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

Friday, February 10, 2012

Lillie - Down in New Orleans...

Down in New Orleans, winter isn’t an actuality.
Clouds bound down heavily and humidity proliferates.
Temperatures remain around New England spring while spirits rise and fall.
Down in New Orleans, sea levels are inconsequential.
Storms are what re-energize and charge the static energy that this city runs on.
Oaks produce the fresh shade of which air-conditions dream.
Down in New Orleans, directions go south to the river swiveling around north.
Cracks and potholes are in the streets, not on the streets.

Lillie, age 17
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