Excellent an Oregon State of Mind Ode to Medford, Oregon by jake cosmos aller Ode Poetry writing prompt entry

I have slowly over the years Become an Oregonian. Spending my summers In Medford, Oregon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been going there since The early 60s My father had a summer cabin  In Yakima, Washington. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We often  stopped in Medford  for the night. --------------------------------------------------- We went to the cabin  Every summer for two months As my father, being a college professor, Had the summer off. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bought property in Medford Two duplexes Recently renovated them Becoming an Airbnb super host. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Going each year To the Shakespeare festival  Wine tastings, hiking ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Checking out Ashland Oregon coastal towns. Along the way Gambling in Indian Casinos. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adopting the Oregon male uniform Khakis, or jeans, T-shirt and western-style plaid shirt. Baseball cap, boots  No one wears a tie in Oregon Beard as no proper Oregon man shaves. ------------------------------------------------- Scraggly beard – no one shaves. Writing Prompt Write an Ode poem. It is a poem praising a person, place or thing. Author Notes Ode Poem Write an ode to anything you want as long as it is not about a person or an animal. Comparison can be made to people or animals. It can be funny or serious. Personification allowed. Rhyming or not is up to you. The subject is up to you, please keep it clean. Pictures and author's notes allowed.

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