[Critique Group 2] poem of 254 words for August 29

[Alice Massa]

Good evening, Group Two writers:


     Please find pasted below and attached a 254-word poem which was 
inspired by my CHS Class of '68 reunion's being held over Labor Day 
weekend of 2018, during the Little Italy Festival.


*Fifty Years later, Meet Me*

by Alice Jane-Marie Massa

Once again, fifty years later,

meet me

at the Little Italy Festival.

This time,

follow the green, white, and red lines

down Ninth Street,

and meet me

at Immigrant Square,

west of the Coal Fountain,

in the striped shadows of the twenty-six flags

which represent countries

from where Clinton area residents

have immigrated.

Meet me

in front of the statue of the immigrant

Luigi,

with his one hand waving

and his other hand

holding a valise.

Meet me

by the drinking fountain

called "Il Toro"--

the Bull--

like Luigi,

crafted

near my ancestral home,

in Torino.

Then, we will go

to the riverfront,

down the terraced banks

where Joe Airola

nurtured his grapevines.

On the Wabash River,

we will take a gondola ride

in an authentic gondola.

Returning from our little taste of Venezia,

we will eat spumoni

as we sit beside

the Quattro Stagioni Fountain,

listen to the music of the main stage,

and absorb the chatter of festival-goers.

Back to Ninth Street,

we will tour the Little Italian House,

Il Mercato, and the Wine Museum

where you can buy one of my books.

Then, in the Wine Garden,

we can sit

under lush Grapevines and Hoosier stars,

sip Chianti,

listen to the polka band,

and talk of old times

and fresh tomorrows.

Don't be concerned:

at Immigrant Square,

in the midst of the crowd,

you will easily recognize me:

I will be the one

with the Black Labrador

guide dog.

Meet us.

number of words: 254

August 21, 2017, Monday

  ajm321kh at wi.rr.com


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