David Lewis Paget > Writing | WritersCafe.org | The Online Writing Community

The Building Inspector

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The building had to be as it wasBefore, when it first was built,So the Inspector said to me,I was mortgaged up to the hilt,We’d already changed ..

Where?

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

William Tyrell disappeared a year ago, has never been found. I wrote this to promote awareness of the situation. He was just three years old.

The Watching Tree

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

My father called it the Watching TreeFor it turned, and swivelled to see,He’d planted its seed in the winter weatherOn top of the grave of Annab..

The Long Wait

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The Inn sat down in a hollow, Deep in a grove of trees, It sat so far from the road, the yard Was two feet deep in leaves, It loo..

The Woman Who Never Was

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

I’d seen her coming and going forA couple of years or more,Her hair in the wind was blowingEvery time she walked on the shore,I must admit I was..

The Garden Plot

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

‘What’s at the end of the garden,’I would ask my Lisa May,Each time she came through the garden gateWith that look of pure dismay.Sh..

The Phone Call

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

He was sitting alone by the window In hopes that the phone would ring, Just as he’d sat there every day Since she’d disap..

To Fox and Hounds

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The hearse set off through the mansion gatesPulled by a pair of greys,Stepping high, so they’d not be lateFor the church’s hymns of praise..

Spontaneous

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

One minute she’s standing before me, Is stridently screaming her claims, And then in a moment of horror, I watch as she bursts in..

Lost legacy

A Poem by David Lewis Paget

The house, an aristocratic pileSat nestled into the hill,Hidden by trees and bushes, whileIt harboured its silence, still.No outward sign of its infam..