Comments on: Emigrant poetry

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:50:41 +0000

I’ve heard of quite a few families that did that. In fact, there are a lot of Palmolesi descendants in Argentina.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:00:26 +0000

In my family my grandfather Pagano and two of his brothers went to the USA- Pennsylvania and another brother went to Argentina.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:58:58 +0000

I’m glad you enjoyed it Cathy!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:58:32 +0000

No world rocking here. I’m well aware that many of the emigrants went to South America and that this poem could be referring to that part of a “Merica”. No matter where they went, most of them went with very little money and very few possessions. It took a lot of courage.

By: xdiesp

xdiesp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:55:10 +0000

I don’t want to rock your world, but they might be talking about south america. As i.e. in argentina being a favorite of italian emigrants. I read about the “dollar” and immediately thought about the usual mistake of US citizens believing their country being called America… when it’s actually US of A.

By: Cathy Kesseler

Cathy Kesseler — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:10:48 +0000

What a wonderful poem. I’m going to print it out and put it in the binder I have with the old postcards, letters and pictures from Palmoli. Thank you for translating the poem.