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Contents: Preface xiii; Beautiful Ohio by James Wright xvii; River by River by Ann E. Michael 3;Lake Hope in Early Spring by Diane Kendig 5; Crossing Mac-O-Chee Creek by Imogene Bolls 6; The Gorge by Rita Dove 7; Wingfoot Lake by Rita Dove 9; Fast Opera by Christine Delea 11;Twentieth-Century Cave Painting, Circa 1975 by Daniel Johnson 12; Selling Books at the James Wright Festival in Martins Ferry, Ohio by Ed Ochester 13; The Swan at Edgewater Park by Ruth L. Schwartz 15; September, Edgewater Park by Ruth L. Schwartz 16; In Ohio: The Names of Rivers by Hale Chatfield 18; Dorothy with Richard by Bonnie Jacobson 19; Beaver Creek by Ron Domen 20; the barges at night on the ohio river by Alvin Greenberg 21; Puberty by William Matthews 23; The Stretch of River between Belpre and Marietta by Ray McNiece 24; Final Nature Poem on the Little Cuyahoga by Ron Antonucci 26; Anniversary Poem by Gwen Hart 27; Home in Ohio by James Bertolino 29; Lost in Ohio by Anthony Libby 33; Homesick by Judy Klare 34; The Family Farm by Ron McFarland 35; Driving through Ohio by Robert Bly 36; Not Poor by Deanna Pickard 37; Two Muses Discuss Arrowheads by Kevin Prufer 38; In Ohio by James Wright 39; The Sumac in Ohio by James Wright 40; Ohio Farm House, ca. 1846 by Ann Townsend 41; Losing Grace by Vicki Schwab 43; Dixie by David Baker 45; Sunday Morning Apples by Hart Crane 50; Good Friday at the Rookery by Terry Blackhawk 51; The Amish Farmer’s Daughter by John N. Miller 53; The Curse of Purslane by Elinor Benedict 55; The Black Walnut Tree by Mary Oliver 56; Stark County Holidays by Mary Oliver 58; Taraxacum Officinale by Myrna Stone 60; Summer of 1912 by Glenn McKee 62; The Compost Bin by Ellen Renée Seusy 63; Benefits of Geauga County by Steve Brightman 64; Suckering Tobacco by Kathleen Iddings 65; American Beauty by Kathleen Iddings 67; Moose Ridge Apple Wine by Richard Hague 68; Regional Bird by Ivars Balkits 74; Rebecca Devanney, 1954–1981 by David Shevin 75; Roof, Ohio Territory by Joanne Lowery 77; Finding Wild Bees on My Sister’s Farm near Baltimore, Ohio by Mary Crow 78; Tree Ferns by Stanley Plumly 79; Mennonite Funeral in Southwest Ohio by Thomas Dukes 80; Homage to the Corn by David Citino 82; Losing Ohio by Gwen Hart 84; Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio by James Wright 87; Spring Begins in Hinckley, Ohio by BJ Ward 88; The Lights of Chillicothe by G. C. Waldrep 90; Leaving Downtown Marietta, Ohio, 1983 by Christine Delea 91; War Brides’ Dinner by John Streamas 92; Death by Julie Herrick White 93; Near Liberty, Ohio by Merry Speece 94; Nelson Ledges, 1948 by Philip St. Clair 95; Leading Them Back by Julie Herrick White 96; That Summer, Joe, and Prison by Jeanne E. Clark 97; Tractors by Jeanne E. Clark 99; Fall in Reily, Ohio by Marianna Hofer 101; Brick by Sue D. Burton 102; The Future of Lorain, Ohio by Robert Miltner 104; At Marietta, Ohio by John Knoepfle 105; 310 Murdock Street by Larry Smith 106; Drowning in Ohio by Elton Glaser 107; Black Cat in Byhalia by Jeff Gundy 108; Beulah by Lynn Powell 111; Walking the Streets of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1977 by Robert Fox 112; Baking Pies by Ron McFarland 114; Approaching Chester, Ohio by Cathy Lentes 115; Basic Writing, Marion Correctional by David Citino 116; Midwest: Ode by David Baker 118; Route 4 by David Lee Garrison 120; Elegy in the Form of an Invitation by David Young 122; Porphyro in Akron by Hart Crane 127; Church of Rose of Lima, Cincinnati by John Knoepfle 130; Immigrant Children at Union School by Linda Nemec Foster 131; One for the Ladies at the Troy Laundry Who Cooled Themselves for Zimmer by Paul Zimmer 132; The Eisenhower Years by Paul Zimmer 133; May I Ask You a Question, Mr. Youngstown Sheet and Tube? by Kenneth Patchen 135; Secrest Arboretum, My Tenth Year in Wooster by Daniel Bourne 136; Mary Oliver Would by Rachel Langille 138; In a Steelworker’s Bed by Daniel Johnson 140; cicadas by Michael Salinger 141; Rust Belt by William Greenway 143; Advent by William Greenway 144; Between Pittsburgh and Cleveland by William Greenway 145; My Father’s Secret by Argie Manolis 146; Nine of Clubs, Cleveland, Ohio by Dorothy Barresi 148; A Dock Poem by Henry Jacquez 151; December Wake, Youngstown by Eric Birkholz 152; Cleveland, Angels, Ogres, Trolls by David Citino 153; East Akron by David Brendan Hopes 154; Strolling over the Rhine in Cincinnati by Paul Christensen 156; Lament for My Brother by Rick Hilles 157; Love Songs for Cleveland by Sarah Gail Johnson 158; One for the Rose by Philip Levine 161; Beyond Even This by Maggie Anderson 165; The Buckeye by Rita Dove 166; Ohio Highway by Ruth L. Schwartz 168; German Village by Jeff Mann 170; Ohio by David Ray 172; Godspeed by Lianne Spidel 174; Now, Children, Let Us All Rise and Sing the State Song by Finvola Drury 176; The Buckeye Sestina by Linda Frost 179; Ohio Haiku by Elton Glaser 181; John Chapman by Mary Oliver 183; Tecumseh by Mary Oliver 185; Ohio by Ed Ochester 187; Three Miles from Luckey by David Shevin 188; The Breathers by James Reiss 190; How We Argue by Sharon Kourous 192; Buckeye by Stanley Plumly 195; Contributors 197; Credits 213; Index of Poets and Titles 219

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