When young women with pretty eyes
And loose thighs flirt
With older guys,
And the onlookers tut in disgust,
Sometimes I think, why the fuss,
For girls with pretty eyes,
The wealthy guys,
And those who now criticise,
All will be dust.
New Writing North is leading a coalition, which includes Hachette UK, Faber and Simon & Schuster UK, to create a state-of-the-art Centre for Writing in Newcastle worth £14m through government funding and so “reposition the southern and London bias of the writing industries”.
I was pleased to have had 2 of my poems from The Churchyard Yew and Other Poems included in the World Poetry Reading Series for Thursday 25 July. (The podcast is available prior to the show being broadcast on Thursday 25 July at 9 pm (UK time).
The poems in question: “Aeolus” and “A Walk in the Rain” appear approximately 45 minutes in to the podcast which can be found here https://www.mixcloud.com/VictorSchwartzman/world-poetry-cafe-for-july-25-2024-victor-and-old-poets/.
The Churchyard Yew is available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback and can be found here, The Churchyard Yew and Other Poems eBook : Morris, K: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
When Kafka went and wrote The Trial
They said, “there can be no denial
That this book is strange
And the characters quite deranged!
And this novel is called The Trial!”.
In the land of smiles
Poets are free
To while away their time
In sweet poetry.
But a poet may find
His mind turn from rhyme
To bar girls who,
(strictly between us 2),
Have no time for rhyme …
As we drove fast round a very tight bend
A young lady said, “lets pretend I’m your girlfriend!”.
I said, “in this sports car
You and I will go far!”,
She said, “remember that this is only pretend!”
When a gorgeous young lady named Grace
Invited me back to her place,
I met with the Devil,
Who was not on the level!
But I enjoyed my time with Grace!
On 9 June, I announced that my poetry collection “The Churchyard Yew and Other Poems” was available as a Kindle download from Amazon, https://kmorrispoet.com/2024/06/09/k-morris-new-collection-of-poetry-the-churchyard-yew-and-other-poems-is-available-on-amazon/.
Due to various circumstances it took longer than anticipated to make the paperback edition of “The Churchyard Yew” available. However, I am pleased to announce that the paperback is now available and can be found here, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D9NPV8KQ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=.
If you do read “The Churchyard Yew” please do consider leaving a review.
Kevin Morris reading a number of poems on TikTok. You don’t need to have an account to view the videos.
A man in a boat on a moat
Went and wrote a poem on his goat.
But the poem was not profound
And the poet he sadly drowned
And the police they are questioning the goat!
K Morris - Poet 