Post on 14-Jul-2015
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The Trees
Of Burial Hill
Evokea timeless feeling,
these…
Old Worldis captured still…
Whence dwelling
here amid the trees…
On Plymouth’s
Burial Hill
The
Pilgrimage to Plymouthmade
400years before
Thence here to rest
descendants laid
On-high
above the shore
Bradfordlooked upon
such trees
Bradfordlooked upon
such trees
Massassoittoo
Their
deeply rootedhistory spans
Native son to you
Sacred
journeys
to this place
Ancestryunified
Plymouth’sPilgrims of
modernday
Leave richer
for the ride
A
family’s treestands fast above
Nor’easters blow, relentless sun
APilgrimFather
and those he loved
Mother,daughter,
brother…
One
Mayflower’swinter of regret
Half are lost, remainder living
Saved byNative
Samoset
Came together for
Thanksgiving
Heavens reach,branches bequeath
autumnal panoply
Nourished by
the souls beneath
their sheltering canopy
These sentinelsa testament to…
resilient
spirits past
Preserved as is
F o r e v e r m o r e
in lieu of
watered grass
DefiningCharacterabove
APilgrim’sprayerbeneath
A testament to those who love
The trees these soulsbequeath
Copyright 2015 – Concept, Words & Images by Social Movement Strategist: Tom Martin
www.NewVentureStrategies.comTom@NewVentureStrategies.com
Developing Ancestral Tourism initiatives and related Social Movements as “brands”
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