The Poems of David Garlick
Along the cut, dawn sips the cup of night. Day sounds lie silent. Ears become eyes. At this magic hour you may hear mist creep and the flutter of your thoughts taking flight. The splashy chatter of leaking lock gates. The calls of waking birds cackle of a duck. The mewing of gulls, the […]
I’m five today, how very grown up. The things I have learnt to do. I can brush my hair, clean my teeth and tie a bow in my shoe. I can carry a bag, when we visit the store. I can walk and run and skip. I can swing on a swing, slide on […]
Fall has arrived! Trees, splendid in their autumn finery, dance with the wind. Branches weave and bow making the streets gay with brilliant confetti. Children shriek in delight as they scatter mounds of leaves patiently piled by adults. The tang of bonfires bites nostrils. Dogs retrieve long lost bones – found in cleared flower […]
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 […]