David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Trove at Bioda Mor

The Trove at Bioda Mor

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The last I saw of Sebastian Fudge He was dancing the hempen jig, To pay for the years of pirating At the side of Captain Kidd. While Kidd was swun..
The Bundaleer Throne

The Bundaleer Throne

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We live out at Bundaleer in A cabin, in the bush, Where the air is so much cleaner, And there's little need to rush, We have pigs and sheep and ch..
The Death of Magnus Kep

The Death of Magnus Kep

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


(The Sumerian fragmentary story of Inanna tells how, "When she leaned back against the apple tree, her vulva was wondrous to behold." She herself sp..
Trip to Nowhere

Trip to Nowhere

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The bus stood still in the cul-de-sac, He knew it had come for him, For the colours of day were beginning to fade And the nights had been closing i..
The Gravedigger

The Gravedigger

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I was leaning on my shovel, in a hole As black as pitch, With a plug of fine tobacco in my pipe To scratch my itch, But I hadn't even lit it whe..
Fateful Morning!

Fateful Morning!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


'I'd never have thought it would come to this,' The civil servant said, As the man beside him pursed his lips, And frowned, and shook his head. Th..
Diabolick!

Diabolick!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


(Byron's governess, May Gray, would come to bed with him at night and "play tricks with his person". According to Byron, this "caused the anticipate..
For George...

For George...

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


(In Memory of the Reverend George Potter)
The Bride of the Wind and Rain

The Bride of the Wind and Rain

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There was morning dew, and the sky was blue When the stranger came to town, Riding a painted wagon, pulled By horses, black and brown, He carried ..
The Book of Van den Braak

The Book of Van den Braak

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I stared at the book on the table Where it lay on the weathered oak, The cover so black and tarnished, Tanned in leather through coils of smoke, I..