David Lewis Paget : Writing

Daydreams

Daydreams

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I sit every day in an office, and play With a ledger that carries my name, And stare from the window, the clouds scudding grey On a s..
The Peterloo Massacre

The Peterloo Massacre

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The people marched to St. Peter’s Field On a fair and a sunny day, They’d gone to listen to Henry Hunt A radical, in his ..
Up in the Attic

Up in the Attic

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I took a room in a boarding house In a seedy part of town, I hadn’t worked for a month or so And was feeling rather down, My..
Taking Root

Taking Root

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I’d seen Lianne at her cottage door When I’d walked the old bush track, The cottage had been abandoned, but She was gradu..
The Pilot Who Never Came Back

The Pilot Who Never Came Back

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


DLP with Mirage A3-22, 1972.
The Awful God

The Awful God

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Richard Bryce was a mystery, He lived on a back street lot, The house was the old half-timbered sort, Paint peeled on the old wainsco..
The Music of the Reeds

The Music of the Reeds

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It had been the worst of years, I seemed To always be in strife, First my business in receivership And then my darling wife, She ..
House of Dreams

House of Dreams

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The house was ready to move right in When Jane and John were wed, A wall in the lounge was a TV screen And another, over their bed, ..
Ghost Train

Ghost Train

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We were off to visit the Carnival, Me, George and Julie Anne, George was our mother’s boyfriend, (Though in fact, he was a man!..
The Exodus

The Exodus

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I think it began with the airline strike, No planes, not in, nor out, The pilots didn’t know who to blame, ‘Not us,&rsquo..