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, May 15, 2012

Courtney - Heat

to escape the heat of new orleans most locals don't take vacations
or leisurely trips to a northern location
we travel down to Tchoupitoulas
and find Hansens where long lines
and one hundred degree weather
await us
Sno balls are an essential
part of a New Orleanian's
summer, becoming its own
food group in the months
of June July and August
And although most foreigners
would agree cup of ice and
syrup couldn't possibly
provide relief from the sun
locals of New Orleans
know the truth

Courtney, age 17
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