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Realizing your home and belongings\r\nWere destroyed before your eyes\r\nEnduring unwarranted hardships\r\nWhile establishing community ties\r\n\r\nSupporting one another\r\nStrangers continue to lend a helping…

Resiliency After The…

by Hurricane Survivor, New Orleans, Louisiana\r\n\r\nWho tried to steal this city of mine\r\nHurricane Katrina.....A moment in time\r\n\r\nWhy did this happen to a city so unique\r\nWe can point to and blame the…

Katrina...A Moment…

Beginning of a new tomorrow\r\nIs everyone\'s dream\r\nRebirth of a city\r\nTorn apart at the seams\r\nHope shines in the dawning of New Orleans

Birth Of A City

\r\n\"Shoot into the sky, burn the city to the ground\" - Anon. N.O.\r\n\r\nWhen the rains came, and the walls collapsed under\r\nthe lash of some furious tongue of hurricane song\r\nWe were left clinging to rooftops,…

The Deluge Of New…

they have their war\r\nwe have our storm\r\ntaking the innocents\r\n\r\nwhole gulfs apart\r\nwe are engulfed together\r\nas one

Gulf

It is a wind that blows no one some good...\r\nbut conniving treachery - the illest wind by far\r\n\r\n...AND THEY ALL KNEW KATRINA WAS COMING\r\nTHE POOR, BLACK AND DISPOSSESSED\r\nWOULD BE THERE WHEN SHE ARRIVED\r\nFOR…

And They Knew

How did it happen?\r\n\r\nIt was late August when it was reported\r\n\"Leave now! Leave now!\" as houses were boarded\r\n\r\nThe city of New Orleans and surrounding areas too\r\nWere scared and nervous - what should they…

How Did It Happen?…

Katrina or Rita - what\'s in a name\r\nPreparing for any is one and the same\r\nContinuous storms threaten some Florida town\r\nOne may huff, one may puff, one may blow your house down\r\n\r\nTrim a tree. Hang holly.…

Why Are You Here?

But in the dream, you do not leave us\r\nInstead as we are sinking, sinking\r\nYou dive down to us in the mournful black\r\nWater, and pull us up into sweet air, up to the rising sun\r\nUp to America\r\n\r\nIn this…

Golden Door

People thought Katrina\r\nwould miss her mark\r\n\r\nWhen she was over\r\nMost people were in difficult positions\r\n\r\nPeople went out to see what damage\r\nShe left behind for them to clean\r\n\r\nA boy lost his home…

The Unexpected