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Doctor Bones

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I watched him stalk through the evergreensIn his black top hat and tails,Just like some figure, lost in dreamsOr a voodoo doll, with wails,I’d h..

Dreamwake

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

‘I’ve never felt quite so tired as this,’I think, when I climb the stair,It’s almost as if there’s a drug in waitWhen I ..

The Dance of the Leaftaking

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

She always seemed to run on ahead, Skipping, prancing and dancing, All the way to the Goblin’s Wood While I followed on, romanc..

C**k o' the North

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The castle was smaller than I’d thought In the Scottish countryside, It sat in a hollow called Claymore Court Where all the def..

The Graveyard Stones

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I spend my time in the graveyard of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Cleaning the moss off the headstones Just to read what damp reveals, ..

The Feather Quill

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I wish that we’d never found it now, I wish that we’d stayed away, Avoided the twisted mansion that Was fashioned in Crom..

The Mind Catcher

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

He waited until the Moon was highAnd its beam shone on the sand,Telling himself the time was nighHe could overcome the land,But everyone slept beneath..

The Slag Heap

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

He’d never forgotten the heap of slag That sat beside the mine, It blocked the sun from his morning walk With its shadow, so su..

The Tree that Wouldn't Shut Up!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I hated to pass the talking tree, It made me feel all undone, Raveling on in its revery Like a racquet, coming unstrung, What ..

Keeper of the Light

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I pulled at the oars with Valentine While Derek sat at the rear, He’d taken his turn, now I took mine Our quarry was drawing ne..