David Lewis Paget : Writing

A Fateful Blow

A Fateful Blow

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The clattering wind came back again In the cold, dark hours of the morn, There must have been such a mighty wind In the hour that I w..
The Devil Park

The Devil Park

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She said, ‘Let’s go to the Devil Park,’ At noon, on a summer’s day, I said, ‘We’d better go after dar..
After Dark

After Dark

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


A panic would settle all over her face Each night as she pulled the blinds, ‘The world outside is a scarier place Whenever the ..
The Yellow Bag

The Yellow Bag

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They’d arranged to meet on Charter Street At the point that midnight chimed, She was to come with a yellow bag, And he with a b..
The Battle on the Footplate

The Battle on the Footplate

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They’d never got on before the dance And they certainly wouldn’t now, For Geoffrey Raise had showered praise On the Firem..
Of Loss and Love

Of Loss and Love

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He hadn’t been home a day before He found that his wife had died, The doctor said it was sudden, that There was something wrong..
The Final Solution

The Final Solution

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He was walking along the tramway On the other side of town, The lines had shone in the darkness, There wasn’t a tram around, ..
An Autumn Tale

An Autumn Tale

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The trees were talking in foreign tongues, The leaves had plenty to say, As he stood deep in the golden grove Watching the treetops s..
The Judgement

The Judgement

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The Judge came into the village with A troop of the finest horse, The sunshine gleamed on their breastplates And their guns and their..
Near Thing!

Near Thing!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The freighter loomed from the darkness Its shadow high on our port, And Jenny screamed at the starkness Of the fate the freighter bro..