Gelsomina

By Derek Jenkins

Italian 
    born,
        wonderfully 
            beautiful, 
                like a
                    picture

Local 
    nickname 
        "Mona 
            Gelsa"

Often 
    out 
        dancing 
            meeting 
                new 
                    people

War 
    ends,
        marries 
            pilot, 
                lands 
                    England, 
                        1944 

  Pilot
      Geoffrey
          takes up 
              teaching

   Promoted
       with son
           they move
               to Rochester

    Gelsa 
        essentially
            is always 
                a mother
 

      Doing  
          kindness to
              someone 
                  nearby

        Children
            old people
                in nearby 
                    homes 

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