WAR MEMORIAL, KENTISBURY, NORTH DEVON...

Kentisbury Memorial, North Devon

It holds no more interest than

A street light,

Or a telegraph pole;

Barely an eye flickers towards

The hewn stone,

Or roughly tarnished bronze figures

And lists of forgotten names

Of departed military souls…

It held no more interest than

A flock of sheep,

Or a herd of cattle;

Fairly hidden from the eye was

The sculpted stone,

Or vertically impressive cruciform memorial

With list of inscribed names

Of remembered dead from battles… 

Pete Ray

 A church, silent crossroads, a memorial leaning back into bushes and history lay unnoticed by most travellers. 

And I wept inside…