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Saturday, April 27, 2024
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My Great Grandfather and namesake, along with his siblings, was forced to leave his home in Ukraine on a day’s notice in order to escape religious persecution. He would never see his parents again. Eventually, he came to America (as an immigrant) and started a family, as well as a successful business in Buffalo, New York.
I fled home
as a chorus of God’s wrath rumbled closer,
bellowing their hymn of fissured families
My song
became rhythmic migration.
I longed for a breath of freedom
beneath the light of a golden lamp.
It is here,
where the refuse take refuge,
that my symphony
begins.
Grade: 12
Arlington, VA
Arlington, VA
Martín Espada
To initiate social change.
Mr. Ross
4842 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20011
