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He was feeling it<\/strong>
\nIn a corny state<\/strong>
\nThe mother of corn starch<\/strong>
\nIn the thick of it<\/strong>
\nA sweet mother<\/strong>
\nHigh on fructose<\/strong>
\nFull of it<\/strong>
\nAs lots of feed<\/strong>
\nIn feedlots<\/strong>
\nOf walking meat<\/strong>
\nBut it was my job<\/strong>
\nTo make fun<\/strong>
\nOf corn<\/strong><\/p>\n

I recently returned from a road trip out to Iowa to visit relatives, some of whom are corn farmers.\u00a0 I couldn’t resist this corny poem, one of two corn poems written on this trip.\u00a0 I wrote over 25 poems on this eight-day trip, setting a new personal record of nine poems in one day, the first day.\u00a0 Riding (and waiting for) the bus offered ample time for writing.\u00a0 The Megabus earned two specific poems and inspired a third poem about corporate incompetence and poor customer service.\u00a0 Quite predictably, cell phone and electronic gadget noise pollution garnered a couple of poems as well.\u00a0 Plus, there are the omnipresent self-indulgent poems about poetry or being a poet.\u00a0 The muse, rather than taking a vacation, is far more liable to hook up with me on vacation, loving open times and spaces to work her magic.\u00a0 A poet is always on duty.\u00a0 I am delighted to have the vocation of poet alongside my other 24\/7 jobs, such as running an e-commerce web site and being a blood donor<\/a>.\u00a0 Fortunately, I can do several jobs in my sleep!\u00a0 Stay tuned for more lodes of crop in coming weeks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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