Rhode Island

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Rhode Island

***** Location: USA
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Rhode Island, officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area.

The state is called Rhode Island in common usage, but most of the state lies on the North American mainland. Providence Plantations refers to the mainland, while Rhode Island is actually the official name for Aquidneck Island (now composed of the city of Newport, and the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth).

Having a history of staunch independence, Rhode Island was the first of the thirteen original American colonies to declare independence from British rule and the last to ratify the United States Constitution.

Rhode Island has long held the nickname of "Little Rhody", though the state has officially adopted the nickname of "the Ocean State," as nearly one tenth of Rhode Island's inland area is covered by salt water, and no part of the state is more than a 30-minute drive from the water's edge.
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By the WaterFire*
The poet stands oblivious
To the moon’s absence

*WaterFire – An event centered on a series of 100 bonfires that blaze just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through the middle of downtown Providence, RI.

Malini Gargeshwari, June 2008

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Ring around the moon
they say a storm is coming
Shop for bread and milk.

©　skorda : Rhode Island haiku


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