You talk to me of lambs gambling, of ramblers ambling, through fields green, beside meandering streams.
You speak to me of verdant bowers, where lovers while away the hours, in love’s young dream.
I tell you of an urban street, where the gale buffets and people battle to retain their feet.
I impart to you the wind’s loan moan, as I wander home alone, in weather bleak.
I have created a new page regarding guest post submissions which can be found here, http://newauthoronline.com/guest-post-submissions/).
I welcome guest posts, however please read the submission guidelines prior to getting in contact.
Many thanks,
Kevin
Spring. Early morning. Not particularly chilly.
A fox’s bark cold and sharp.
A shiver runs through me.
I seek the warm sanctuary of my bed.
Fire burns.
The moth to the flame turns.
Humans can discern. Yet to the pyre we turn.
Will we ever learn?
An intriguing Youtube perspective on “what is the world’s shortest poem?” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7quI-MbzY).
Kevin
Many thanks to JC for taking the time to review my book, “Dalliance; A Collection of Poetry and Prose”. You can find JC’s blog here, (https://nimbus432.wordpress.com/). To download “Dalliance” please visit http://www.amazon.com/Dalliance-collection-poetry-prose-Morris-ebook/dp/B00QQVJC7E (for the US) or http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dalliance-collection-poetry-prose-Morris-ebook/dp/B00QQVJC7E (for the UK).
Disclosure: JC received a free copy of “Dalliance” in exchange for an honest review.
A Book Review of…
Dalliance; A Collection of Poetry and Prose
By K. Morris
The dictionary defines the word dalliance as ‘a brief or casual involvement with something’. Such is the title of a new book of poetry and prose by author K. Morris. True to the title, the reader’s presented with page after page of short verse and story, a dalliance of each you might say.
But a casual relationship is far from the truth as one begins reading. Though each title can stand on its own in meaning and structure, they immediately pull the reader in and before long, you feel as though this collections written for you and you alone as your own thoughts and interpretation bleed from each page. To me, this is a sign of great writing when an author can invoke in the reader a personal relationship with his work where the reader cannot ignore where a writer’s words are taking them.
Each poem and each prose in this collection symbolizes a different layer of consciousness. Love’s celebrated in I Heard the Birds Sing, the poignant Listening To the Rain, the lovely simpleness of Beauty in Bleakness and Let us Go; the humorous Bird Song on an Autumn Evening, the melancholy of Sun and Rain. Further along, we see hints of depression in Be Still and the metaphysical in I Am and outright darkness in Dark Owl, Enigma, Night Terrors and the title poem Dalliance.
This collection has glimpses of Edgar Allan Poe, Silvia Plath and Emily Dickinson along with a nod to John Keats and William Blake.
For me the best way to read this book so as to get the most out of it is to first, read the book in its entirety, let the overall structure and balance of the work embrace you. Then come back for a second reading with an emphasis on each title, like a meditation if you will. From my first reading to my third, I found a subtle beauty and haunting sensation in this collection that will stay with me for some time.
This book would do honor to any bookshelf. I highly recommend it.
-JC
I have longed for fellow travellers to relieve my solitary wanderings.
I have wandered with crowds and yearned to be alone.
I have sought for love’s spring in deserts vast and, having drunk have wished my companion a million miles away.
A big thank you to fellow blind author, Victoria (Tori) Zigler for hosting a guest post by me regarding an anthology in support of Guide Dogs. The book is free to download, however I and my fellow contributors hope that anyone downloading the book will make a donation to the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, (GDBA), a registered charity which relies entirely on voluntary donations. To read my guest post on Tori’s blog please visit the following link (http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/anthology-to-raise-money-for-guide-dogs.html). To visit the dedicated page for the anthology please go to (http://newauthoronline.com/anthology-to-raise-money-for-guide-dogs/).
Kevin
In life it is advisable to have more than one string to one’s bow. Bearing this excellent advice in mind I am delighted to announce (trumpets sound) the launch of a new company – abacusroofing.com! Looking down on the world from a great height will, no doubt get the little grey cells working overtime and enhance my capacity to produce literary works of outstanding quality.
How did I determine to become a roofer? Is not roofing somewhat dangerous for a registered blind person such as myself? To answer the latter question first,fear not my dear readers for I have my trusty guide dog Trigger who will bark should I stray overly close to the roof’s edge and howl most pitifully should we both slip and plummet gracefully (if such a thing is possible) earthwards.
Returning to how all this came to be. Yesterday I received a letter from Yel, the company who own the print Yellow Pages together with it’s online subsidiary. Yell where kind enough to offer me the opportunity to advertise my company, abacusroofing.com free of charge with their firm. How could I refuse such a kind offer? I was just about to call the good people at Yell, express my undying gratitude for their generosity and accept their offer when a thought struck me – I had no recollection of having established a company of any description let alone one going by the name of Abacus Roofing. Either I am becoming extremely forgetful or the good people at Yellow Pages have got their wires tangled. I think, dear readers the latter is the case! If, however you would like to avail yourself of my roofing services please do drop me a line to newauthoronline (at) gmail dot com, (I really must get a separate address for my roofing business)!
(Note: Joking apart, I did receive a letter from Yell inviting me to advertise abacusroofing.com. I visited the website and received an error message indicating a server issue. There are, incidentally several companies, including one in Northhampton called Abacus Roofing, however they have no connection with yours truly)!
Have you ever overheard a conversation about yourself, failed to speak up and, later wished that you had done so?
Some time ago I was strolling along with my guide dog when I overheard an elderly lady remark to her companion,
“He’s blind”.
In retrospect I should have come back with the quick fire response,
“But he’s not deaf”.
I did, however hold my tongue. There is, as is said in the north of England, “nowt so queer as folk” and the above snippet of conversation acts as living proof of this fact.
Kevin
K Morris - Poet 