Creative Writing 2/24/2015

Kevin Young's "Ode to the Midwest" on p. 327 uses the phrase "I want" along with humor and cliched images of Midwestern culture to describe a cultural identity or place. Think about where you are from. What are some of the images the rest of the world has of this place? Write an "Ode to ____" in which you playfully invoke some of them while remaining in the voice of longing or desire.