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My Appearance on the World Poetry Cafe

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On Thursday 17 September, I hosted my monthly slot on the World Poetry Café, which is broadcast on Vancouver Coop Radio.

During my segment, we discussed why many people seem to lack interest in poetry. I also read a number of my poems, including several from my recently published collection Shadows and Birdsong, which is available in Kindle and paperback from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDQ9QK3Z/

To listen to the podcast, please follow this link: https://www.mixcloud.com/VictorSchwartzman/world-poetry-cafe-sept-17-with-kevin-morris/ My segment begins approximately 20 minutes into the show and runs for about 25 minutes. I also read a couple of poems at the end of the podcast.

My thanks to the World Poetry Café and to co‑hosts Ariadne and Victor. As always, I very much enjoyed appearing on the show.

I Tried to Grasp

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I tried to grasp

The wind

Who sang to me.

But I could only catch

A thought.

But it flew free.

 

 

My words caper on paper

While the wind sings

And laughs at me.

 

Most things decline.

This mind

Will not stay.

 

 

Few  will read my rhyme

When I have gone away.

 

Yet I have this day

Of Autumn

Where the wind blows, momentarily,

And I am caught

In inner talk

 

 

All is temporary

Save for the breeze

Who sings

Eternally.

To Walk Barefoot

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To walk through acorns

On Autumn lawns

While barefoot

Would give me pleasure

In this gentle weather.

 

But they might shut me up

Where the air

Is replete with bleach

And fluorescent lights

Burn day and night.

 

I would long for birdsong

And lawns

Littered with acorns.

 

I should walk barefoot.

I would attract strange looks.

But there would be no hospital ward.

To confine me.

Just the reward

Of autumn grass

Under my feet.

 

 

I should go

Before old time defeats

All I am

And see

 

A Great Review of My Poetry Collection, Shadows and Birdsong

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I was extremely pleased to receive another wonderful review of my recently released poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong.

“… I personally liked Should I Shed a Tear and Umbrella, but Heart to Heart I loved them all …”

To read the review in full, please visit: https://echoesinanemptyroom.com/2026/09/08/shadows-and-birdsong-by-k-morris/

A Poem From My Recently Released Poetry Collection, Shadows and Birdsong

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On 10 August, I published my poetry collection Shadows and Birdsong, which is available in Kindle and paperback. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HDQ9QK3Z/

To listen to me reading one of the poems from Shadows and Birdsong — Caught Up in Thoughts of Work — on TikTok, please click here: https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinmorrispoet/video/7660016517932682518

If you do read Shadows and Birdsong, please consider leaving a review.

Temporarily

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The heat has passed,

Temporarily.

The rain

Turns the grass

Green again.

 

Autumn draws near.

Another year

Will come.

But, if I am no longer here

Will it still be so?

 

Philosophers go

Down rabbit holes.

While I see

The rain

Has brought the greenery

Back again.

And I feel happy,

Temporarily.

A4 Star Review of my Poetry Collection Shadows and Birdsong

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I was delighted to receive this 4 star review of my recently released poetry collection Shadows and Birdsong:

 

“Kevin Morris’s latest poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong, is a meditation on aging and mortality, familiar territory for readers who have read his previous collections. What sets this collection apart is a refining and deepening of Morris’s craft. The approaches to the transience of life are more varied, the rhyme schemes more sophisticated …”. To read the review on Goodreads please follow this link Elizabeth Gauffreau’s review of Shadows and Birdsong | Goodreads

All Smells Fresh After Rain

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All smells fresh after rain.

The scent of wet earth

Speaks of rebirth.

But excess heat

Will defeat the rain.

 

These dead leaves

Hang

Or fall

And I recall

Autumn is yet to come.

 

Changing Seasons

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The weather is good

(According to some).

In the summer wood

Leaves long dead

Brush my greying head.

 

Autumn will come

And the heat cease.

Yet leaves fall

And I recall

Autumn is yet to come.

 

In my childhood

I collected conkers and acorns

From leaf-strewn lawns

 

Today there is little breeze

And the leaves

Fall from trees

Thirsting for drink

 

 

And I hope for rain.

It will come,

But what has been done

Can not be undone

Shadows and Birdsong is Now Available to Purchase from Amazon

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I am delighted to announce that my new poetry collection, Shadows and Birdsong is now available from Amazon in Kindle and paperback. To download a sample or purchase Shadows and Birdsong please click here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDQ9QK3Z/

 

Book Description

 

Shadows and Birdsong brings together poems that reflect on nature, memory, friendship, and the quiet passing of time. Moving through woodlands, graveyards and everyday rooms, K Morris writes about the moments that stay with us and the ones that slip away.

The collection touches on ageing, loss, companionship, and the small details that shape a life: birds calling in the trees, the steady tick of a clock, the feel of rain, the presence of shadows. Some poems remember those who are gone; others simply observe the world as it is, with its mix of beauty and impermanence.