Day 764 – There was a house (Hopkirk)

Our poet today, Colin Hopkirk, sees that once there was a house.  It could have been in Palestine.   Or in Israel.  There was a family – where are they now in this new year of continuing war?  It is Day 764 of the Daily Poems.

There was a house

with a little land
an outbuilding or two
a small orchard
a handful of fig trees
a few vines
some hens
a goat or two
and a family
all in one place

Colin Hopkirk