The Poems of David Garlick
Angela, I will remember you. Shadows of palm fronds on your face. The sound of surf on the beach and stones chattering on the shore. I will remember with love the touch of your hand. Fragrance of frangipani heavy air and moonlight. I remember music and dancing. Light flashing in your eyes […]
To those of you who know me, It will come as no surprise. That I will go sailing In boats of any size. I’ve built them and restored them, with the sweat of my own brow. But the strangest craft I ever sailed Was a little Arab Dhow. I called her Jamelah. Which is […]
Walking wooded paths, I think of you, far away in time or distant place. Perhaps a dear friend or acquaintance reaching out across the fading years. How clearly I see you on that dappled trail. Each thought a drifting leaf. each year a bend of path. The kind sun warms my back and I […]
Kedah has gone away. He has been away before but then he resonated. Now there is no whisper, no distant feel from him. He is far, far away. His scent is still here but his place is cold. Not as before, when we knew he would return. Now we only feel sad. Our […]