Poems written by Peter Gibbs over 60 years, inspired by romance, travel, the beauty of nature, emotions and family and friends - peterspoetry.co.uk 

Tumbledown Cottage

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​​Once a home in Cotswolds

Now shocking disrepair

A cottage in a valley

Needs tender loving care

What stories here unfolded

The lives within its walls

Children in the garden

Hearing mothers' calls

Fathers leaving hearthside

To head to foreign wars

Bravely risking life and limb

For some forgotten cause

Hopes and fears of families

Their names lost in the past

Did they know their cosy home

Was destined not to last

Maybe one day we can hope

This house will rise again

Restored to former glory

But who knows how or when.

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