The Poems of David Garlick
If a journey must start with a first step, then surely, before this first step, there must be an idea, a thought, an impulse, a vision, a goal. May your continuing voyage through life be full of ideas, visions, their spectrums and the impulse to travel the road joyfully. David Garlick, Sidney, February, 2005
Burdened with groceries we crossed the road. Look right, look right, the traffic comes from there. And then a waif, in tears. “Come quick, come quick,” he said. “Me mum ‘as ‘ad a fit. She’s a laying over there.” We ran, there she was, down on the ground, shaking, out for the count, an […]
Summer now, when the sun shines and the sky’s, a dome of blue. Where the forests greet the ocean. Our fair city welcomes you. You are welcome as the Eagle, soaring to your greatest heights. You are welcome as the Orcas, talisman, of strength and might. Welcome Belize, welcome Ghana. Welcome Tonga, Malta, […]
I’ve read and loved the Robert Service poems. Both his deep and lighter works have much to say and it struck me that the heroes of his verses can still be seen around us, to this day. Where will you find these men so rash and ready? Can I really show you where […]