My land, the words
separating our world
ownership, protection
walling off neighbor
claiming land as their
own
passed on to descendants
My land, not yours
for my own purpose
fixed in one place
no longer nomads,
gatherers
people bound to the earth
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Edited September 5, 2013
My Land – v2
January 18, 2013
My Land
substitute teaching at Pembroke,
Three Rivers School
6th grade Social Studies,
covering the Neolithic Age,
page 45
“Human Heritage”,
by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino
Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,
Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”
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