The Poems of David Garlick
A friend who was till yesterday just a picture in my mind. Inspired by photos in a book and tales of happy times. For sixty years they’d been a pair. Through good times and the bad. But we had never met before and now that makes me sad. The picture in my […]
Beautiful she was but not as eyes would see. Few there were who glanced her way or turned to watch her walk. Beautiful she was but not the cloths she wore. She hid herself in shapeless dress but still her light shone through. Beautiful she was, it showed in gentle moves. She […]
She arrived in a cloud of dogs, their joys reflected in her eyes. Their joy in being alive her joy in giving – them yet another life! She said, “Shadow needs a new home.” We said. “ We are not quite ready.” She said, “ Take her for the weekend to see if […]
Foam was rich, like froth on beer, crash of waves on the bar. Lights on the shore; reflect stars in the heavens, footsteps just a pause in the hour. Faint scent of night blooms, a shawl in a breeze. Sound of strings strummed in the night. Trill of a trumpet, the sigh of a […]