How do we work?

Once every few weeks a new topic will be displayed on the blog. Young people, ages 5 - 96, will submit their responses. Student writing will be posted as it is received. Know someone that would love to contribute? Pass the word.

Blog #14 Topic Choices:
Write about a place or an aspect of New Orleans that has influenced you OR use the words "Escaping the heat/to get out of the heat..." of New Orleans.

Submission Logistics: Submissions should be in response to the blog topic. Poetry and prose, up to 500 words in length, should be emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment. Emails should include author’s first name, age, and School.

Submissions can be sent to: youngneworleanswritingtogether@gmail.com
Submission due date: May 31st, 2012 @ 5pm

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Courtney - NOLA Myths

Nola myths
Voodoo queens, French
quarter ghosts, and mardi gras madness. Some of the most
well known mysteries
repeated over the years
by people not from the city
These myths plague
Nola with more
stereotypes than
one can count
But it is the true
Essence of New Orleans
that dispels these lies
Family, football, food,
and fortune allow this
city to thrive on something
More than just counterfeit
Thoughts and ideas
It is the true traditions
Of Nola that counteract
These lies

Courtney, age 17
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