Ode To Michigan Poem by Justin Reamer

Oh, Michigan!
How great you are,
For you are the peninsula
That surrounds the lakes,
Touched by water everywhere.

Natural forest surrounds you,
Making you the most beautiful
Thing in the world,
But you continue to be beautiful,
Despite the harsh winters you have.

Animals live around you and in you,
Fish in the lakes and seas,
Birds in the sky,
Mammals and reptiles crawling the land,
Filled with wetlands, forests,
And everything of that nature.
The birds call in your forests,
And the owls hunt at night,
And the eagle trounces its prey,
Knowing how to kill.

The beauty complements you,
The Tahquamenon Falls looking wonderful,
Isle Royale the most beautiful thing in the world,
Lake Superior forever cold,
And Lake Michigan warming up just fine
As Lake Huron does the same.
Lake Eerie a little eery,
But if you know it can be scary,
With Mackinac Island with so much history,
And Western Michigan looking wonderful.
Nothing else like it.

Michigan, how wonderful you are,
With Yoopers and Trolls,
And soo locks alike,
They are all unique,
One in the same.
You will never be forgotten,
My dear friend the state.