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The last keepers, there they stand, within the walls of the Kasbah Now a grave, to those who in fifteen seconds, lost it all That once protected friends and defied foes Who returned and were thwarted, and yet more succeeded It was a home, it was a city, of the Berber, Arab too A passing poet came to pay his respects to the fallen The last keepers, there they stand, within the walls of the Kasbah Visitors to guide, around the site of the Kasbah Now a grave, to those who in fifteen seconds, lost it all And a cemetery it is now, the Kasbah That once protected friends and defied foes Who were …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,284],"tags":[634,635,638,633,288,637,636],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ghazal","category-on-the-berber-trail","tag-agadir","tag-agadir-kasbah","tag-berbers","tag-kasbah","tag-morocco","tag-poems-about-morocco","tag-tourism","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-6x","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":336,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/farewell-the-sun-we-meet-on-the-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":405,"position":0},"title":"Farewell the Sun, We Meet on the Morning","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th May 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Farewell to the sun, we meet in the morning When warmth again it shall the earth Creatures all shall seek solace in or from it, Father of all on that here have known birth. 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\nVisitors to guide, around the site of the Kasbah<\/p>\n![\"Goat](\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0413-300x225.jpg\")
\nAnd a cemetery it is now, the Kasbah<\/p>\n
\nWho were held out by the strong walls of the Kasbah<\/p>\n
\nAnd in turn defended from attack the Kasbah<\/p>\n
\nIt was their world, until it shook, all died in the Kasbah<\/p>\n
\nAccosted by shepherds who see it as a goldmine, the Kasbah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"