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Well, I\'ve been washed out, washed up\r\nAnything but good luck\r\nIsn\'t anybody looking over me?\r\n\r\nBut, I\'m still kicking around\r\nSo I\'ll fight another round\r\nThere must be something else to see\r\n\r\nThis…

Katrina Blues

It might hurt today\r\nBut the pain will go away\r\nAnd for now all might seem lost\r\nBut a fighter always finds the way\r\n\r\nEven when your back is against the wall\r\nChained and tormented, beyond belief!\r\nTake…

I\'m Still Alive…

Last day before everlasting fast\r\nShrove Tuesday excessive indulgent gourmandise\r\nMasked ball carnival tarnished doubloons\r\nBourbon Streetwise jazz foregone conclusion\r\n\r\nCongealed sacrificial voodoo…

Garden Tour…

When Mother Nature wreaks havoc\r\nNothing we can do\r\nFeeling so helpless and useless\r\nMy heart just breaks in two\r\n\r\nDestruction is horrendous\r\nHomes washed or blown away\r\nDeath count is climbing\r\nEach and…

Aftermath Of Katrina

Serenity isn\'t\r\nFreedom from the storm\r\nBut peace\r\nWithin the storm\r\n\r\n-unknown

Proverb

(from A Hard Rain\'s A-Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan)\r\n\r\nBushkatrinaOh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?\r\nAnd what did you see, my darling young one?\r\nI saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around…

The Annotated Bob…

cashmere swirls over worn faille\r\nand madras and taffeta float\r\nchests spill over with second-hand satin\r\nand hats top the bedposts\r\nall this - her raiment for a life\r\nshe isn\'t living - finery\r\nfor places…

Artiste - New…

(This poem is dedicated to the people of New Orleans, especially the police and armed forces, most especially my niece and nephew, who are police there. They risked everything and lost a lot to stay and help others, as…

The Rain Falls So…

(This poem is dedicated to all the dogs from the Hurricane who were affected and their owners. You will always be in my thoughts...)\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen God had made the earth and sky, the flowers and the trees\r\nHe then…

To Snowball And All…

(I have for many years now for at least half the time I\'m in the shower, thought how lucky I am to have hot or cold water at my fingertips. Until I moved to Arizona, it was always hot water I cherished.The past nine…

Hot Water