Sunday, September 30, 2018

Why Northeastern Iowa, I've Been Asked

The Driftless Area, you see
       Has captured my affections
The tree-topped rolling hills 
And the streams flowing in all directions
The dissected river valleys
And the cliffs lining the mighty Mississippi

An absurd mix of floodplains and steep gorges
     Make for a complex, paradoxical landscape
Forces of nature magically create
A dreamlike land to which I can escape
And on which my eyes cannot help but fixate
Superbly, divinely, simply, gorgeous

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