David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Diagnosis

The Diagnosis

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘Why do you stay by the window, Jill, Why do you stand and stare? There’s nothing to see but the sentinels, The names of ..
The Age of Steam

The Age of Steam

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The news spread over the countryside As a clatter from iron rails, The ominous sound of clacketty-clack From their intersecting trail..
The Barley Stooks

The Barley Stooks

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There’s a silence out in the fields tonight Where the barley sheaves are stooked, Their shadows stand in a menacing line While ..
The Mock Wedding

The Mock Wedding

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She lived there still, in the house on the hill Though she hadn’t been seen for years, The Lady Margaret Hermanville She’d..
The Final Escape

The Final Escape

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘There’s something amiss with you today, There’s something that isn’t right, I heard you weep in your fitful slee..
Dorazamite

Dorazamite

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The children wanted a puppy dog But I always told them no, We only had an apartment, with No place for it to grow, They groaned a..
The Pot Belly Stove

The Pot Belly Stove

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The cabin had sat at the edge of the woods Since Eighteen fifty-two, It still belonged to our family, So I guess that meant me too, ..
The Man with the Eyes of God

The Man with the Eyes of God

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I met him first in a darkened room Of the Club called Heaven’s Lair, You wouldn’t look at him twice, in fact You’d ..
House Proud!

House Proud!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I only wanted a quiet life Was the first thought that I had, When the woman beat on my cedar door, I thought that she must be mad. ..
The Dwarf of Nightingale

The Dwarf of Nightingale

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Nightingale was a hunting lodge At the time of Baron Blood, He was holed up there for a month or so While the Tamar was in flood, ..