Katrina Haiku Wall |
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Bourbon street Shanna Moore
abandoned--
Sept jours et sept nuits JP Cresta
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famous New Orleans
Tomislav Maretic
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her body clad in shorts - No food or water - convention center - empty buses FEMA computers - coast guard pilot -Joachim-
The Ninth Moon. . . Moons |
New Orleans
the Big Easy. . . Nancy Stewart Smith
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New Orleans Blues (a cinquain trio improvisation) The call with no response -- their anthem of despair shouted to the heavens met with silence. Rhythm of the swinging, stomping, dance in the streets as sweet as a pecan praline -- ruined. How blue the sky reflected in the flood -- the worst remains hidden in the depths of stillness. hortensia anderson |
seven days later. . . a tear in his black eyes a small boy looks up seven days later. . . seven days later. . . yajushi *the above are based on news report by DPA (dt 4th sept, 05) and reported statements by congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland. When the Saints Go Marching In-- |
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