The Poems of David Garlick
Soon enough we are born. We grow; we live our various lives, we love. Soon enough we have children – and many good friends. Our families stretch and Joy is a gift received, soon enough. Soon enough but often too soon – we grow old or find that it is time to […]
Slick slanting drops of water blew from dripping leaves and branches dank. The sun, a silver disc did glint but never warmed the misty air. And through the dark and dripping wood, A knight in rusty armor came. Astride a horse of mighty size, it’s fetlocks lank and mired with mud. Beneath an […]
We are the creatures of the Wing. We are free but bound to Nature. We are gathered as a flock. We are ready to journey, South. We are driven to reach, to fly – as a huge V in the sky. The day has dawned clear and bright, let us begin. Let us fly. […]
I woke to hear a tapping noise and then a dreadful groan. A dragging sound, creak of board and then a wheezing moan. All through the night, I lay in dread, sure a specter I would see, come through the wall beside my bed, to scare and haunt poor me. Next morning when the […]