The Indiana Chant - Indiana Humanities

America’s crossroads! Highways run— past rows of corn beneath the sun.

Horses, buggies, tractors, trains. Tree frogs trilling. Sandhill cranes.

Squirrels. Rabbits. Woodchucks. Deer. Bison. Bats. Their home is here.

Tomatoes. Hay. Soybeans. Wheat. Storm fronts clash in summer’s heat.

Bass lake. Lemon lake. Ready to row? Maxinkuckee. Morse. Monroe!

Oak and beech trees. Wildflower spring. Migrating birds feed and sing.

Rivers roll— winding bright! Kankakee. Maumee. Wabash. White.

Mississinewa. Wawasee. Patoka. Brookville. James. Santee!

Forest. Prairie. Dune and swale. Strawberries, blueberries, by the pail!

St. Joseph. Sugar Creek. Flatrock. Blue. Ohio, Eel and . . . Tippecanoe!

Indianapolis? Walk. Don’t run! Fort Wayne. South Bend. Bloomington.

Chain of Lakes. Clifty Falls. Raceways. Greenways. Basketballs!

Steel and Studebakers. Indy cars. Farmers markets. Canning jars.

Hammond. Gary. Carmel’s sweet. Evansville. Elkhart. Stroll a street!

Coaches. Composers. Engineers. Veterans. Vice-presidents. A nation cheers!

Karst and caves. Crinoids. Rocks. Indiana limestone building blocks.

Ball State, Butler, Pick Purdue. Notre Dame, Ivy Tech. Go, I. U.!

Astronauts. Artists. Olympians, too. Hoosier heroes— could be you!

ABOUT THE PROJECT: The Indiana Chant is provided as part of the Next Indiana Bookshelf, a program of Indiana Humanities, the Indiana State Library and the Center for the Book. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library.

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Imagine. Invent. Cheer your team! Indiana! Indiana! Plan. Plant. Dream! - April Pulley Sayre

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: April Pulley Sayre, an Indiana resident, is an award-winning author and illustrator of more than 60 books for young people. Visit www.aprilsayre.com.