Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Arkansas (The 25th State, 1836)



We learned in school that Arkansas
is pronounced to sound like jaw,  

and why it doesn’t rhyme with Kansas?
I would need a lot of stanzas!

It is the home of those grand Nine,
teen aged heroes who chose to shine,

who put to shame a hateful rule
by choosing where they went to school.

For visits it has all you’d wish:
trails to hike and lakes to fish;

agreed, there are no ocean waves,
but lots and lots of lovely caves;

and Mountain Home will warm your heart
with its array of great folk art.

Can any place be called divine—
whose chosen mascot is porcine?

But this state we shall not bash:
for it gave us Johnny Cash!



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