My poem, August & April, has been published on the webzine “Poets For Living Waters”. I’m kinda happy about that.
Poets for Living Waters is a poetry action in response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico begun on April 20, 2010, one of the most profound human-made ecological catastrophes in history.
Charlotte Hamrick 
Congrats!
They published mine a little ways down from yours (“A Full Page Ad in the Des Moines Register’s Sunday Travel Section Praising the Fine Climate for Poets in Florida:
Paid for by a Generous Donation from BP That in No Way Represents an Admission of Liability”).
Yet, I am sorry to say, despite our poems, the Gulf is still messed up (I offered to let them plug the hole with my rejection letters) and I have not yet been recognized as g enius.
Oh well.
As a New Orleans writer, are you writing something for the upcoming (August 29) Hurricane Katrina anniversary?
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Christopher,
Loved your poem – really straight to the point. Besides the “looming anniversaries” and “frantic fists on attic timbers” references in August & April, I’ve only written one other poem, called Disparity. It’s here: https://zouxzoux.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/disparity/
I’m having trouble collecting my thoughts enough to write anything coherent down regarding the anniversary. But, I have another blog- a group blog – where we’ve been posting photos of New Orleans neighborhoods, counting down to the anniversary. Maybe you’d like to check it out. Link: http://nolafemmes.com/
Thanks for your comments. I hope you’ll visit again although I’m not sure when I’ll be posting again. 🙂 Oh! I see you have a website. I’ll be visiting.
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I like “Disparity” a lot – the conjunction of flooding and the cooking of red beans and rice (and the related idea of submersion in water needed for both).
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Thank you. I’ve just finished some reading on your site & have decided I must go out and buy Surrealist Love Poems. I confess the poetry world is new to me and I have so much to learn. Now that I’m officially a non-working woman I hope to have more time to read.
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It’s a great collection. Mary Ann Caws does great work translating and editing collections by the great French Surrealist poets.
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