The Poems of David Garlick
At night, when silence wraps the house words hover over me and I must set them down – or they will drift away. For slumber steals those first thought words, the best, the poignant. Ignored they seldom survive. I do not understand this. The theme persists but those precious drops from the thought spring […]
Emma has a “stand up stool,” it makes her almost tall. which is really rather useful when you are very small. She never needs a helping hand, to see what’s on a shelf; she never asks ”Please lift me up.” It’s, “I can do it by myself!” She drags the plywood platform […]
The Tyrannosaurus Rex, was the Dinosaurs King. His mouth was full of terrible teeth and he’d eat most anything. Now the ancient Rule of the Jungle is part of natures plan, Animals will eat animals, right down to modern man. Rex went looking for lunch one day, down a jungle trail. He happened upon […]
I love the early morning time, just as the sky is turning grey and birds in song their voices raise, in greetings to the dawning day. And having pushed the window wide, I sneak into a world of green there, camouflaged against a rock, I lie in wait, unheard, unseen. Then all at once […]