David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Owls in Chandler's Wood

The Owls in Chandler's Wood

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The phone rang almost off the hook But I got to it in time, ‘You’d better come here and take a look!’ Said the voic..
Family Ties

Family Ties

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


My life was pretty well empty, I hadn’t a friend to call, Trying to make a friend was like Hitting your head on a wall, Most..
The Priest that said Repent!

The Priest that said Repent!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘The time has come,’ he heard them say Outside his tiny cell, ‘Go in and get the beast to pray To save his soul fro..
The Upside of Down

The Upside of Down

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The SatNav said, ‘Turn left ahead, There’s going to be a crash, A dozen cars are headed in For one almighty smash!’..
The Train

The Train

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We’re all down here on a long, long train To be taken for a ride, As the signs flash past each year, we gasp At the changing co..
Roast Beef

Roast Beef

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I saw the note on the mantelpiece When I got home, rather late, I knew that something was wrong when I First saw the open gate, Th..
You Can't Go Out Today!

You Can't Go Out Today!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He lay in bed and he watched the sun Beam in through the double glaze, The leafless treetops, withered and bent In an unforgiving haz..
The Island

The Island

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They’d all set off for an island, that Was fifty miles off the coast, They were only going to stay a day And a night, or two at..
Saltwater Creek

Saltwater Creek

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The first time he came into the light He thought that his eyes had gone, The sun was shining, ever so bright With nothing to focus on..
The Boating Park

The Boating Park

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It’s thirty years since I travelled back To wander my childhood home, To check out the trees I used to climb And the fields whe..