The hills of home
Read 'The hills of home' by 'Omer Tarin' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
The hills of home by Omer Tarin
Of my own salt, these hills are made
I am made of them
grey stone
red dust
black wash--
from the jagged edge I look down
the land stares up at me
it is as me, stark and thorny,
it prickles as I do,
it is of my own salt.
(c) Omer Tarin, 'A Sad Piper' 1994
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