The Poems of David Garlick
I stand beneath these Douglas firs, that soar like pillars of a nave, as slanting beams of sunlight pierce the silent arches of the glade. Eight hundred years of vibrant growth unmoving to my watchful eye. this mighty stand of forest giants saved from the fallers flashing blade. A man of the […]
I saw her run today. Long legs, hair blowing free. The crowd drummed the sun filled stands and rose in noisy unison to greet her flowing stride. What pride in one we hardly know. What thrill to cheer her on. What joy to see her run so well. What tears that spill to […]
I met her in the summer time and like a summer flower. She filled the room with colour, to brighten up an hour. We laughed and talked together in her salty sailors tongue. That first hour was a pleasure of a friendship just begun. Till now the autumn of our lives. When […]
I shall miss these gentle people, their grace and happy smiles. Bamboo stirred by a breeze, butterflies among the flowers. I shall miss their language, the whisper of leaves in a tree, water splashing a fountain; chatter of bright birds. I shall miss the sound of waves – talking to a sandy […]