i've never heard "soda" called "coke" by anyone is iowa. its always been "pop"

i was born and raised in iowa, no i didn't grow up on a farm, i don't own any overalls and i've never ridden a tractor in my life.
-cedar rapids is the only place in the world besides paris to have its government building on an island in the middle of a river. its home to the national czech and slovak museum and library. also the mother mosque of america is supposed to be the oldest mosque (purpose built. it is where quaker oats first started- that would be the smell.
-keokuk (my hometown, no snickering) is a few miles south of galland school which is a reconstruction of the first school in iowa. it has a large reenactment of the battle of pea ridge, the last weekend of april. there is a statue of chief keokuk overlooking the mississipi river. its said his body is buried there, but his head is buried under a tree in the park. the hydroelectric plant, lock and dam 19 (where my dad works) was the largest in the world for a long time and draws many bald eagles in the winter since it breaks the ice.
-if in iowa city, go to the hamburg inn

as a side note to the first comment, i personally disagree with writer's block and depression being the same. i find that my poetry thrives more when i feel depressed.

and hence why it's so important to support artists: you never know when you'll piss one off enough to start a global war.