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

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Holly - Anticipation

Crowds flock the arena,
And football chants roar through the sea of people.
Anticipation builds as the New Orleans Saints prepare to take the field.

The Who Dat Nation has gone far too long without donning their game day time attire.
Their time away from the Saints has caused enthusiasm to build inside them.
Everyone is waiting…
Waiting for the whistle that will bring an end to their off season silence and mark the start of a
new season.

The whistle is blown.
Everyone is silent, cautiously waiting for the first snap of the ball.
3…2…1…
The ball is snapped.
Who Dats amplify their cheers so that the away team realizes who’s gonna run the show.

With the first scores on the board, the Who Dat Nation knows what is to come this season.
This knowing only makes their chants grow louder and louder until
the game ends.

Holly, 16
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