The Poems of David Garlick
The dogs greeted us, Annie staggering with arthritis, Big brown Bob, not bright but a power house of youth, and Thor, a Puck of a dog. Eyes that ask questions, not understanding the answers but he understands sticks. “I will fetch for you for as long as you have the strength to throw. Two […]
Crippled and bent, in the dust he sat; for his legs were wasted away. With out stretched arms and wooden bowl, he begged for coins each day. He begged for those in his tiny shack. For begging was all he had known. And he did his best, with all his heart, till they came […]
She sailed down the street like a spinnaker, a bow wave of bosom before. In her wake a confusion of shoppers, as she wheeled to enter the store. The colours that plastered her person, turned heads as she powered along and the breeze from the murmuring people rose in a crescendo of sound. It […]
Listen to me for I know best. Do not argue. Do not say “but.“ do not answer back. Listen to me, these are the rules. You may do this. You may not do that. There are no exceptions. There are no excuses. Listen to me. There is an objective. Learn to obey orders […]