David Lewis Paget : Writing

An End to a Dream

An End to a Dream

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It’s an age since I last picked up this pen,An age since I scrawled a word,There once was a time when I’d write it down,All that I’d..
The Jar

The Jar

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


She kept the jar on the mantelpiece,Our Grandma, Eleanor Flood,A plain ceramic with just one flawA cross that was scrawled in blood.We didn’t kn..
The Day of the Mushroom Spore

The Day of the Mushroom Spore

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


It was only the shape of the mushroom cloudThat gave the game away,It’s not that we weren’t expecting it,It could happen any day,But when ..
The Clock in the Norman Tower

The Clock in the Norman Tower

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Down in the village where I grew upThat sat on the eastern shore,Viking marauders had once shown upTo raze, to pillage and more.They cut a swathe thro..
The Gravedigger

The Gravedigger

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They said that he’d come from the cemeteryAnd I thought he maybe could,In his coat with tails, covered in snailsAnd a cape without a hood,He loo..
The Recalcitrant Hand

The Recalcitrant Hand

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


They put me in charge of the churchyard,And said, ‘mow between the graves,’The weeds out there were atrociousGrew in lumps, and clumps and..
The Ice Log

The Ice Log

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I’d read of the yacht that was lost at sea,Among the Antarctic ice,I never thought it would matter to meThough its ending wasn’t so nice,T..
Whenever the Mist...

Whenever the Mist...

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The hoofbeats come through the mist at nightAnd the sound of clattering wheels,While Ursula sits at the Inn in fright,And we all know how that feels,T..
Final Times

Final Times

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The rain came down in a torrent, whileThe rest of the world had slept,The mud it churned was abhorrent,It was as if the planet wept.They said we&rsquo..
The Google-up Ghost

The Google-up Ghost

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


‘I’ve never believed in ghosts,’ she said,So I said, ‘I’ll prove there are.I’ve seen them at night beside our bed,..