A Cup Of Tea and A Cozy Mystery: Special Request To Help Make Literary History...

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Special Request To Help Make Literary History...

Today I have a special request, a friend of mine Poet Patricia Neely-Dorsey is trying to have her poem Meet My Mississippi become the official state poem. Today I ask that you help her make her dream come true. Reading Patricia's work for the last two years has helped me personally, insipired and changed me in ways only poetry can. Her two books Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia and My Magnolia Memories and Musings have been constant treasures on my table for the last few years. Below is the poem Patricia Neely-Dorsey wrote about her love of her state and now you have a chance to help make history!

MEET MY MISSISSIPPI

Faulkner's Sanctuary

Eudora's home state

Elvis' birthplace

The bulk of the Trace;

Sprawling beaches

Along the Gulf Coast shore

One blues man's crossroads

And inspiration for more;

An abundance of history

Tradition and folklore

Warm front porch welcomes

With a wide open door;

A ride down the mighty river

On the American Queen

And some of the most

Beautiful countryside

That you've ever seen

She's music and melodies

And the mockingbird's songs,

By valor and arms

And faith ever strong;

She's magnolias blooming

Around Jackson's capitol dome

And the sweet scent of honeysuckle

That forever says "home"

She's My Mississippi

She's "The Hospitality State"

"Go Mississippi"

You're a true State of Grace

2013 Patricia Neely-Dorsey

Below is how you can help make history for Mississippi's Bicentennial

"MEET MY MISSISSIPPI" THE STATE POEM

FOR OUR BICENTENNIAL YEAR!

Once Patricia has successfully submitted her poem as a bill, it would be assigned to a committee
Last session the bill was assigned to the Tourism Committee
More than likely, it would be assigned to the same in 2017

Patricia requests that we send emails in support of her poem becoming the State Poem. Please write too:
Becky Currie - is the Chair of Tourism in the House
bcurrie@house.ms.gov
Lydia Graves Chassaniol -Tourism Chair in the Senate
lchassaniol@senate.ms.gov
PLEASE CONTACT THEM
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPRESETATIVE
IN SUPPORT OF "MEET MY MISSISSIPPI": AS STATE POEM

Here is an additional list of members of the Mississippi HOUSE OF REPRESENTATVES with their contact info.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/hr_membs.xml

Here is a list of members of the Mississippi SENATE with their contact info.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/ss_membs.xml