'a little bit of bread and no cheeeese ...''My Poetry and Writing!'
Hello, and welcome, to my website - 'Robert Morrison's Poetry and Writing'! A place to share reading and writing. I am a budding poet, writer & zoologist, and I have been writing ('doodling with words!'), all of my life. When I was young I always liked to write short stories, and I often dreamed of writing a novel - those childhood dreams! We all have them and, to me, they are fond memories to keep hold of.
I'd dabbled at school, but it was around 2006 that I first tried my hand at writing poetry 'seriously'. People enjoyed my work - more than I could have imagined - and it grew from there. I am now a prolific poet, producing several poems a month. It's one of those funny little happenstances in life, that poetry has evolved to become my first love in writing. I never dreamt it would be, but perhaps it was meant to be. A writer is an expressive person by nature, and if you have a story, a feeling, a thought, or 'something' to say, I feel a poem is a great way to convey it. What I am constantly intrigued by is the brevity of a poem - brevity can be the strength of the words, that gives them such great meaning. I have experimented with short and long poems, and I've found that constraint - in the length of a line, or in a verse, or in the whole poem - is what creates that brevity & strength. That length - and therefore the constraint - very much decides itself. There is no right or wrong, only what 'feels' good to my eye or my ear. I write for the love of writing, and I love to share that writing. Above all, I love to inspire! True poetry is meant to be read and, even more so, it is meant to be performed. Performing my poetry is something that I have really come to enjoy - it has been a complete & delightful surprise to me! Just getting together with a group of people, to spend time reading & listening to poetry, sharing, is a reward in itself for me. My writing blog is another way for me to share. To share my thoughts on reading & writing, and my interests, in art & history and nature & astronomy. I might also share a 'poetical thought' or two along the way, I'll see where it takes me. I heartily welcome you to join me, on my literary journey ... Robert Morrison 'Contact Me!'EMAIL - You are very welcome to contact me, by using the 'contact me' form.
TWITTER - Please keep an eye on my Twitter feed, where I tweet about my 'poetry' and 'writing' and my wider interests (art, nature, astronomy, history, politics, and more!) FACEBOOK - Please check out my Facebook page, a place where I share my 'poems', as well as anything that influences my writing (art, nature, astronomy and more!.) Please check out my TWITTER feed and my FACEBOOK page below! |
'MY UNIVERSITY and writing CREDITS'
2000-2004 - University of Aberdeen - BSc (Hons) Zoology. 2005 - 'Highly Commended' - Ellon Writing Competition, published in 'The Ellon Times' (a local newspaper) - My story was called 'A Winter's Tale'. 2009-2010 - The Open University - Creative Writing. 2010-2011 - The Open University - Advanced Creative Writing. 2011 - 'Can't Talk, Can Think, Can Write!' - Cauliay Publishing & Distribution - Collection of my poetry, published 14th December. 2012 - 'You and Who' - A Doctor Who Fan Anthology - Miwk Publishing - My article is 'Police Public Call Box - Out of Order'. 2013 - 'You and Who - Contact Has Been Made' - A Doctor Who Fan Anthology - Miwk Publishing - My article is 'Clocks, Telephones and Granda's Tale', and is in Volume One. 2013 - 'Celebrate Regenerate' - 50 Years of Doctor Who Celebrated by Fandom - I have pieces of writing included for the stories The Ice Warriors, The Invasion, and The Ribos Operation. 2015 - 'You and Who Else' - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform - My article is 'On our way Home', and is about the Gerry Anderson puppet series, Fireball XL5. 2017 - 'Third prize Brian Nisbet Poetry' - For Huntly Hairst 2017 (2/9/17) - My poem was 'To Touch a Star'. 2019 - 'Highly Commended Brian Nisbet Poetry Award' - For Huntly Hairst 2019 (7th September 2019) - My poem was 'Truth?'. |
"WRITING IS MY STRENGTH, BY WHICH I LIVE!"
© Robert Morrison, 2019
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