David Lewis Paget : Writing

Wry!

Wry!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


'Now girls, you finish your rye and milk,' Tituba said, the slave, The girls had clattered around the house, 'You girls, you'd better behave!' S..
Silvertongue

Silvertongue

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He came down from the mountainside, His beard was white, his hair was grey, He brought his retinue of priests All buckled in a warlike way. They..
Panzer

Panzer

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Gretchen wept in her easy chair And called for her husband, Karl, They'd been together for sixty years, Though both were worn and frail. They'd ..
Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The poet sat in the garden house Under a hawthorn tree, And stared at the men in helmets who Had just come up from the sea. He gathered his wo..
Armada

Armada

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


A nursery governess stood and stared At a hundred and fifty ships, That lay in the Harbour at Lisbon where They loaded each Galleass, They brist..
Love, to a Fault!

Love, to a Fault!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They met at the Station of Henley Scarp Set deep in the countryside, He told her he'd meet her in London Town When the hue and the cry had died, ..
The Andamooka Storm

The Andamooka Storm

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The saltbush stirred in a sullen breeze At the Coober Pedy Mine, Where the ground was baked to a shallow crust With the surface cracked, and line..
Gypsy Twist

Gypsy Twist

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The gypsy walked at the shingle, Her dress flared out in the breeze, Her hair tied back with a coloured scarf As she wandered at her ease, She f..
Twenty Years Down - (The Beatles)

Twenty Years Down - (The Beatles)

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It seems an appropriate time to re-air this one, as the Beatles released their new digitized versions of their music yesterday.
The Satan Doll

The Satan Doll

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They'd just moved into a country house A mile from the hard top road, The year had passed in a whirl, and gone, It was winter, bitter and cold, ..