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- CovWarkCSVActionDesk
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- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A5535470
- Contributed on:听
- 05 September 2005
'This poem was submitted to the People's War site by Rick Allden of the CSV 大象传媒 Coventry and Warwickshire Action Desk on behalf of Kathleen Hilditch and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions'.
Railings
Railings, what railings?
There are no railings.
All requisitioned - - - all gone - - - to the war.
All save ours.
Ours stand tall
Spared the reduction to bomb or shell.
Spared to remain.
There to support the elderly or strong!
Our house, the only house with railings
- - envy of the street - - -
Focus of stares and sneers - - -
For theirs had gone, gone to the scrap heap of war.
Ours stayed to celebrate the peace, secure for years to come.
Kathleen Hilditch
This poem was donated to the People鈥檚 War website by Kathleen Hilditch, of the Leam Writers. If you would like to find out more about Leam Writers call 0845 900 5 300.
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