David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Dragon Ring

The Dragon Ring

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I’d been courting my Fiona For a year or two, to date, We’d been through the lovers’ gridlock, Love, indifference, ..
Eternal Youth

Eternal Youth

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Be careful what you wish for...
The Girl in the Mirror

The Girl in the Mirror

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I was staying in the village That was known as Banzhushan, In the mountains, in the Province That the Chinese call Hunan, It was ..
The Picnic in the Wood

The Picnic in the Wood

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It was Sunday, after vespers In the town of Montauban, Where the Seminary Deacons walked Along the tree-lined strand, While two g..
The Bogeyman

The Bogeyman

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


When I was a child, the Bogeyman Lived in our water tank, He’d grumble and rumble and growl all night, I had my sister to thank..
The Barge and the Bride

The Barge and the Bride

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I was having a meal, steak egg and chips At the Humpty Dumpty Inn, Next to the Curly-Wyrley Cut Where the Curly bits begin, When ..
The Poetry Course

The Poetry Course

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I was stumbling through the college grounds On a day, eight months ago, It was wintertime, in a fading light And the ground was cover..
Mismatch

Mismatch

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I’d known them as young love’s delight Back thirty years ago, When Sam and Esmerelda wed They’d put on a travelling..
Cader Rook

Cader Rook

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


In the form of an Elizabethan Romance, popular in the middle ages. (Pron. Carder-Rook)
The Second Coming

The Second Coming

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There’s a lurid glow in the sky tonight, Foretells of a lurid dawn, And untold millions in their plight Will wish they’d ..