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

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Victoria - NOLA Myths

The Amalgamative Definition of a Typical New Orleanian=
            [insert god-awful gangster-Cajun accent]

           swims wit dem alligators in dere backyard
           conducts dose voodoo rituals every Friday night
           all-day drinker, all-night partyer
           juz like Britnay Spears or Lil’ Wayne
          (minus the bank account—we freeze all our cash)

         On da weekends, juz fa fun, dey loot dat local Best Buy...
         And when they done finished,
         They hang at dat house on da corner haunted by
         Dos’ evil spirits.

lives and breathes New Orleans,
Flaunts their “ya’ll” like no other,
Pretends like they do not know how to spell the word “geaux” right,
And would die before associating themselves with a Falcon’s fan.

But most of all, living in New Orleans
Means ignoring what all those clearly mis-informed people say
In favor of letting our good times roll.

Victoria, age 17
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