David Lewis Paget : Writing

Castle Walls

Castle Walls

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She ventured out from her castle walls In hopes of meeting me, I said: ‘we’ll flee to the furthest shores, We’ll run to the far c..
Dark Forces

Dark Forces

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There’s something a-move in your mind, girl, Some deepest dark danger to you, There’s something apace in the cloud and your grace So in..
Half Remembered

Half Remembered

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We touch things we see not And know things we know not And dream of sweet things that We’ve not set in store, We say things we think not An..
Larkspur

Larkspur

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Words roll free from a tongue sometime From a sometime, tongue-tied tongue, Words that were heard by the stream and the bird When the world and the..
Love-Lost

Love-Lost

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


When the first sweet burst of love and lust Has eddied and ebbed to dreams and dust, Has eddied and ebbed in the tide of my head To the essence of ..
Mittagong

Mittagong

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I drove you through the mistlands At sleepy Mittagong, My car was like a stately coach With its minions overcome, The road was like a ribbon of li..
Romany Girl

Romany Girl

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Romany girl on the silver sand What would you have me yearning, To take you into my loving arms While the world lay waste, and burning To touc..
The Deepest Cut

The Deepest Cut

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Have ever you looked and seen the smile I hold inside for you, Or caught the glow of the candlelight I keep reflected too, I’ve heard it..
The Old Grey Man Of The Sea

The Old Grey Man Of The Sea

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Sat at the edge of a rickety boat that is Stranded in time and in tide, Caught in the mists of the visions you see In the cloud on the seaward s..
The Venus Bird

The Venus Bird

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


What does she want, the Venus Bird, Tip of the tyrant’s tongue, Beat of the heart that barely stirs Sip of the song, unsung, Soul of the lov..