David Lewis Paget : Writing

After the Bomb

After the Bomb

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


What do you do with your children, when you know they're going to die in convulsions....
At Eaglehawk Neck

At Eaglehawk Neck

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She moves within The rapid dream That seeks to spill Her tangled skein, And touches others Barely seen Who shadow-pass Another’s p..
Catspaws

Catspaws

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


When a woman leaves a man with their child, to go off with someone else...
Home Acre

Home Acre

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Is this your home-acre Dark beauty of mine, Cold winds and rash words And long hurts and harsh wine, Caught fast in disasters That seldom re..
Late of Days

Late of Days

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


What have you left me Late of Days? There’s never a smile For my words of praise, And not a look Or a sigh is spent To point the way That..
One Lonely Night

One Lonely Night

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I thought to write of love; And did, until the critics tracked me down, To warn me of the blackout in the town ... No lights above. No lights..
Palaces of Glass

Palaces of Glass

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘I don’t love you anymore!’ Then she turned to face the door, As the well-spring of emotion burst at last; For the truth will not..
Sea and Shore

Sea and Shore

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


'Why do you tear at My towers and my turrets, My walls and my pillars My barrs and my beach; And mutter like musings Of untoward poets, And scat..
Stars

Stars

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Soft-scattered at The dark side of the earth, Before the dawn - Horizoned at the beam of feathered sunlight - Pricked me at the touch; Th..
Tack and Edge

Tack and Edge

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I stand marooned at life’s most distant shore With all the old eternities behind, And face the frigid future’s cold attack With all ..