"Will ALL the saints ever Come marching home?" So so sad... Its well written Mani. The poem conveys the pathos of the situation adequately.
--- In [email protected], M Suri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Katrina > > > > Katrina blew into town, > > A hurricane, > > High fives! > > All aground, > > Blew the South down, > > Drowning it, > > The strange gumbo > > Of death, disease, > > Oily decadence, > > Smelled rank > > In putrid, dank waters > > Washing through > > Streets and attics, > > Clasping corpses > > In the cutting embrace > > Of death's sickle. > > > > The jazz died, > > The levees cleaved, > > Wet, soggy, > > The saints went slogging out > > through the floods > > Leaving ghosts in old neighborhoods. > > > > The notes are sour for now; > > Will the new South rise and then > > Blow the sax, trumpet, pound the honky-tonk, > > Let the good times roll > > For ALL? > > Will ALL the saints ever > > Come marching home? > > > > © Mani Suri, Saturday, September 10, 2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
