Beyond the red brick of Ellis Island where the two Slovak children who became my grandparents waited the long days of quarantine
, after leaving the sickness, the old Empires of Europe, a Circle Line ship slips easily on its way to the island of the tall woman, green as dreams of forests and meadows waiting for those who'd worked a thousand years yet never owned their own. Like millions of others, I too come to this island, nine decades the answerer of dreams. —"Ellis Island," Joseph Bruchac Which text in the poem supports the theme “America was a land of possibility for many”? the two Slovak children who became my grandparents this island, nine decades the answerer of dreams. a Circle Line ship slips easily on its way to the island the long days of quarantine
