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September List

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Leaves to rake, grass to cut, weeds to pull New Orleans, Biloxi, Waveland Books to read, plans to write, groups to lead St. Bernard Parish, Slidell, Gulfport

House to clean, clothes to wash, dog to groom Hattiesburg, Pascagoula, Metairie Arrange stuff: food, possessions, family pictures Chalmette, Kenner, Ocean Springs

Volunteer time, donate food, give money Pass Christian, Long Beach, Bay St. Louis Homeless, displaced, misplaced Life goes on, life goes on, life goes on, Houston, Memphis, Baton Rouge

Shelter, food, clothes, care Nashville, Selma, Tillman's Corner Shelter, food, clothes, care Not enough, not enough, not enough Calling back, calling back, calling back

New Orleans, Biloxi, Waveland St. Bernard Parish, Slidell, Gulfport Hattiesburg, Pascagoula, Metairie Chalmette, Kenner, Ocean Springs Pass Christian, Long Beach, Bay St. Louis

Calling back, calling back, calling back The lost, the abandoned, the bereft New Orleans, Biloxi, Waveland

Citation

“September List,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26263.