I walked along the Mississippi shoreline at midnight
Listening to distant barges groaning in the dark
And thinking about Mark Twain
Drifting down the river on a lazy summer day.
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I love the stories of Mark Twain about the Mississippi River! My favorite is when Tom and Huck listened in on their own funeral!
The poem gains through being set in a specific place-the Mississippi. The aura of midnight adds to the atmosphere. Instead of Mark Twain, however, I would like to suggest the great song 'Mississippi', by Bob Dylan. The greatest singer and poet of our times.