David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Rainwater Barrel

The Rainwater Barrel

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘If only she hadn’t turned,’ he said,‘The bread and the bacon burned,It wouldn’t have made me jump,’ he said,&lsqu..
The Last Day

The Last Day

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The earth had not been breathingFor an hour when I woke,So the thought that I’d be leavingAny time, became a joke,There was not that faintest ru..
The Church of De Angelo

The Church of De Angelo

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I married Rosita back in the SpringAs a new world budded with everything,She sprang from an ancient familyIts heart in the vineyards of Tuscany.Her sk..
The Homecoming

The Homecoming

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The horseman rode up over the hillAstride of his coal black steed,His blood had dried on its withers, tillHe may have been dead, indeed,His battered b..
Drive By

Drive By

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She wore a wig to cover the hairThat was windblown, into her eye,And topped off that with a raffia hatTo disguise a look so sly,She sat up there on th..
The Gas Lamp Ghost

The Gas Lamp Ghost

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The only gas lamp left in the streetWas sitting outside my door,The rest now lay on a rubbish heapHad been cleared some years before,But strangely, al..
The Bride of Storm

The Bride of Storm

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The storm was raging within, he thought,Not out in the trees and fields,It must have strayed in his mouth, and caughtHis throat, for the breath it yie..
Sticks & Stones

Sticks & Stones

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She said she’d made a collection upOf certain sticks and stones,To cast a spell in a paper cupThat drank, would break his bones,She followed him..
The Witch of Steen

The Witch of Steen

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Just twelve, I swear, I must have beenThe day they took the Witch of SteenAnd put a halter round her neckTo teach her magic some respect.The women in ..
Bad Cess

Bad Cess

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There is something that feeds on the evilIt finds in the well of its mind,To bolster the work of the devilAnd other bad cess it might find,It joys in ..