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From L’Italia to La Merica

By Liza Franzoni

From your mountain village
you looked this way
in a dream that filled
your whole belly
with food and children.


The Little Angel

By Liza Franzoni

Great grandfather Angelo dreamed
of America, the beautiful land
where Count Bettoni
could not tell him “faster!”


Double Wedding Ring

By Liza Franzoni

Grandmother,
what secrets did you whisper
to your quilting friends
in hushed tones, lest the menfolk hear?


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