The Poems of David Garlick
I planted a rose in my garden. Watered and tended it grew. Reaching verdantly upwards, as if my purpose it knew. Slowly, in tight buds it flourished. Patient, I bided my time. Waiting for that special moment when the bloom would be in its prime. Early when dew gemmed the garden, with diamonds, […]
Early in the morning she sat on my lap. Chubby legs, dimpled at the knee. Golden hair, still mussed from sleep. Warm, she lent against my chest. To share my toast. Early in the morning we talked of many things. She asked. “What is snow? Why chickens lay eggs? Where Summer comes from […]
A friend who was till yesterday just a picture in my mind. Inspired by photos in a book and tales of happy times. For sixty years they’d been a pair. Through good times and the bad. But we had never met before and now that makes me sad. The picture in my […]
Beautiful she was but not as eyes would see. Few there were who glanced her way or turned to watch her walk. Beautiful she was but not the cloths she wore. She hid herself in shapeless dress but still her light shone through. Beautiful she was, it showed in gentle moves. She […]