FeaturesOctober 17, 1999
POETRY CORNER: CAPE GIRARDEAU
Sitting on the banks of the Mississippi in the cool summer air. Guitar strumming int he background, People talking and laughing. Not far, the Royal New Orleans restaurant with its room of red, old portraits on the wall, chandeliers ... Delectables ... like Oysters Casino and chateaubriand, and the city's...
Martha Thompson
Sitting on the banks of the Mississippi in the cool summer air.
Guitar strumming int he background,
People talking and laughing.
Not far, the Royal New Orleans restaurant with its room of red,
old portraits on the wall, chandeliers ...
Delectables ... like Oysters Casino and chateaubriand, and the city's
best pina coladas ...
Cape Girardeau, city on the Mississippi River.
A college town;
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The stately, lovely Southeast Missouri University.
With its professors and personnel ...
College kids' energy fill the air.
Shopping mall, Drury motels ...
El Torrero restaurant, Bob's Fish House and Baskin Robbins ...
What more can any city this size offer?
Cape Girardeau, city of roses,
But also, city of daffodils and irises,
a great place to visit!
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