a poem is a sermon
Out on the levee, right before dawn, I heard a quiet rumble that came and then was gone. As the darkness faded, surrendered to the light, I had a funny feeling everything was not all right First the moon slipped into shadow then the shadow slipped away, as the dawn came out of hiding and […]
This used to be a quiet place northward from Baton Rouge, a sleepy set of boroughs where no one became confused; but now the world is changing thanks to Katrina’s deluge and Louisiana’s really learned the blues. It used to be there was a place to send off ne’er-do-wells, that deserved all our outcasts who […]
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Maybe it’s just me, but a bumper sticker this morning bothered me (I know, I know, such a little thing to get rattled over). It was on the rear bumper of an SUV belonging to a teacher at my daughter’s school (BTW, the #1 rated high school in the state, and the ONLY public school […]