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Tag Archives: Gentilly
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez
Beneath the rust and the gray toxic dust left behind when the water went down past the edge of the Quarter’s bright lights and disorder there’s nothing much left to this town Maybe the Crescent City was never too pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged destruction, devastation, disasters, FEMA, Gentilly, governments, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans
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Kali and Shiva
A single shelf sits untouched by the rubble, its contents unmolested by the storm; while mold grows from the walls like razor stubble, and walls and ceilings crumble beyond form. Below, the room is nothing but destruction, appliances and desks … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, destroyers, destruction, Gentilly, Hurricane Katrina, Kali, New Orleans, Shiva
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Morning on the Levee
Along the edge of the levee, atop the slow hill slanting up against the bank of the canal there is a worn down path of grass that leads from just nearby my house to where the water meets the lake. … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, daily poems, Gentilly, London Avenue canal, morning, New Orleans, seasons, walking
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The Crepe Myrtle
To see the stump there in the yard, Its edges barely higher than the grass, You’d never know the tree that made A stand in that spot for so long. You might, when seeing flowered sprouts From that dead trunk, … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, Gentilly, hurricanes, New Orleans, personal history, trees
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