The below poem was inspired by Ernest Dowson’s “Cynara”, (http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/mar/14/non-sum-qualis-cynarae-dowson). I am a huge Dowson admirer. He does, in my view deserve far greater recognition than is generally accorded to him.
Love And Wine By K Morris
The night is fine.
The women divine.
The wine is sweet.
Lovers embrace beneath the sheets.
The morning’s cold.
Good time girls count their gold.
Man contemplates his soul.
I have felt the fire at midnight’s hour
It kindles brightly and sinks within the hour.
I have gazed at embers dying fast
Looked into the future and gazed into the past
I have raked the ashes cold, felt the bleakness in my soul.
Heels sharp as knives
Sighs
Lies
Empty lives
Something dies
I have updated my About page to include my most recent guest post on Chris the Story Reading Apes blog which deals with my collection of poetry and prose, Dalliance.
For my About page please go to http://newauthoronline.com/about/
For Dalliance; a collection of poetry and prose please visit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dalliance-collection-poetry-prose-Morris-ebook/dp/B00QQVJC7E for the UK and http://www.amazon.com/Dalliance-collection-poetry-prose-Morris-ebook/dp/B00QQVJC7E for the US
I was delighted to receive the following 5 star review in respect of my collection of short stories, “Street Walker And Other Stories”:
“I’ve read several short story collections and stand-alone stories by this author; this one features the same good quality writing and attention to characterization”. (For the review please go to http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B00HLRNDP4/ref=cm_cr_dp_syn_footer?k=Street%20Walker%20and%20other%20stories&showViewpoints=1).
I was also gratified to receive the below 4 star review as regards my collection of short stories, “An Act of Mercy”:
“A collection of well-written stories (set in the U.K) that had me engrossed from beginning to end. I like this author’s style and have not been disappointed
Yet”. (For the review please visit http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B00EHS74CS/ref=cm_cr_dp_syn_footer?k=An%20act%20of%20mercy%20and%20other%20stories&showViewpoints=1).
I am grateful to the reviewer (the same person in both cases) for taking the time to write the above reviews. Both titles are free to download in the Kindle Store until 6 September.
My short story, Samantha, which has received 5 4 star reviews, remains free in the Amazon Kindle store until Monday 2 June. Samantha tells the story of a young woman forced into prostitution in the city of my birth, Liverpool. Can Sam escape the clutches of her brutal pimp, Barry or will she end her miserable existence in the murky waters of Liverpool’s Albert Docks.
For interviews with Barry O’connor, the pimp who ruthlessly exploits Sam and other girls, please visit http://newauthoronline.com/2014/02/14/have-you-ever-interviewed-one-of-your-characters/. For an interview with Samantha please go to http://newauthoronline.com/2014/02/16/have-you-ever-interviewed-one-of-your-characters-interview-with-samantha/. For links to reviews of of Samantha and my other books please visit http://newauthoronline.com/reviews-of-my-books/.
My collection of short stories, Sting In The Tail also remins free in the Kindle Store until Monday 2 June. For reviews of Sting In The Tail please go to http://newauthoronline.com/reviews-of-my-books/
I have decided to spend more time on my writing which means that blog posts will be less frequent, 2-3 a week, sometimes more and, on occasions less. In addition to my blogging and writing I have a full time job. Balancing the competing demands of work, blogging, writing (not to mention friends)! Isn’t always easy, hence my decision to blog less frequently. I won’t be disappearing so don’t open the champagne just yet! I will continue to lurk in the depths of the web popping up from time to time with blog posts and comments!
I very much appreciate all my followers so rest assured I won’t be vanishing into the deep blue yonder!
Kevin
Some pictures of my guide dog and I at my works Christmas dinner, at Chimes of Pimlico: http://www.chimes-of-pimlico.co.uk/
Trigger is the one holding the Jumbone, while I am hiding underneath the table!
Kevin with the Jumbone!
Kevin under the table (Sorry Trigger!)
I have updated ‘My books’ page.
The previous version replicated information which was already on my ‘About’ page and the ‘Reviews of my books’ page.
Consequently i have simply linked to relevant information on those pages and provided a link to my Amazon ‘Author page’.
For the revised page please see http://newauthoronline.com/my-books/
I well recall telling an acquaintance I had published an e-book, on Amazon only to be told that she would love to read it but, unfortunately she did not own a Kindle. In point of fact you don’t need to own a Kindle in order to read e-books sold in the Kindle store. Kindle books can be read on your PC together with a number of other devices including Android phones and Apple products, the only cost (apart from that of the purchase of the device itself) being that entailed in purchasing the e-book as all of the apps are free! For details of Kindle’s free reading apps please visit http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771&ref=kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd.
My short story, Samantha will be free in the Kindle store from 29 November until 3 December. For details of this promotion please visit http://newauthoronline.com/2013/11/27/promotion/
K Morris - Poet 