David Lewis Paget : Writing

Black Dog Night

Black Dog Night

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It was Black Dog Night at the station,With a Black Dog caught in my hair,There were too many owls, there were shrieks and howlsThere was too much into..
A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Winter was settling in at the hedges,Whiting the meadows and hanging off ledges,Crazing at windows and frosting the willow,Creeping at ceilings and fr..
The Naked Grotto

The Naked Grotto

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Down in the grotto we’d go to swimWhenever the tide was highAnd pouring into the basin there,At low tide it was dry,I’d go with the Perciv..
Yellow Moss

Yellow Moss

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The gates of the ancient prison creakedAnd the chains clanked in the breeze,When we pulled in with our caravan,As we camped among the trees,The kids w..
Bone Reef

Bone Reef

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She lived in a cottage, made with bonesHer garden, ringed by teeth,All from the shipwrecked sailors floatingIn from the hidden reef,You couldn’t..
The Poet Tree

The Poet Tree

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Way out, on what was a barren plainA tree has taken root,Over the spot where a poet’s lainIt bears the strangest fruit,He wasn’t read whil..
The Submarine

The Submarine

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It floated ashore one pitch black nightWe hadn’t seen it before,All covered in barnacles and scaleCast up from a distant war,It gently rolled as..
Bereaved

Bereaved

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I followed the leaf-strewn path once moreWhere it hugged the cemetery wall,And made my way through the sandstone gapWhere the howl of the wind was sta..
The Angel in the Bank

The Angel in the Bank

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Standing alone in the bank todayWas an angel in disguise,I knew by how she had combed her hairBy the sparkle in her eyes,A dimple nestled in either ch..
The Singer

The Singer

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I knew that something was going onWhen she went to walk each night,Just on dusk when the tide swept inWith the blue moon of delight,She never asked me..