Last January, Missouri was granted its first official Poet Laureate. At the inaugural celebration, Walter Bargen read a new poem for the occasion, a poem which spoke to Missouri and dreamers and possibilities, called Moonwalk Missouri.
The Missouri Center for the Book has produced a fine letterpress broadsheet. It is now available. Go to
http://www.columbiabooksonline.com/
and click on the Walter Bargen link on the left side. There you will see at the top two versions.
The money will go to support the Poet Laureate program, which MCB hosts, and will ensure its continuity. It’s a little late in the season, perhaps, but these would make good gifts. …