David Lewis Paget : Writing

Chimneys of Lime

Chimneys of Lime

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Reflections on an old copper mining town, the mine long gone...
On Receiving Your Letter for My 39th Grief.

On Receiving Your Letter for My 39th Grief.

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


This poet grows grey-bearded, Claws eyes, shuts out Seasons, Love tales, reasons - Lies, all lies! Some long ague descends me No word mends me ..
From a Blue Cloud

From a Blue Cloud

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


From a blue cloud at the two o’clock And out of the rain, With a long step and a swift nod The master came. Swinging behind him a painted ..
Tinder Box

Tinder Box

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


(Letter, 26 June 1983 from C.H. By the time that I add my sign to this page the pallid sunlight will have dragged behind the Tree of Birds and sp..
Audition

Audition

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Life, a Play In three parts, now Is two parts done. In this, The final interval We rearrange our scores, The Orchestra, still poised Will sit..
Catherine Gables

Catherine Gables

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


What would you with me Catherine Gables, Turn my face From my winter stables, Call at the year That my no-love lies in, Treat the hurt And the ..
Does She Stalk Pathways...

Does She Stalk Pathways...

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘How much we change... I well remember when,’ She said - But that was years before And now, she’s dead! Who was she - why, A..
Mother of Sons

Mother of Sons

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The great themes are ended, Too well and soon, Not one I mended me All in my afternoon. I lay once conjured In love where she lay, All thought..
Pengellen

Pengellen

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Each winter the grey-greying streets of Pengellen Fall silent as dampness creeps in at the hearth, And miners and men speak in whispers of heaven, ..
Spend and Grieve

Spend and Grieve

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Another year ended Over and done, What have we left of it Now that it’s gone -What did we lend it? Only the tears Of the last year&rsquo..