House of Windsor,
Edwardian,
Victorian,
Hanoverian,
Stuart
Tudor,
York,
Lancaster,
Plantagenet,
Norman — the Conquerors
who spent so much
claiming land
pre-occupied:
farmed, tilled, managed and lived on
countless thousands of years
——-don’t confuse the rulers with the ruled——
chalky to rocky, beach to bluff
so close to history
step here
dig there
reveal the past
Celt
Briton
Roman
Saxon
Angle
Norman
Viking
reaching out, reaching out
conquerors
colonizers
citizens
emigrés
or immigrants
a common link:
English

(England)


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