The Poems of David Garlick
Beautiful, graceful, flexible Bamboo, the strong bold stems greet our eyes. They move with the moods of the wind. Their simplicity calls to artists, who stroke a calligraphy of stems and leaves which stir and flutter in a light breeze. They whisper and chatter to the sky – and us, who pause to listen, […]
In my ICU cocoon I rest alone in solitary peace and quiet. I think of little but the fact that many things are left unsaid; reminded that a silent tongue can hurt a loved one just as much as saying something hurtful can. The tubes that festoon, lights that blink and monitors with […]
I’ve found a place where I’m at peace, a place with many friends. With golden sand, seas that chant and palms that clap their hands. The wind blows gently, in my hair and I can be, just me, as flowers bright sing songs of love, “of love?” you say, to me. Yes of […]
In a wide valley, where mountains lean back from a carpet of lakes, we spent a final mother’s day. There, floating gardens are tended from flat bottomed boats. Lotus lilies eye the sky and Kingfishers hover. A last few hours together, we wished it would not end but life was cruel, always good […]