Rain
And,
After the rain,
Our umbrella
Becomes a cane,
And, “Whatever will become of us?”
Becomes “…became.”
Fly
Where, and when, and if,
I die
I desire to revisit this filth
As a fly
and on some squalid afternoon
Fly smack into your bathroom,
Small and black,
And crawl all over
Your naked young back.
I know you imagine I’m a sensitive man,
But I’m afraid that’s just
The kind of fly
I am.
Another Night
We talked all evening about the end of the world
Until it was the end of the evening,
And freezing outside
And we agreed
It had nothing to do with us.
The bus arrived and we said good, and bye, and tried to hug in direct correlation
To the total of our affection to date.
It was very late,
Or very early,
When I put my key in the door.
And I sat in my bed
And looked for lumps on my skin.
And thinking about the end of the world,
I waited for the world to begin.
Descent
He’d been let down so often
His brow was on the floor
But then they found
A small hole in the ground
And let him down some more.
Love Poem
Er….
Yes….
The moon was booked to appear in this poem,
But due to stress
and overwork,
Countless appearances in sonnets and haiku,
It’s going to be difficult to express how much
I like you.
It’s been holding it’s breath
And turning blue,
Once in a while.
Smiling for children,
Styling the tide.
Inspiring sex,
And suicide.
A backlog of allusions to deal with.
Feelings to justify.
It’s done very well for a lump of white rock,
With a peak time slot in the night sky,
Sharing top billing with it’s straight man, the sun, The best double act
in kingdom not come.
Mystified and delighted
With the interest shown
By painters
And writers
And people alone.
But at the last minute NASA phoned
And bumped up the residuals,
So your poem’s been postponed.
I’m sorry.
- David Thewlis
Caro
Where can I read more of this? It’s great! Really do love some of it.
Amanda
Hello Caro! As far as I know this is the extent of David’s published poetry. Cross your fingers he releases more in the future, as many fans do love his writing!
sara
really nice.
hannah ruth
wow he is such an amazing writer! =) i hope he makes more poems…. =)
Rosnes
Thanks Mr Thewlis.
Your “Another Night” put a smile on my face, and your “Love Poem” is simply brilliant. Please have more poetry published.
Regards, Kristine
Sasha
It’s really great! Especiallu Love Poem…it’s so…i can’t find the words to describe my feelings!! Your talent is limetless!! from russian fans
sara
hello thank you for this page so cute I’m a faithful follower of David Thewlis follow your path all his performances and I also love your poems are beautiful greetings from Venezuela
sarita
You’re the best beautiful poems greetings from Venezuela david!
rhianna
The poems are brilliant! Especially Love Poem – possibly the best poem I’ve ever read
Crystal
These made me smile XD They are amazing, and I knew David Thewlis was talented, but this is just awesome!!
Love from Australia
Mika
Those are the best poems I’ve ever read. Especially “Love Poem”, which was simply brilliant. I hope he releases more poems in the extremely-near future.
Alex
“Rain” is perfect! All are very interesting. There is something subtle in them. I think it is useless to ask a poet to go on writing, so I’ll just say this: I wish there were more to read. Good luck to you, David Thewlis! Greetings from Odessa
Lup
I want to recite with him! In short, handsome man, a beautiful and talented actor.
I’d settle for a small part, but I would like to meet him in person. I envy his daughter, not because she is the daughter of David Thewlis, but because he has a father and a great father ..
Jess
I really needed the smile “Love Poem” just gave me, been having it so hard lately I’ve sort of been running out of reasons to smile. Thank you David! And thank you guys for posting these, much appreciated.
haru
mr. Thewlis rain and love poem are brilliant