List of U.S. state poems
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| State | State poem | Citation/Year |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | "Indiana" by Arthur Franklin Mapes |
[1] |
| Kentucky | "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen C. Foster |
[2] |
| Louisiana | "America, We The People" by Sylvia Davidson Lott Buckley (State judicial poem) |
1995[3] |
| "Leadership" by Jean McGivney Boese (State Senate poem) |
1999[4] | |
| Massachusetts | "Blue Hills of Massachusetts" by Katherine E. Mullen |
1981 [5][6] |
| New Mexico | "A Nuevo México" by Luis Tafoya |
|
| North Carolina | "The Tar Heel Toast" by Leonora Martin and Mary Burke Kerr (official toast) |
1957[7] |
| Oklahoma | "Howdy Folks: The Official Will Rogers Poem" by David Randolph Milsten |
[8] |
| Tennessee | "Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee" by Admiral William Lawrence |
[9] |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ IHB: 404
- ^ Kentucky State Song
- ^ LL 155.4
- ^ LL 155.5
- ^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm
- ^ Massachusetts State Poem
- ^ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ State Poem
- ^ Music, Art and Drama - TN.gov
