The Poems of David Garlick
A house is a place to live in. Made joyful with the laughter of children, It becomes a home. A door opens its arms in welcome. Let it speak quietly. Windows, house eyes. Open them; let the air in and the laughter out. A garden, a place of wonder, where flowers sing and insects […]
Happy news, oh happy news, once again we sing in praise. Happy news, oh happy news, Jesus Christ is born today. Come and join us, sing aloud. Glory to our lord we say. Come and join, sing aloud. He was in a manger laid. Praises to the lord we bring. Born to us […]
I love the pungent scent of sun drenched pines. Bell sounds uttered by mountain stream. Soaring eagle holding up the sky. Fleeting glimpse of marmot, mink or goat. I thrill to vicious tug of taken lure. Lift of sagging sails to quickened breeze. The set of edges, carving out a turn. Peace of camp […]
Yesterday I heard butterflies laugh, as they spiraled in the sun, wafted by breeze or mood. Wings russet and iridescent green, blue flashed in a tangle of colour. A duet of flight and merriment to the music of rasping grass stems and seed castanets, rattling in dry pods. Cricket bowed his leg fiddle, a […]