Saturday, November 23, 2013

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
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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