Art by Eduard Leon Cortes
Grandma’s Premonition
September tenth, nineteen thirty-nine
New York city and the worlds fair
premonition, “we have to get home”
Canada declared war over there.
Arriving home, door opens wide
Bill had already enrolled
mother distraught, sank to her knees
in fear premonition had told.
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About this Poem: My grandparents (on my mother’s side), lived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They went to New York City in September 1939 to see the Worlds Fair. On September 10th 1939 while they were in NYC, Canada declared war on Germany. My Grandmother was overtaken by a fearful premonition to get back home as quickly as possible. When they arrived, her eldest son had already enrolled and greeted them at the door in his uniform. The painting reminds me of that fearful moment as told to me by my mother.
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