Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

The Old Songs

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

The old songs\r\nsing the pain\r\nI have seen lately,\r\n\r\npenning its\r\npath on my\r\nface in wrinkled lines\r\n\r\nof writing ...\r\npoetry\r\nof life you can read.\r\n\r\nYou know the\r\nlyrics as\r\nwell as I do and\r\n\r\nsing along ...\r\nour tears flow\r\ntogether and flow\r\n\r\nin measured\r\nrhythms of\r\ncollective sadness.\r\n

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poetry

Citation

“The Old Songs,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed April 26, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26518.

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