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On the Death of a Writer Read by Kevin Morris on Dodo Modern Vidpoets

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I am pleased to have had my poem On the Death of a Writer included in the October readings of Dodo Modern Vidpoets, DODO MODERN VIDPOETS 2024/2025: VIRTUAL DODO FOURTEEN – OCTOBER 2025

 

Also included, are readings by Sophia Argyris, and my friend Nick Alldridge.

 

My poem On the Death of a Writer can also be found in my most recent collection, Passing Through; Some Thoughts on Life and Death, which is available from Amazon Passing Through: Some thoughts on life and death: Amazon.co.uk: Morris, K: 9798284279151: Books

Work

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Caught up in thoughts of work

I heard a bird sing.

I have been touched by beauty

And knowledge of my mortality.

 

 

He flies free

While I feel the futility

Of my work

When he sings.

If there is No Heaven or Hell

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If there is no heaven or hell

Then one may as well

Give in to sin.

 

 

But they say Hell’s fire is hot

So perhaps better not

Play with pretty Miss Moriah.

 

 

Though I have heard the atheists tell

There is no hell.

So I’m going to heaven

With Moriah at 7 …

The Man Who Liked to Eat Chalk

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A man who liked to eat chalk

Said that it helped him to talk.

One day, feeling bored,

He swallowed a blackboard.

Which worked very well with that chalk!

 

Ghosts and Ghouls

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It is often said that the dead

Are, forever, dead

And that only fools believe in ghouls.

But, having read

Of ghosts and vampires. When I retire

To my bed

I feel the dead

Draw near.

And in my troubled dreams I scream

In fear.

Yet ghosts and ghouls

Are for fools –

Or so I hear …

New TikTok Uploads!

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On Wednesday 30th March I read my poetry at The Upper Norwood Library Hub. For links to those readings and other TikTok videos please follow this link:

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Where to buy or borrow “Lost in the Labyrinth of My Mind”

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Yesterday (Saturday 19 March) I announced that my collection of poetry, “Lost in the Labyrinth of My Mind” is available to purchase (in print) from Moyhill Publishing (http://moyhill.com/lost/).
Saturday morning saw me visiting my local independent bookshop, The Bookseller Crow who have, I am pleased to announce agreed to stock “Lost in the Labyrinth”. To find out more about Bookseller Crow on the Hill please visit (http://booksellercrow.co.uk/).
My wanderings took me from The Bookseller Crow to Upper Norwood Joint Library, who have also agreed to add “Lost” to their shelves. To find out more about Upper Norwood Joint Library please go to their website (http://uppernorwoodlibrary.org/). My thanks go to Bookseller Crow and Norwood Library for agreeing to stock “Lost in the Labyrinth of My Mind”.
“Lost” is also available from Waterstones (https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781905597697), and as a Kindle download (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AF5EPVY/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_ZfN7wb1B014G1).