Eight-line Poems

The Romance of Ruins

The Romance of Ruins

Near my home town stands Kenilworth Castle,
once the strongest fortress in England,
a ruin now but still impressive, especially
in its great, square block of a Norman keep,
that final redoubt within the encircling walls.

Below the keep stands a wall, eroded now
to a handy seat on which to rest and there,
on the stones, are the masons’ marks of long ago.


Line Count: 8
Free Verse
For Express It In Eight, October 08 2020
Prompt: Keep