Get ready for rhyme time

And forget about "Snow,"

So that life here will now "Elevate."

—Wm. James Mortimer, Salt Lake City

Utah's red rocks are as high as a steeple

As well as the standard of people.

Here in the West,

We keep it the best!

Careful, don't get hit by that ski-pole.

—Gale Winkler, South Jordan

There was a great man of renown,

Who started this wonderful town.

A long time ago,

Brigham cried "Westward Ho!"

Now Salt Lake is the jewel in his crown.

—Dorothy Bradley, Fruit Heights

Utah once was "Pretty Great State"-ed.

Then "Greatest Snow" and "Ski Utah" were "plated."

A new slogan was debated

The balloons all inflated

Now we work and play "Life Elevated."

—Roger Morandi, Taylorsville

There once was a people so fine

Who thought Deseret quite Divine.

They crossed all the plains,

And prayed for more rains.

Now their children shout "Utah Is Mine!"

—Letha F. Lee, Lehi

The pioneers came from the east.

Persecution, they hoped had all ceased.

The desert soon bloomed,

And their lives they resumed,

Oh my, how we've grown and increased!

—Jonathan Clegg, Midway

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