My Land – v4

Walls between us

our neighbors ourselves

setting us apart

words defining

that moment in time

“my land”, set in one place

My land, these 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

now claiming the land

fixed in one place

no longer nomads, gatherers

now people bound to the earth

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Edited November 23, 2013

My Land – v4

Edited October 1, 2013

My Land – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-land-v3.html

Edited September 5, 2013

My Land – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-land-v2.html

January 18, 2013

My Land

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-land.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th 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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