David Lewis Paget : Writing

Milady Gay

Milady Gay

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Milady Gay, whose Breath is like a sin, A sin, to sit upon The light within, Within; The light that fractures Forces, foreswears The race we ..
My Daughters Dear

My Daughters Dear

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The worlds I sought and thought to win Have slipped so far, my daughters dear; I loved and lost them, every one, They turned away and left me her..
Needs Would Give

Needs Would Give

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I’ve seen it in The shadow form That hides behind The darkened screen, That such of love They saw you through Brought only scattered Seed..
On the Death of John Lennon

On the Death of John Lennon

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


This world unravels, bit by bit Each thread that binds Is torn in rage, And desolation stalks where wit And beauty walked On some lost page. F..
On the Passing of My 36th Year

On the Passing of My 36th Year

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


What Brings this or that to here, To loss, or spare At these, my racked foundations? Each tumbled brick, spilt From toppled spires, Where tire..
Pt. Hughes Revisited

Pt. Hughes Revisited

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The sand remains, but nought, my love, of you; Our dancing shadows tilted at despair, For everything my love required of you Convinced me that I&rs..
Surge

Surge

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


At Granite Island’s seaward side We sat, and watched the surging tide, The rapid rip, the capping crest, The stinging spray, the ragged nest;..
Threads

Threads

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


With all the art of patient mending First this thread, and then that binding, Now this stitch that, so demanding, Spilt the verse I caught your min..
1981

1981

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


This broken year Waits tinselled, brinked At held breath In hard times, To drain some favoured Harlot’s drink And stay death With ..
A Canticle for Wakeman

A Canticle for Wakeman

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


A few short lines informed us you were dead, That at the last you’d spent your destiny The battle, so one-sided at your bed With no relief fo..