There once was a girl who wore shoes
Who was far too fond of strong booze.
They would say to her, “Rose,
The winter wind it coldly blows.
Perhaps you should wear more than just shoes!”.
There Once Was a Girl Who Wore Shoes
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Nell Gwyn
At 19, she
Entered her profession
A tender age
For the stage.
Afterwards, he
Thought on the profession
Of Miss Nell Gwyn,
And sin.
A Most Beautiful Young Lady Named Leigh
A most beautiful young lady named Leigh
Has composed an erotic poem about me.
Her verse is real great
And I just can’t wait,
As she’s invited me round for tea …
Hyacinths
I bought hyacinths yesterday.
Their scent
Will stay
For a brief time.
And I rhyme
Of repent
And lost hours
Midst passing flowers.
But I
Will buy
Joy and pain,
Of hyacinths again.
“The Further Selected Poems of K Morris” in the Spotlight
My thanks to Victoria (Tori) Zigler for spotlighting my recently released “Further Selected Poems” on her blog. To read the post please follow this link, http://ziglernews.blogspot.com/2021/03/poetry-book-in-spotlight-further.html.
Lady Lake
When the elderly and great Lady Lake
Said, “sir, you are a terrible rake!
And as for Miss Hocking,
Please give back her stocking!”.
I said, “your ladyship makes a mistake!”.
Socks
She kept
Her socks on.
As you would expect,
No one wept.
Then she was gone.
There Once Was a Rather Famous Old PM
There once was a rather famous old PM
Who, on hearing the chimes of Big Ben,
Turned to his Special Adviser,
And said to her, “Liza,
Let us swing from that great pendulum again …”.
Heather
When a young lady who calls herself Heather
Spoke to me of the pleasure of leather.
I said, “on the moor
The stags they do roar.
And young men, they take pleasure in heather”.
There Once Was a Poet Named Hogg
There once was a poet named Hogg
Who owned a rather large old dog.
Oft, as the day grew dark
There would come a sharp bark.
In free verse, from that clever dog.
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