Book title's Challenge #64, A Sonnet - Pariah’s Soubriquet Options

[Larry]

Pariah’s Soubriquet

The narrow road to the deep north was blocked
by guardsmen and police. The looted stores
became gardens of water which were stocked
with death. Katrina’s harvest made new shores

within the city and the city’s streets.
A fabled place, now empty of dear life
was shadow country where no jazzy beats
echoed. The passage of the storm left strife

along with broken bridges and bent roads
lined by old shattered oaks and mossy limbs.
They will come back and soon be fine abodes
for all the birds, singing their morning hymns.

Forgetful man, the folly would be shame
when the girl in the road has fated name.




Titles used: The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Gardens of Water, Harvest, The City & The City, Dear Life,
A Fable, Shadow Country, The Passage, Bent Road, Come Back, All the Birds, Singing, The Folly, The Girl in the Road

[JustDaniel]

a masterfully-sewn patchwork quilt of beautiful observations of recovery from an awful experience

- deLightingly, Daniel

[Larry]

Thanks Daniel,

I didn't go through all of that but a lot of friends did. We got back from Texas a week or so after and never
felt the brunt of the storm. The saddest thing is that a lot of the bodies were never found and here, ten years
later, a huge amount of New Orleans' outskirts are still wreck. So much for the government and FEMA!

Larry