Only five US states have official state poems. The states and poems follow:
1) Indiana; "Indiana" by Arthur Franklin Mapes
2) Massachusetts; "Blue Hills of Massachusetts" by Katherine E. Mullen
3) New Mexico; "A Nuevo Mexico" by Luis Tafoya
4) Oklahoma; "Howdy Folks" by David Randolph Milsten
5) Tennessee; "Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee" by Naval Adm. William Porter Lawrence
Sure, most of the above poems suck but at least these five states HAVE official state poems. Like, what the hell is wrong with the remaining 45 states? When did poetry die?
No wonder the rest of the world hates us.
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Wait, so, what WOULD the official state poem of NJ be? Something from WCW, I suspect, no? He still really does it for me... (The British don't "get" him, FYI. They choose Wallace Stevens above Willie Williams.)
It would SO have to be William Carlos Williams. I heart physician poets.
I'll take "This is Just to Say" as my state poem any day. But that's just me.
perhaps you could try this on
John Gorka
I'm From New Jersey
From the album "Jack's Crows"
I'm from New Jersey
I don't expect too much
If the world ended today
I would adjust
lyrics at
http://www.geocities.com/thegypsylife/newjersey.html
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