“Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus.” The poem “The New Colossus” was written by Emma Lazarus in 1883. It is a poem of welcome to newcomers looking for safety and a home. People have migrated forever, to a different town, city, or country, with the hope for a new life. This poem gives voice to the universal need for shelter and security, whether metaphoric or real.
Emma Lazarus’s poem “The New Colossus,” with its enduring theme, continues to prompt variations using this accordion form.
2019. Accordion book with wool cover, enclosed in a clamshell box.
Cover, wool embroidered with cotton threads; interior, linen sewn with cotton threads. Open, 4 3/4 inches x 25 inches; closed, 4 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Clamshell box measures 5 1/2” wide by 2” high by 6 1/2” long.