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O the crescent flows muddy red\r\nA bend of arterial dimensions\r\n\r\nFull to rim and over-\r\nFilled with sins of fathers\r\n\r\nBlowing hard without charts now\r\nImprovised in the tradition\r\n\r\nOf nontradition.…

O The Crescent Flows…

(Written after hearing a reporter interview a 7-year-old girl whose family were victims of hurricane Katrina. I hope that this innocent child will not be scarred for life by the shameful events that took place during the…

Dead People In The…

I wonder where the love has gone\r\nAnd is there any left\r\nI wonder where the laughter went\r\nIt haunts my every breath\r\n\r\nI wonder where the children are\r\nTheir toys are strewn about\r\nI wonder where the…

Wondering

Sometimes the world we live in is uncertain\r\nIn a moment what\'s known can slip away\r\nAnd we feel as we walk among the ruin\r\nOur hopes dwindle as we greet the coming day\r\n\r\nFaces full of tears, such pain and…

A Baby\'s Cry Among…

Sometimes the world we live in is uncertain\r\nIn a moment what\'s known can slip away\r\nAnd we feel as we walk among the ruin\r\nOur hopes dwindle as we greet the coming day\r\n\r\nFaces full of tears, such pain and…

A Baby\'s Cry Among…

peOple cRying, peOple dyiNg\r\nblOod is shEdiNg wEn rAin wUz fAlliNg\r\nlOts of hOusEs, lOts of lOved onEs\r\nmOst of thEir cRisIs wUz endEd by wAter\r\n\r\nhAviNg nO brEath tO sAy agAin\r\nnOt mOving aN iNch of thEir…

peOple cRying,…

Leaves to rake, grass to cut, weeds to pull\r\nNew Orleans, Biloxi, Waveland\r\nBooks to read, plans to write, groups to lead\r\nSt. Bernard Parish, Slidell, Gulfport\r\n\r\nHouse to clean, clothes to wash, dog to…

September List

1. Nathan\'s Story\r\n\r\nThe hammerhead cruises Bourbon Street at night\r\nIts blunt head abruptly shifts\r\nWith no regard for rhythm\r\nIt sniffs cantankerous at saxophones\r\nSwallows whole the fast-food…

Dirge for New…

Where were you when I had tears in my eyes\r\nNo one there to hear my pleading cries\r\n\r\nWhere were you after Katrina came\r\nWhen I was trapped on my roof in the pouring rain\r\n\r\nWhere were you when the levee…

Katrina\'s Nightmare

The tears they flowed like the rain as the TV began to show\r\nThe devastation and the havoc of the world that you once did know\r\n\r\nThe waters covering your cities and taking the ones you love\r\nThe cries in anger…

Katrina Took Its…