{"id":153806,"date":"2026-02-06T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153806\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:45:09","slug":"poem-oh-texas-our-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153806\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Oh, Texas Our Texas,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            Close republish modal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2550\" height=\"2302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Poem-Jan_Feb-26-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223320\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Poems are selected by Poetry Editor Lupe Mendez, the 2022 Texas poet laureate and author of Why I Am Like Tequila. To submit a poem, please send an email with the poem attached to poetry@texasobserver.org. 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