This image was chosen because I felt like the fence in nature was a crime against nature. The fence is dividing the land and the vines are rebelling against it.
This is a poem from a student inspired by how they connected to nature during a fieldtrip to test the water at the Detroit River and Bloody Run Creek this school year. Enjoy!
“A crime against nature,
this is a crime,
from trash in the field and fence used as a shield,
yet nature can rebel and show us it needs help.
By using an army and putting up a fight,
it overwhelms this force
with all its might.”
By: Uriel, 7th Grade
Teacher: Charlene Jones, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, Detroit
Subject: Detroit
Theme: General Place-Based Education
Type: Poetry
Yes! Give nature enough time and it will always humble our attempts to put it in a cage or contain it behind a fence. You can see that process happening in the photo.
I love the imagery of nature as an army, overwhelming the trash with its power, using the fence as a shield. That’s an interesting way to think of the fence.