{"id":23658,"date":"2015-03-31T10:20:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=23658"},"modified":"2022-01-30T14:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T20:05:27","slug":"mudpie-contessas-by-elizabeth-tettleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/mudpie-contessas-by-elizabeth-tettleton\/","title":{"rendered":"“Mudpie Contessas”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mississippi writers come from<\/span><\/p>\n

pollen-coated porches<\/span><\/p>\n

and stone circled gardens,<\/span><\/p>\n

where cotton snows<\/span><\/p>\n

in July over red clay farms<\/span><\/p>\n

catfish ponds<\/span><\/p>\n

lightnin\u2019 bug jars.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Mudpie contessas become<\/span><\/p>\n

Miss Universe, America<\/span><\/p>\n

pensively confesses, living the<\/span><\/p>\n

childhood play-house dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sipping sweet tea is best<\/span><\/p>\n

in a creaking wooden rocker<\/span><\/p>\n

on Nanas porch by the oak tree<\/span><\/p>\n

nestled among the pinetree<\/span><\/p>\n

evergreens.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Still sweetmornings in the Delta<\/span><\/p>\n

milking cows before<\/span><\/p>\n

sunrisin\u2019, bare<\/span><\/p>\n

foot races<\/span><\/p>\n

painted carnival faces<\/span><\/p>\n

ankledeep muddy creekbed places<\/span><\/p>\n

cool attic crawlspaces<\/span><\/p>\n

make writers<\/span><\/p>\n

in Mississippi. \"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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