I’m not moving – v2

“I don’t know about you,

but I’m good

I’m not moving;

my feet are hurting…

and I am tired.”

Was this the dialogue

her bold statement

between a wife and husband -

the birth of farming

many thousand years ago?

Was it just because someone

liked the view before them

the place seemed good to them

they were tired

and their feet hurt too?

Dropping the seeds

in the bags they carried

into verdant soil

the Fertile Crescent

ablaze with grains of life.

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edited October 4, 2018

I’m not moving – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/im-not-moving-v2.html

I’m not moving

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/im-not-moving.html

imagining the conversation

that led to the birth of farming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

#Agriculture #birth #farming #nomadic #hunter #gatherer #domestication #crops #land #landownership #fields #farms #Neolithic #grains #historyofagriculture #history #fertilecrescent #Mesopotamia #creation #Eden #God #Levant #crops #birthoffarming

I’m not moving

I don’t know about you

but I’m good

I’m not moving;

I am tired

my feet are hurting…

was this the dialogue

the birth of farming

was it just because someone

liked the view

the place seemed good

that they were tired

that their feet hurt too

================

October 4, 2018

I’m not moving

imagining the conversation

that led to the birth of farming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

#Agriculture #birth #farming #nomadic #hunter #gatherer #domestication #crops #land #landownership #fields #farms #Neolithic #grains #historyofagriculture #history #fertilecrescent #Mesopotamia #creation #Eden #God #Levant #crops #birthoffarming #creator

Earth Mother – v3

thankful to a Creator

to a Father God

to a nurturing world

thankful for an earth mother

a fuller picture, all of life,

for planting, for harvest

for watering and tending

cycles in their farming

for blessing on the land

===

edited April 16, 2014

Earth Mother – v3

(editing original again)

Edited January 19, 2013

“Earth Mother – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/earth-mother-v2.html

January 18, 2013

“Earth Mother”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/earth-mother.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45 of book

“Human Heritage”,

http://www.amazon.com/Human-Heritage-History-Teachers-Wraparound/dp/0028231880

by Miriam Greenblatt and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 29,150+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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

====

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 26,580+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

My Land – v3

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

people bound to the earth

====

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 25,810+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

My Land – v2

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

====

Edited September 5, 2013

My Land – v2

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 25,310+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Earth Mother - v2

close to the earth

thankful to a creator

to a nurturing world

praying to an Earth Mother

for planting, for harvest

for watering and tending

cycles in their living

for blessing on the land

===

Edited January 19, 2013

“Earth Mother – v2”

January 18, 2013

“Earth Mother”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/earth-mother.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45 of book

“Human Heritage”,

http://www.amazon.com/Human-Heritage-History-Teachers-Wraparound/dp/0028231880

by Miriam Greenblatt and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Farming

No longer gathering

roaming the land

planting, growing

staying, a home

farming one plot

grains for a harvest

living in villages

boundaries for spaces

=====

January 18, 2013

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

My Land

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

people bound to the earth

====

January 18, 2013

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Praying to the Wind

before gods and goddesses

praying to the wind

for crops in their season

the forces of nature

dependent upon them

exposed on the land

=====

January 18, 2013

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Earth Mother

thankful to a creator

to a nurturing world

praying to an Earth Mother

for planting, for harvest

for watering and tending

cycles in their farming

for blessing on the land

===

January 18, 2013

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

spinning wool

domesticating animals

gathering them in

centered together

not roaming the lands

sharing together

specialization, farming

spinning wool from animals

placed on a loom

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January 18, 2013

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”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 22,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.