Some Poems with Missouri Themes
People from the coasts and mountains often scorn the Midwest, as being nothing but a flat interstate through corn and soybeans, occasionally punctuated by a tree, grain elevator, or church steeple. Those of us who live here know the truth: the subtlety of our landscape is an ever changing delight which sharpens one's powers of observation. Following are a handful of poetic looks at our environment. These will change as time continues, and your reactions are always welcome. You are free to download them and print them for your personal enjoyment as long as credit is given to the author; reprinting for profit or plagiarizing for school assignments is strictly prohibited.
Poems are copyright, various years, by Jo Schaper.
Poem Links
Big Spring
Our Lady of the Ozarks
The Choice
Onondaga Spring
Watercolor
As It Was In The Beginning
Dogwood Snow
Tufa Creek
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