Download or read book French Quarter Poems written by Lee Meitzen Grue and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Summer Mardi Gras written by Violette Newton and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book French Quarter Rain written by Melanie P. Falina and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Melanie P. Falina, this is her second collection of free verse poems written about, written in, and inspired by, the city of New Orleans. A journalist who covers an array of topics in her articles spanning arts and entertainment, community and culture, travel, health and fitness, and more, Melanie Falina's greatest muse, however, is New Orleans. With its music, food, history, culture, and obsession with festivals, the Crescent City is a medley of endless mystique and complicated contradictions.

Download or read book Poems of the Vieux Carr New Orleans French Quarter written by Amy Boudreau and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Downtown written by Lee Meitzen Grue and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Lee Grue is arguably one of the finest practitioners of poetry in New Orleans' storied history. These superb writs are equal to the upwelling of jazz itself: from Tremé street corners, to the wayward French Quarter, to the carefree vibes of Bywater, all the way to back o' town; this astonishing collection speaks from a mythic pantheon off yowls & beats as timeless as the Crescent City herself. "If you're missing New Orleans, and you know what that means, you need to read Grue's book front to back, place by place, time by time, name by name, everything that breaks your broken heart and asks it to sing. A generous, loving tribute to poetry and to New Orleans"—Dara Wier. "Lee Grue's work is one of the majestic pylons that keeps New Orleans above water, a pylon woven thickly and subtly from the city's history. Her poetry weaves her personal history to the five centuries of the city's own, a fabric stronger than the dreams of engineers. Lee Grue holds us all on the warm open hand of her music; she emanates the love that raises the soul levees"—Andrei Codrescu.

Download or read book City Without People written by Niyi Osundare and published by Tradeselect. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niyi Osundare, one of Africa's most prominent poets and resident of New Orleans, La was one of the many whose life was caught in the destructive force of hurricane Katrina. Rescued by a neighbor with a boat, losing all that he had, exiled without even an identification to several states, he returned to rebuild his life and house. Written over the last five years, these poems recount both his loss and a thank you to those who helped.

Download or read book French Quarter Cantos written by Genaro Jesse Pérez and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of New Orleans’s historic French Quarter evoke wrought iron gates, flowers hanging from second-story porches, and age-old romance. But hidden from the romantic and joyful jubilations of Mardi Gras, the darkness of an empty alley can inspire remembrance of things past—dreams within dreams, as Edgar Allan Poe might say. French Quarter Cantos: A Poelage is a collection of verse from a poet who has walked down the dark alleys of New Orleans, discovering a visceral connection to the city and, ultimately, artistic inspiration. Author Genaro Jesse Perez uses powerful imagery, expressing strong emotions and memories, both bitter and sweet, in this fond ode to a beautiful and troubled city in the American south. Read about the epic inevitability of mortality in “Dolores” and “Just a Little Kiss.” See through the false faces of holier-than-thou academics in “Face Dancers.” And bitterness and regret rule “Award for Long Service.” Poe was never afraid of the darkness; neither is Perez. Delve into the abyss of New Orleans, despite the foreboding atmosphere. See, smell, taste, and touch a bit of Creole life.

Download or read book Psychic Poetry from the French Quarter written by Lynne B. Pelletier and published by . This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book French Town written by Carl Carmer and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book French Quarter Fiction written by Joshua Clark and published by Light of New Orleans Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful, poignant, tragic, and comic, this collection of works by preeminent writers--John Biguenet, Poppy Z. Brite, Robert Olen Butler, Tennessee Williams, and others--explores the mysterious heart of New Orleans.

Download or read book Psychic Poetry from the French Quarter written by Alicia and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Quarter Life Poetry written by Samantha Jayne and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creator of the popular Quarter Life Poetry Tumblr and Instagram tackles real-life truths of work, money, sex, and many other 20-something challenges in this laugh-out-loud collection of poetry. Samantha Jayne knows that life post-college isn't as glamorous as all undergrads think it's going to be... because she's currently living it. At 25, Samantha began creating doodles and funny poems about her #struggle to share with friends on Instagram. To her surprise, these poems were picked up by 20-somethings all around the world who agreed, "This is literally us." At a time when it seems like everyone else is getting married, snagging a dream job, and paying off their student loans, Samantha's poetry captures the voice of young people everywhere who know that your 20s can sometimes be the exact opposite of "the best years of your life."

Download or read book Riddles of the Raven written by Magnolia Robichaux and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riddles of the Raven is a narrative poem of Voodoo, Love and Magic, set in the French Quarter, on the bayou, and along the banks of the Mississippi Rover.

Download or read book Spirits of the Old Square written by Melanie P. Falina and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is precariousness in the French Quarter - death, madness, and many things that cannot be explained. Written by poet and journalist Melanie P. Falina, 'Spirits of the Old Square' is a collection of poetry and photographs, as well as one short story, inspired by some of New Orleans' more eerie residents: ghosts, vampires, graveyard wanderers, and other things that go bump in a French Quarter night. 'Spirits of the Old Square' is Melanie P. Falina's fifth body of original work influenced by New Orleans; she has also published a collection of poetry which pays homage to the city of Chicago during it's dazzling and dangerous winter season.

Download or read book Whispers in the Courtyard written by Melanie Falina and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Whispers In The Courtyard' is an anthology of the first four books in the "Poetry Inspired by New Orleans" book series written by Melanie P. Falina. With eighty poems in total written in, written about, and inspired by the Crescent City, 'Whispers In The Courtyard' contains poetry from the books 'Gaslit Shadows,' 'French Quarter Rain,' 'Crescent City Fog,' and Vieux Carré Days.'

Download or read book Song written by Brigit Pegeen Kelly and published by BOA Editions, Ltd.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1994 Lamont Poetry selection of The Academy of American Poets. "Kelly has a talent for coaxing out the world's ghosts and then fixing them in personal landscapes of fear and uncertainty.... Smoothed by nuances of sound and rhythm, her poems exude an ambiguous wisdom, an acceptance of the sad magic that returns us constantly to the lives we might have led."--Library Journal

Download or read book New Orleans Mon Amour written by Andrei Codrescu and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two decades NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu has been living in and writing about his adopted city, where, as he puts it, the official language is dreams. How apt that a refugee born in Transylvania found his home in a place where vampires roam the streets and voodoo queens live around the corner; where cemeteries are the most popular picnic spots, the ghosts of poets, prostitutes, and pirates are palpable, and in the French Quarter, no one ever sleeps. Codrescu's essays have been called "satirical gems," "subversive," "sardonic and stunning," "funny," "gonzo," "wittily poignant," and "perverse"—here is a writer who perfectly mirrors the wild, voluptuous, bohemian character of New Orleans itself. This retrospective follows him from newcomer to near native: first seduced by the lush banana trees in his backyard and the sensual aroma of coffee at the café down the block, Codrescu soon becomes a Window Gang regular at the infamous bar Molly's on Decatur, does a stint as King of Krewe de Vieux Carré at Mardi Gras, befriends artists, musicians, and eccentrics, and exposes the city’s underbelly of corruption, warning presciently about the lack of planning for floods in a city high on its own insouciance. Alas, as we all now know, Paradise is lost. New Orleans, Mon Amour is an epic love song, a clear-eyed elegy, a cultural celebration, and a thank-you note to New Orleans in its Golden Age.