From Ch. 7 - Gathering the Borderlands: The Sky Islands of the Southwest
An excerpted poem - titled: "Old Earth," by Drum Hadley (2005). In,
Voice of the Borderlands, pp. 16. Rio Nuevo, 2005.
Old Earth
We are gathering these Borderlands together,
Mesas, arroyos, and valleys as far
as our eyes can see,
Blue mountain range upon mountain
range forever,
Turning towards dawnlight, then
into the evening West,
As far as pale North sky circling South,
to where vaqueros
Come crossing horseback by the
broken mesas in Mexico.
(Bernard, 2010 - p. 138)