David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Old Man's Muse

The Old Man's Muse

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I sit in the room in my easy chairAnd ponder my life in the gloom,The source of my wonder is where did it go,While racing me on to the tomb,I thought ..
Cape Grace

Cape Grace

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The lighthouse at Le Cap de GraceWas damp and dark at best,The rain would sweep in from the south,The wind rage from the west,But nature’s torme..
The Green Room

The Green Room

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We’d picked up the cottage for peanuts, asIt sat on the edge of a wood,The air was damp and we used a lamp,No power in that neighbourhood,But th..
The Ending

The Ending

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The wind grew chill on a summer’s dayAnd the clouds built up outside,‘It looks like a storm is coming our way,’Said the folk of Ezra..
The Castle Bleak

The Castle Bleak

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The Queen had paid the eunuchs toDecapitate the King,And once the deed was done, she thought,‘I’m Queen of everything.’She taxed the..
Unrequited

Unrequited

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She wasn’t a striking beauty, butI loved her with all my heart,I know that I always meant to tell,I should have done from the start,But her pres..
The House the Cleric Built

The House the Cleric Built

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We lived in a house a cleric builtIn fifteen sixty-three,Deep in a copse of Roman ElmsA grand and mighty tree,The place was Tudor, half timbered,And i..
The Carnival Enterprise

The Carnival Enterprise

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I got a job at the Carnival,All the fun of the fair,With its Carousels and its Wishing WellsAnd The Ferris wheel up there,With a Gyro Tower and a Grav..
The Schoolyard Flirt

The Schoolyard Flirt

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Marion Carrion, she was a tease,She really knew how to flirt,Would shake her hips and her moving bitsThat were hidden under her skirt.She’d beck..
The Rose

The Rose

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We’d been together so long, it seemedThat nothing could tear us apart,We lived our lives in a world of dreamsAnd Barbara lived in my heart,But f..