"My Grandmom"

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This poem showcases how much time migrant farmworkers spend apart from their families. Its circumstances were explained in an issue Real Talk, published by the Geneseo Migrant Center:

"In honor of Mother's Day, Sunday May 14th, we would like to share a poem with you. The author, Herbert Canty, is a migrant farmworker who worked at Moore Camp in Wayland, New York last season. While he was in New York, his grandmother died. My Grandmom was written in her memory" (April 1989: 1).

This poem captures the complexities of emotions that come with working separately from your family and facing the adversities of distance. Note: the document orginally appeared by itself on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper; this image has been cropped for better readability

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Canty, Herbert

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Photocopied draft of poem

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8. 5 x 11 in.

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