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, February 28, 2012

Elizabeth - Down in New Orleans...

Down in New Orleans, our lives are consumed by food
At breakfast, we think about what we are eating for lunch
At lunch, we think about what we are eating for dinner
And at dinner, we think about what we are eating the next day and about all the food we ate that day

Down in New Orleans, Mardi Gras is the best week of the year
It is the one time where acting ridiculous isn’t considered weird
Seeing all the floats
Shouting and fighting for plastic beads
Taking pictures with people dressed in ridiculous costumes
The city truly comes together during this time of year

Down in New Orleans, there is never a dull moment
There is constantly something to do
The music is only part of what makes this city so great
There isn’t a city like it anywhere else
The feeling of community is indescribable
The city’s spirit on the day of a Saint’s game cannot be contained
The music, the food, the history is all unique to the city
Down in New Orleans, everyone loves their city and is proud to call it home

Elizabeth, age 16
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