin Morris | Croydon Libraries

A Poet’s Life

I am good

Sometimes.

And lose myself in rhymes.

I am blood.

Love.

And in the end

I am words half heard

By readers and friends.

And gathering dust

On books

The Importance of Independent Book Shops

I am fortunate to live within a 20 minute walk of the independent Bookseller Crow, which is located at 50 Westow Street in Crystal Palace. Over the years I have popped in to the shop on numerous occasions and bought books and art cards as presents for family and friends.

 

Being an independent bookshop the Bookseller Crow sells a number of titles focused on the history of Crystal Palace and the Norwood area in which I live. In addition, the store stocks a variety of publications by local authors, including my recently published “Passing through: some thoughts on life and Death”. The book description reads as follows:

 

“In the last week of January 2025, poet K Morris suffered a seizure whilst at home. This was rapidly followed by several other seizures, and the discovery that he was suffering from a brain abscess, which required an urgent operation.

In this book the poet describes his thoughts and feelings as he grapples with his own mortality. Other poems touch on the mundane rhythms of hospital life, and the poet’s yearning to return to the great outdoors and Mother Nature”.

 

If you live in Crystal Palace or happen to be visiting the area, the Bookseller Crow is a great place to browse for books, so do please consider dropping in. Books can also be ordered from the Bookseller Crow’s website

https://booksellercrow.co.uk

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“Passing through” is also available as a kindle download and can be found here Passing Through: Some thoughts on life and death eBook : Morris, K : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

 

 

 

New Poetry Videos by Poet Kevin Morris

Since returning to London on 22 April, I have recorded many of my poems on TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinmorrispoet. You don’t have to have a TikTok account in order to view my videos.

 

If you visit my TikTok and like what you hear, do please consider following me on TikTok.

How to Revive Our Reading Habits

An interesting article on how to revive our reading culture, in which the author argues that it is all to easy to blame technology when other factors are at work. To read the article please visit https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how-to-revive-our-reading-culture/