David Lewis Paget : Writing

Rasputin

Rasputin

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The Tsarevitch lay moaning, He was dying in his bed, The bleeding wouldn’t stop, It turned the little fellow’s head, ..
The Goblin Under the Stair

The Goblin Under the Stair

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


When I was seven, or maybe eight My father left when my mother died, He said he’d take me when he came back, He said he would, ..
The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘Why the commotion now, my love? You cry at the breaking dawn, The dog’s asleep in his kennel still Though the c**k has c..
Holly Go Round

Holly Go Round

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I had given up on Holly, since the time, (When rather jolly), she had Leapt between the covers of My friend, Rick Barnard's bed. She ..
Underneath the Ice

Underneath the Ice

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I was down in the Antarctic Taking soundings through the ice, Working with a team of boffins, Roger Cord and David Rice, It was b..
The Valley of Dreadful Night

The Valley of Dreadful Night

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He hid in the fields and hedgerows, And skirted the towns by night, He lay in the barns of deserted farms To sleep, when the time was..
The Bellman

The Bellman

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He rang it in the marketplace, He rang it in the street, Old Silas was the Bellman In the village of Purfleet, He’d rung th..
The Changing of the Guard

The Changing of the Guard

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They had briefed us out by Sirius Before the stellar war When the Rogons and Teresans Blasted atoms at the core; And the by-stati..
Woman of Stone

Woman of Stone

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I saw her first by the apple tree Where she picked the ripe red fruit, Her auburn hair in a twisted coil And a crinoline to suit, ..
The Scribe in the Woods of Time

The Scribe in the Woods of Time

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There’s an ancient wood where nobody goes That’s hid in the mists of time, It covers a hundred miles or so To the west of..