Iowa / Iowa Changed - Maggie Dewane

Written By Timothy Arliss OBrien

poem read by Timothy Arliss OBrien

Iowa / Iowa Changed
Maggie Dewane

published in
Haiku and Hope:
50 states of climate change

Iowa
Wind kisses soft grains:
wheat blossoms stir in the breeze.
Amber horizon.

Iowa Changed
Repeated flooding,
plus deadly hot work outdoors.
Waterlogged and wrecked.

Timothy Arliss OBrien
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