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A sea of heartbroken faces\r\nGrief and sorrow filled the watery streets\r\nPeople\'s worried voices and cries filled the town\r\nMuddled cries of babies could be heard through the frightened voices\r\nPeople roamed the…

Hurricane Victims

Kids hopeless and homeless\r\nAll feel misplaced and neglected\r\nTerror, fright, and horror surround\r\nRestless, spiritless, helpless\r\nIgnored, struggling families\r\nNew Orleans, never forgotten\r\nAnxiety and…

Katrina

\r\nBoats sailing on land\r\nBodies floating like dead fish\r\nHouses bulldozed over by Mother Nature\r\n\r\nHope\r\nDesperation\r\nGenerosity\r\n\r\nAn enclosed field of imitation dwellings\r\nStaircases leading to…

Seen

There is an old saying I truly believe\r\nThat says God moves in mysterious ways\r\nI always wondered why\r\nHow true the saying has evolved today\r\nAs nature reaps its wretched ways\r\nUpon our troubled times\r\nSo now…

Rita Is Her Name

If I had legs that were very strong\r\nIf I had some youth to push me along\r\n\r\nIf I had the means to feed a lot\r\nIf I had a boat to get me to that spot\r\n\r\nI would go to the people in distress\r\nI would help do…

With You In Mind

You took away my memories\r\nYou took away my past\r\nYou took away the old oak trees\r\nYou drown them in your path\r\n\r\nI used to play at Ponchatrain\r\nBuilding castles in the sand\r\nAnd watched the dancers in the…

Katrina

August 2005\r\nHurricane Katrina\r\nWanted no man alive\r\n\r\nThe Good Ol Boys\r\nSaid Head to the Dome\r\nFor those who can\'t get out on your own...\r\nAnd they left us here all alone\r\n\r\nAnd we are…

The Day The Levee…

wind has taken the roof\r\nthe house is a boat\r\nthe TV is out\r\nthe neighbors are logs floating away\r\n\r\ncan\'t laugh\r\n\r\ngods, demons, one and the same\r\nhowling indifference\r\nas children stare\r\nfrom out…

New Orleans: A Vow…

\r\nKat komme\r\nKrazy kat\r\nKick Kween\r\nOff map\r\n\r\nKing Kreole\r\nSay skat Kat\r\nKween krawlin\'\r\nRat back, say\r\n\r\nWhere y\'at\r\nNow meow\r\nKitty kitty\r\nKat?\r\n

Kat

Late August, 2005 a storm stirs up in the ocean blue\r\nIt happened so fast, nobody knew\r\n\r\nThe winds strong, and bold\r\nThe humidity no longer hot, but cold\r\n\r\nWaves as high as homes\r\nPeople were scarred, all…

All We Can Keep Is…