David Lewis Paget : Writing

One September Night

One September Night

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


At one with me, this silence Serves as death, For no long sighs will ever Catch at my breath. Such times have gone, and rhythms Subtly change, ..
The Abbey

The Abbey

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


No longer knowing what or who I am I turn, This way and that for meaning, Finding none, But trapped within the body of a man I know not. The c..
Tongues of Thorns

Tongues of Thorns

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


You think that I Who broke your dream; All that you lent Was wasted there, And I who spoke In rhyme and scheme Have lost the tongues I tempted ..
Waters into Wine

Waters into Wine

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There is no love like the sea brings! Of tides and storms, or your wanderings. For you, too, swirl your eddies at the moon, And flow and ebb at my ..
Beached Morning

Beached Morning

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Steel grey above; We tripped the silver beach At some crisp, splintered morning Traced beyond our line of reach, We breathed the fluted air as if ..
Questing

Questing

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


And so, and so And so must we Trip at the brink- eternity! Who shivers at this bleak abyss As one moves forward, So the next. Down long, and d..
Angel Head

Angel Head

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Love is some trick You play on me, Some sleight, some glance, Tenacity! You tumble the sheets At my marriage bed And ride with me, desperately ..
On the Death of my Father

On the Death of my Father

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


My brain has turned to ash, and yes, My mouth is dust, And love is grief, and death is But the loss of trust; While life is paupered, futures turn..
Sonnet On Loss

Sonnet On Loss

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


You’ve gone again, and I sit granite faced, Astare at this, the loss of my estate, To count my grievings, seen as if afar Through mist and hu..
Theme for a New Daughter

Theme for a New Daughter

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Now 19 and doing well...