Mississippi School

Famous quotes containing the words mississippi and/or school:

    ““Where is the Mississippi panorama
    And the girl who played the piano?
    Where are you, Walt?
    The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.”
    —Louis Simpson (b. 1923)

    “It was Mabbie without the grammar school gates.
    And Mabbie was all of seven.
    And Mabbie was cut from a chocolate bar.
    And Mabbie thought life was heaven.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)