David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Ring & the Bottle

The Ring & the Bottle

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They’d sat beneath the sweltering sun For an hour, or maybe two, Lost somewhere on the Birdsville Track They didn’t know ..
The Man with Another Face

The Man with Another Face

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Wherever I go, whatever I do He follows me up the street, I cross the road and he crosses it too, We never actually meet, He know..
The Key

The Key

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The beach swept away in the distance, The tide as far out as could be, A couple were laughing and playing there, She’d cuffed h..
Nemesis

Nemesis

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The god from the past came stalking, Came clambering over the hill, He’d woken first thing in the morning With a hangover, fit ..
The Very Last Page

The Very Last Page

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I seemed to be reading the same old book, Over and over again, With always a feeling of certainty That nothing would change, it&rsquo..
Morning Glory

Morning Glory

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It was five past three in the morning, I had tried, but I couldn’t sleep, The hound across the hall had howled Then I heard its..
The Duke of Beck

The Duke of Beck

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I thought the cottage was rather cheap, I said so at the time, It was standing empty far too long For a setting, so sublime, The ..
Cold, Cold Heart

Cold, Cold Heart

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


When Michael married my girlfriend I was standing, up at the back, I didn’t want to be seen in there, They’d think I was ..
The Well of the Water Sprite

The Well of the Water Sprite

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


His eyes were beginning to mist, I saw When he told his final tale, With the grandchildren all gathered round And he with his pint of..
The Bunker

The Bunker

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They hid in a concrete bunker there While the bombs flew overhead, Each bomb had seemed to be closer, and At times, they thought th..