Does your community have pillars you are hardly aware of?

Question

Three hundred and twenty years in the making.
Lovers have met 
Battles been fought, won and lost
And the afternoon heat
Has been endured here.
The King of the castle triumphed-
And was duly deposed here
Armies seen off
Defenders overwhelmed.
An enemy base
A home sanctuary.
Hitching post
Rendezvous, spaceship and monkey bars
Oh, and cuckoos have been heard here.
Countless hands, feet and tired posteriors have left their mark.
And it has left a mark in my heart, here.
The old tree trunk in the park.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I agree. Very nice work indeed. ^_^

-Joe

giggling · Answer

I have seen the past by standing on a battleground
you can hear the cries of war--if only you can listen
moving from the Indian wars to battlefields of today
we don't seem to get it--do we?
sending our bright promise off to die
we get stuck with what is left
they call themselves---politicians!

Sorry, Ma's answer set me off--I was half there reading your write, what she said tipped the scale.

Your poem is thought provoking to say the least!

Danny R · Answer

Foggy, you've sent me back to the playground:

Playing Commandoes (Aged 6)
	

 Doing a belly-crawl, through the undergrowth.
as stealthily as a Cougar.
I had hauf a stick o rhubarb left, 
and a wee brown poke o sugar.
Bliss.

neonman · Answer

No, but we have a dump.  Does that count? lol  A good read, with the ending to tie it in.

- · Answer

Have you walked the fields of Gettysburg?
Your verse took me back to the days and feelings I had when I did.

Excellent.
ma

jenny · Answer

As sweet as youth, this poem. 
great last line, brings smiles to heart.

Does your community have pillars you are hardly aware of?

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