Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Poet Monoku

My Country Broke My Heart

highway of tears   from coast to coast to coast













*The Highway Of Tears is a 724km stretch of highway in British Columbia, 
Canada, where countless women (mostly indigenous) have disappeared 
or been found murdered.

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Kim Rodrigues June 11, 2019 at 9:37 AM All so awful! All too many evil beings out there...I won’t even sat human.

Timothy Mcguire June 10, 2019 at 11:12 PM Great Poem! the people of my country break my heart every day. We never learn from history. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 11, 2019 at 8:10 AM I think I am so affected by this because it is history in my life time. This and the residential schools; I was still in school when they were finally disbanded, and I did not learn that in school. xomo

Jeff Connelly June 10, 2019 at 11:03 PM Maureen I didn't know about this. I thought of the USA's disgrace of the " Trail of Tears"; also the treating of indigenous AMERICAN people. It is sad that both our countries share this thing. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 11, 2019 at 8:07 AM It has come to represent the nation wide tragedy, our primeminister just admitting to genocide. It is, so sad. xomo

Heidi Sands June 10, 2019 at 3:07 PM Oh, so sad and mysterious. Well done :) Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 10, 2019 at 8:20 PM Thank you Heidi, xomo

Jan Allison June 10, 2019 at 9:47 AM so few words say so much Mo, how sad:-( hugs Jan xx Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 10, 2019 at 9:57 AM <3