Tag Archives: free verse

The Secret of the Rose

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“We know what was on his mind
When he composed a rhyme about time
And a flower who’s bloom to soon
Passed away”, they will say.

And I will make reply,
“Only the poet knows
The secret of the rose”.
But poets may lie.

Caught Up in My Dark Thought

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Caught up in my dark thought
I did walk
Through the churchyard without any light.
It was night.
Something ran from dog and man.
I continued alone
Groping for home

My Further Selected Poems Has Been Nominated for the Daisy Award

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I am delighted to announce that I have been nominated for the Daisy Award at Two Gals and a Book for my Further Selected Poems.

You can read about the award here, https://twogalsandabookcom.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/the-2021-stacy-and-daisy-award-nominees/. For my Further Selected Poems please visit this link, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Further-Selected-Poems-Morris-ebook/dp/B08XPMGD3F.

My thanks to S Daisy of Two Gals and a Book for nominating my Further Selected Poems for the Daisy Award.

On Hearing Sirens Pass By

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On hearing sirens pass by
I think on Philip Larkin
And Rhyme
While I
Have time.

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Philip Larkin’s poem Ambulances frequently comes to mind when ambulances pass me by. You can find an analysis of Larkin’s fine poem here, https://interestingliterature.com/2017/05/a-short-analysis-of-philip-larkins-ambulances/.

I Am Birdsong

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I have heard
A solitary bird
Sing to me
From a tree
In the park
As the dark
Came softly down.

I have found
In his song
Melancholy and beauty
For that is part
Of mine own heart.
I am sweet birdsong,
Love, lust and dust.