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Credits Maggie Anderson. “Beyond Even This,” from A Space Filled with Moving, University of Pittsburgh Press, copyright © 1991 by Maggie Anderson. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. Ron Antonucci. “Final Nature Poem on the Little Cuyahoga,” copyright © 2000 by Ron Antonucci. Used by permission of the author. David Baker. “Dixie,” from Sweet Home, Saturday Night, University of Arkansas Press, copyright © 1991 by David Baker. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Midwest: Ode,” from Changeable Thunder, University of Arkansas Press, copyright © 2001 by David Baker. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arkansas Press. Ivars Balkits. “Regional Bird,” copyright © 2002 by Ivars Balkits. Used by permission of the author. Dorothy Barresi. “Nine of Clubs, Cleveland, Ohio,” from All of the Above, Beacon Press, copyright © 1991 by Dorothy Barresi. Reprinted by permission of Beacon Press, Boston. Elinor Benedict. “The Curse of Purslane,” copyright © 2002 by Elinor Benedict . Used by permission of the author. James Bertolino. “Home in Ohio,” from First Credo, Quarterly Review of Literature Poetry Series, copyright © 1986 by James Bertolino. Reprinted by permission of the author. Eric Birkholz. “December Wake, Youngstown,” copyright © 2002 by Eric Birkholz . Used by permission of the author. Terry Blackhawk. “Good Friday at the Rookery,” first published in Spoon River Poetry Review, copyright © 2001 by Terry Blackhawk. Reprinted by permission of the author. Robert Bly. “Driving through Ohio,” from Silence in the Snowy Fields, Wesleyan University Press, copyright © 1962 by Robert Bly. Reprinted by permission of Wesleyan University Press and the author. Imogene Bolls. “Crossing Mac-o-Chee Creek,” copyright © 2002 by Imogene Bolls. Used by permission of the author. Daniel Bourne. “Secrest Arboretum, My Tenth Year in Wooster,” first published in  Acres on Route , The Wooster Book Company, copyright © 1998 by Daniel Bourne. Reprinted by permission of the author. Steve Brightman. “Benefits of Geauga County,” copyright © 2002 by Steve Brightman. Used by permission of the author. Sue D. Burton. “Brick,” copyright © 2002 by Sue D. Burton. Used by permission of the author. F 213 Hale Chatfield. “In Ohio: The Names of Rivers,” from At Home, Ashland Poetry Press, copyright © 1971 by Hale Chatfield. Reprinted by permission of Denise Z. Chatfield. Paul Christensen. “Strolling over the Rhine in Cincinnati,” copyright © 2002 by Paul Christensen. Used by permission of the author. David Citino. “Basic Writing: Marion Correctional,” “Cleveland, Angels, Ogres, Trolls,” “Homage to the Corn,” from The Discipline: New and Selected Poems –, Ohio State University Press, copyright © 1992 by David Citino. Reprinted by permission of the author. Jeanne E. Clark. “That Summer, Joe, and Prison,” and “Tractors,” from Ohio Blue Tips, The University of Akron Press, copyright © 1998 by Jeanne E. Clark. Reprinted by permission of The University of Akron Press. Hart Crane. “Sunday Morning Apples” and “Porphyro in Akron,” from Complete Poems of Hart Crane, edited by Marc Simon, Liveright, copyright © 1958, 1966 by Liveright Publishing Corporation; copyright © 1986 by Marc Simon. Reprinted by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation. Mary Crow. “Finding Wild Bees on My Sister’s Farm near Baltimore, Ohio,” from I Have Tasted the Apple, BOA Editions, Ltd., copyright © 1966 by Mary Crow. Reprinted by permission of Boa Editions, Ltd. Christine Delea. “Fast Opera” and “Leaving Downtown Marietta, Ohio, 1983,” copyright © 2002 by Christine Delea. Used by permission of the author. Ron Domen. “Beaver Creek,” from Voices of Cleveland: A Bicentennial Anthology of Poems by Contemporary Cleveland Poets, Cleveland State University Poetry Center , copyright © 1996 by Ron Domen. Reprinted by permission of the author. Rita Dove. “The Buckeye” and “The Gorge,” from Grace Notes, W.W. Norton & Company, copyright © 1989 by Rita Dove. Reprinted by permission of W.W. Norton & Company. “Wingfoot Lake,” from Thomas and Beulah, Carnegie Mellon University Press, copyright © 1986 by Rita Dove. Reprinted by permission of the author. Finvola Drury. “Now, Children, Let Us All Arise and Sing the State Song,” copyright © 2002 by Finvola Drury. Used by permission of the author. Thomas Dukes. “Mennonite Funeral in Southwest Ohio,” copyright © 2002 by Tom Dukes. Used by permission of the author. Linda Nemec Foster. “Immigrant Children at Union School,” from Amber Necklace from Gdansk, copyright © 2000 by Louisiana State University Press. Reprinted by permission of Louisiana State University Press. Robert Fox. “Walking the Streets of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1977,” from Greatest Hits, –, Pudding House Publications, copyright © 2001 by Robert Fox. Reprinted by permission of the author. Linda Frost. “The Buckeye Sestina,” copyright © 2002 by Linda Frost. Used by permission of the author. 214 E [3.16.69.143] Project MUSE (2024-04-19 23...

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