August 5, 2018

Autumn – Stanza 5

around the time when separatists sought freedom
from the crown, a ship, the Mayflower, set sail
across the ocean blue, amongst its passengers,
a girl named Mary, of renown, so claimed,
the first to step on Plymouth’s rocky shore

~kat

For Jane Dougherty’s Daily Stanza Challenge.

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8 responses to “Autumn – Stanza 5”

dornahainds
August 5th, 2018 at 9:21 am

Fantabulous! 😎🥀

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Jane Dougherty
August 5th, 2018 at 11:11 am

I’ve often wondered why people are so keen to trace their ascendants back to the Mayflower. They sound as though they were utterly useless. If the Indians (I am of the generation that calls the people who already lived in America and didn’t need to be discovered, Indians) hadn’t looked after them they’d have all died straight away. And look at the thanks they got!

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- Kat Myrman
  August 5th, 2018 at 11:53 am
  
  It is true. Mary’s father died on the boat ride over and her mother in the first year. Mary at the age of 13, orphaned moved in with Miles Standish’s family. And so the legacy of ungrateful greed for native lands commenced. It’s not a proud moment. Its poisonous heritage carrying on even to today. ☹️
  
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  - Jane Dougherty
    August 5th, 2018 at 11:55 am
    
    I remember reading about it when I was a kid and thinking, if only the Indians had been a bit less humane and just let nature take its course, the world might be a bit different.
    
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    - Kat Myrman
      August 5th, 2018 at 12:00 pm
      
      No doubt.
      
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    - Jane Dougherty
      August 5th, 2018 at 12:04 pm
      
      🙂
      
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willowdot21
August 5th, 2018 at 11:29 am

And we are learning history too!

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- Kat Myrman
  August 5th, 2018 at 11:57 am
  
  It is rather fascinating.
  
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