[Critique Group 2] acrostic poem for July 28 critique session, 20 lines

[Alice Massa]

*Ellis Island Gratitude *

acrostic poem for the Fourth of July, by Alice Jane-Marie Massa

Elizabeth—“Liza, in Italian—danced aboard the ship

La Lorraine that brought her and so many others to a new country.

Leaving all that was known to her behind,

Italy’s daughter came through Ellis Island;

Statue of Liberty must have winked at my grandmother as she passed by.

Indiana was her destination.

Soon she married James, settled in a small rural Hoosier community.

Like my paternal grandparents, my maternal grandparents

Answered the call to a new land to establish hope and a new home.

Never can I fully appreciate their braveness,

Determination to embrace a new nation—the USA.

Gratitude to Ellis Island that allowed these four to

Realize a dream and a journey—Domenica and Martino, Liza and James.

All four experienced hardships, but were abundantly blessed.

Take a chance?Did they take an enormous chance?

Indiana was where they planted and grew their dreams.

Two sons and one daughter were lost, but five sons and four daughters 
survived and flourished.

Under those Hoosier skies and wise eyes,

Destiny of two families from the Levone Valley of Northern Italy

Eternally give gratitude to this grand land that our grandparents adopted.

--Looking forward to our Sixth Anniversary gathering on July 28!

--Alice and Willow

July 21, 2022, Thursday, for Group 2 Critique Session on 7/28/22
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