David Lewis Paget : Writing

A Long, Long Way from Home

A Long, Long Way from Home

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


My father lies in an orchard, My mother lies at his side, But once, a million years ago He made that girl his bride. And love was..
The Breakdown

The Breakdown

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘I don’t remember a year like this,’ She stood by the window pane, Staring into the murk and mist, ‘All that ..
The Many Lyves of...

The Many Lyves of...

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I’d never felt comfortable in that house Not once, since we’d moved on in, A rambling, derelict, barn of a house, Three s..
The Note

The Note

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘It’s not that I wanted to leave,’ he wrote, On a scrap they later found, ‘Just that the stress was too intense, ..
The Blank Page

The Blank Page

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


This page is white as a white can be Til I lift my pen and trace A scrawl of black from an inky sac, A tale of the human race. I ..
Jonathon Brown

Jonathon Brown

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘I’m looking for Nathan Cory, I’m looking for Jonathon Brown,’ That was the woman’s story, In a pub, th..
The Fall of the Earl of Grace

The Fall of the Earl of Grace

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


One last night in the dungeon, One last night to his fall, The Earl of Grace was chained in place To the damp of the dungeon wall. ..
Hothead!

Hothead!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They said he was always a hothead, As a kid he’d scream and shout, He got so bad, made his mother mad That his father locked hi..
Tongue-Tied

Tongue-Tied

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He watched as she passed each morning, Same time, each day of the week, But his lips were dry and his tongue was tied And he found he..
The Widow of Martin Black

The Widow of Martin Black

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Always a bit of a mystery, She lived in a seaside shack, Would go to town when the sun was down The widow of Martin Black. She al..