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The Chapel

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The road was a-twist and turning As I crested the mountainside, The sun in my eyes was burning Then it set on the hills, and died, The night had s..

Wolf

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

Lock the shutters and pull the blinds And set up the alarm, Chain the dogs up safe, and lock The chickens in the barn, The sun has sunk beneath th..

The Bones of Arbour Low

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The mansion known as Arbour Low Came to me in a will, From someone called Great Uncle George, I’d never met him, still, I’d heard he w..

Dream Cottage

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I saw the little cottage asI walked upon the bluff,A tiny little cottage butI thought, ‘It’s big enough.’There was only me to cater ..

Black Gables

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The house had heavy gables thatHad once been painted black,Though now weathered and distemperedIn assaulting time’s attack,But it had a certain ..

Birds of a Feather

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I have always been unstableSince that day in fifty-threeWhen a bolt of lightning lit meIn that poor old acorn tree,When the tree split down the middle..

Into the Light

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

One verse of the following written every ten years of my life, from 21 to 71. The last verse written two years ago. I doubt if I'll be around to write..

Moments

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

Words flutter by us,Caught in their moments,Words sent to try us,‘Loss’ and ‘Elopements’,Some may inspire us,Others may burn,O..

The Lighthouse Wreck

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The wreck sat out by the lighthouse whereIt lay, smashed up on the rocks,A miracle it had survived at allWhere felons sat in the stocks.The bow was su..

The Character

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I’d got to the final editingOf my manuscript, last night,When one of the characters in the gloomPopped up, he wanted a fight.‘That isn&rsq..