Eight-line Poems

The Meaning of Castle

The Meaning of Castle

Kenilworth Castle, a ruin yet still imposing,
a curtain wall encompassing, still complete,
chapel and residence, lodge and stables.
the lake, now drained but the walls frowning
on its former shores, just fields for grazing cows,
and in the centre, square, immense and dark,
the towering keep, one wall blasted by Cromwell’s
cannons but resolute, strong and lasting.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, March 30 2021
Prompt: Tower.