David Lewis Paget : Writing

Grim Seasons

Grim Seasons

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The sea shore is the gods lap Where the timeless meet, The grey ditch by the hedgerow Is my heart’s slow beat, The dark sky and the crow..
Hold As Hold Can

Hold As Hold Can

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The time shortens The pace speeds, Times pile upon times At the world’s needs. We are the witnesses At the end spell, The ranks close ra..
Lines on a Mormon Missionary

Lines on a Mormon Missionary

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


What sort of wild temptress is this That tears at the memory’s core, That conjures and courts to dismiss And knows not what tempting is fo..
Mortal Cataracts

Mortal Cataracts

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


What futile webs our journeys weave When seeking faces, door to door, Small comfort for some desperate need To set adrift the sorcerer. The mi..
One To The Other

One To The Other

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There is no fate that Binds us in our steps, One to the other, Caught fast amid the folly That we spent; For what, I ask, was folly In the love ..
Post Mortem

Post Mortem

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


After something is dead...
Sir John de Vere

Sir John de Vere

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


A Mediaeval Romance
Static

Static

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


When it's too late, it's too late...
Stone Cottages

Stone Cottages

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


You built your stone cottages Without any windows, No light for your memories No doors for your soul; You’ve long kept your pillages Deep-d..
Wych Elm

Wych Elm

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


How we sin against ourselves...