The Poems of David Garlick
Oak trees screened the wind, framing the sight of boisterous waves – that reached across the stormy strait, leading troubled eyes to distant crags. In bands of gray the view was born, from silver to the darkest hue and reaching to a distant peak the rising crests, a flight of stairs, to carry one […]
“It hardly ever rains here, you know.” The fields looked green to me, snow glistened on mountain slopes, puddles glinted on gravel roads. Herefords, cubed brown, white blazes, coats steaming, large dark eyes, liquid but without curiosity. Jaws moved stoically. The river mutters against a snag. Chatters over a pebbled bar. Tree fingers drag […]
I’ve soared the mountaintop of love, lived in the valley of despair. I’ve sung the songs of happiness Wept scalding tears of shame. I’ve swum warm seas of self-deceit, plumbed depths of nameless fears. But now with you, upon a plain that has an endless curve. I see the beauty, feel the wind, find flowers […]
The sky was full of stars, their brilliance, the light of yesterdays – sent on their way, millions of years ago to touch youthful minds. The beach glowed, still warm under foot. The moon in purdah on this Arabian night. A small adventure, a first of its kind for the young woman, recently married […]