Someone has swept
The leaves to the side
Of the path.
Autumn has crept
Up on me, And I
Can not decide
Whether I ought
To laugh
Or sigh,
For I
Can compose a rhyme
To tyme,
But he
Can not be bought
By me.
I was delighted to receive the below review of my “Selected Poems”:
“it was amazing
This is a wonderful collection of poems by this author. I remember many of them from other collections I’ve read by him, but didn’t mind reading those again. It was difficult to pick favourites to mention in this review, because I have half a dozen favourites just from section one (the book is split in to several sections). I really love the poem “Why Do I Write?” though. “Lost” and “Raining” are also favourites of mine.”
For the above review please visit, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2972167383.
You can find “The Selected Poems of K Morris” here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WW8WXPP/, (for the UK), and here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WW8WXPP/, (for the US).
There once was a PM called Boris
Who, whilst reading The Odes of Horace,
Spied the Downing Street Cat
With a rather large rat,
Which rather put the PM off Horace!
There once was an extremely controversial pamphleteer
Who went by the name of Lear.
He resembled a moose,
Crossed with a goose,
In looks he was really quite queer!
A young lady whose name is Heart
Is a producer of extremely fine art.
I have oft seen her etching,
Although I’m more into my sketching,
But I’m very fond of Miss Heart!
The scent of autumn is soon gone.
I shall live on
For a time
And take joy in rhyme
And the leaves
That please
Me
As they fall from a myriad
Tree.
I am glad
To forget my care
In this autumn air.
And shall learn to be
At one with leaf and tree.
A young lady whose name is Claire
Likes older men who have grey hair,
But on seeing mine,
She refused to dine,
She’s a fickle young lady is Claire!
Yesterday (9 September), I posted offering my readers the opportunity to enter a competition to win a free, signed copy of my “Selected Poems”, https://kmorrispoet.com/2019/09/09/im-offering-a-free-paperback-copy-of-my-book/. I am delighted to announce that Debbie Jones wins a signed paperback of my book. Many congratulations to Debbie and my sincere thanks to the other entrants. The answer to the question is, the great Oscar Wilde!
Please do check out Debbie’s blog, which can be found here, https://gloriasmud.com/.
To be in with a chance of winning a free signed copy of my recently released book ‘The Selected Poems of K Morris’, please answer the following question:
Who composed ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’?
The rules:
1. Only one copy of my selected poems is available.
2. The first person to provide the correct answer wins a free copy of my book.
3. The competition is open to readers worldwide!
4. Please do not leave the answer in the comments section below this post (as other people will be able to read your answer!). Please send your answers to kmorris poet (at) gmail dot com (the address is given in this manner to avoid spam).
5. The competition closes on the 30th September, at 12pm UK time. Entries received after this date will not be considered.
You can find my selected poems here for the UK and here for the US.
To read a recent review of my book please visit here.
This book encompasses poems composed between 2013-19. The poems included here have been selected from ‘Lost in the Labyrinth of my Mind’, ‘My Old Clock I Wind and other poems’, ‘The Writer’s Pen and other poems’, ‘Dalliance; a collection of poetry and prose’, ‘Refractions’, and ‘The Girl who Wasn’t There’. In addition a number of previously unpublished poems are included in this book.The poems range from those dealing with nature to others, which touch on the passage of time and mortality.
My book ‘Samantha’ is available to download for free from the 11th – 15th of September, and can be found here for the UK and here for the US.
“Samantha tells the story of a young girl forced into prostitution in the city of Liverpool. Can Sam’s love for Peter, a man she meets in a nightclub, save her? Or will Sam end her life in the murky waters of Liverpool’s Albert Dock?”
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My book ‘The Suspect and other tales’ is also free to download, from the 16th – 20th of September, and can be found here for the UK and here for the US.
“Tales of the unexpected, ranging from stories of crime and vengeance through to ghostly happenings in an ancient mansion.”
![The Suspect and other tales by [Morris, K]](https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41aDxxAYPgL._SY346_.jpg)
K Morris - Poet 