Poems

Poems

Here you will find a selection of poems from Dave Goulder BEM, musician, writer, and dry stone builder. He is best known for his song "January Man" and for his collections of railway songs which have received acclaim by critics and enthusiasts alike.

Wind

Wind

By Dave Goulder  Emerging from my cocoon  I try to stand against the blast, and hear  a train roaring through  very close, but there is no line here.  It is trees on the move.  As the gale hurtles through this no-stopping station,  I stare with watereyes  and see waves heaving,

Brief Encounter. Old Steading, Altass

Brief Encounter. Old Steading, Altass

By Dave Goulder  Curious, I peered through the non-door  and saw old cow stalls, mangers between  roof supports, timbers for burning.  The new owner’s firewood, split logs,  chopping block, axe, bow saw.  No windows relieved the inside gloom  so I stepped closer, my body shape  framed by the doorway

In Praise of My Beautiful Drains

In Praise of My Beautiful Drains

By Dave Goulder  We should be more appreciative of drains.  This underworld  of ssoft ssslithering sslime  sliding where?  Down   down   down   sslipping sslow ssludge  to septic tanks or sewer pipes or  ssesspits, (the old way)  settling to a smelly slough;   society’s waste slowly transformed  to something valued.  Occupied by