Homely comforts <br />Rural way of life <br />Loyalties remain <br />Wishful tributes <br />Vanished brews <br />Pie and peas, soup <br />Cheese and ham <br />Signs of welcome <br />Well worn doorways <br />Buildings fulfilling - <br />A humbler purpose <br />Since medieval times <br />Blackened kettles <br />Ever-burning fires <br />Simple signs <br />Inscriptions records - <br />Time and a date <br />Skirts the roads <br />Made from stone <br />Pilgrims, drovers, <br />Packhorsemen, now <br />Tourists refreshed <br />Some haunted by <br />Travelers - never left <br />Local mementoes <br />Pitted oak tables <br />Heart of a village <br />Past generations - <br />Memories still remain. <br /> <br />'2007'<br /><br />Robert Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/country-pub/
