Jackson Suhre (left) helps artist Joe Chesla with the installation of his poetry box, “Ode to Big Muddy Asian Carp,” for Poetry of the Wild/St. Louis Fusion.

Jackson Suhre (left) helps artist Joe Chesla with the installation of his poetry box, “Ode to Big Muddy Asian Carp,” for Poetry of the Wild/St. Louis Fusion.
Jackson Suhre (left) helps artist Joe Chesla with the installation of his poetry box, “Ode to Big Muddy Asian Carp,” for Poetry of the Wild/St. Louis Fusion.
Jackson Suhre (left) helps artist Joe Chesla with the installation of his poetry box, “Ode to Big Muddy Asian Carp,” for Poetry of the Wild/St. Louis Fusion.
Young musicians from about 40 high schools and middle schools in Missouri and Illinois took part in the two-day event last week.