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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

You took away my memories You took away my past You took away the old oak trees You drown them in your path

I used to play at Ponchatrain Building castles in the sand And watched the dancers in the street Holding onto Daddy's hand

But you took away my childhood And covered it in mud You took away my happy days And tainted them with blood

You took away my memories You washed them from my sight You took away my happy dreams And turned them into fright

Give it all back to me Build it like before Make it like it used to be So I can dream some more

Citation

“Katrina,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26338.