Joining dVerse Poets and Victoria’s “erasure poem” prompt. I took mine from a non-fiction Maters of Art book, The Story of Architecture, by Francesco Milo.
feudal lords 
built castles to
protect against
barbarians assailing
timber stockade
consisting of mound
palisade and ditch
motte-and-bailey castle
mighty stone towers or
keeps designed in
combination of gate-
house and outer wall
fortified residences
feudal nobility dwell
in relative safety
houses huddle
around in village
walled formidably
then advent of
artillery and cannon
…Carcassonne!
a poem in my pocket 
Oct 28, 2017 @ 10:34:25
Those walls… desperate times means desperate ways… wonder if we are still seeking to build those fortresses
Oct 28, 2017 @ 10:43:08
Man has not changed…still attacking/seeking refuge.
Oct 27, 2017 @ 16:52:27
Thanks for sharing a bit of history ~ Well the threats are never-ending ~ Good one, Lynn ~
Oct 27, 2017 @ 16:52:58
Thanks for reading!
Oct 27, 2017 @ 15:06:31
A blackout documentary! Well done!
Oct 27, 2017 @ 16:52:18
Thanks, Bev 🙂
Oct 27, 2017 @ 14:50:26
Nice!
Oct 27, 2017 @ 11:59:35
The architecture reflects the needs for safety that we forget today because the threats today are different.
Oct 27, 2017 @ 11:33:41
You took up the challenge with such a difficult source and the result seems a bit like a narrative poem that you can embellish without the restrictions of the prompt. That happens in the last line/word.
Oct 27, 2017 @ 11:37:13
It definitely needed the final word (which actually followed in illustration text below). Thanks!