Hellicane - poems by, for & about those affected by recent natural disasters

New Orleans: A Second Disaster in the Making?

2010-02-24T16:51:00.000-08:00

The founder of Hellicane is now pursuing a PhD. in Public Policy and Sustainability at Walden University. This week in my class, "Elements of Sustainable and Livable Communities," I read a passage in...

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"This is what New Orleans deserves"

2010-02-08T10:32:00.000-08:00

From AFP: New Orleans explodes with joy after Saints win

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The Night of the Rising Flood

2010-02-06T15:21:00.000-08:00

by Nancy Hansen Merbitz (sung to the tune of "The House of the Rising Sun") There was a night in New Orleans there came a rising flood, with wind and rain, the levies busted ‘fore the night was...

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Remembering Hurricane Katrina

2009-09-05T01:20:00.000-07:00

In memory of the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I offer this online radio interview I did (as my alter ego PodPoet) with BlogTalk Radio founder and CEO Alan Levy about Hellicane, the poetry...

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Go Home Ike

2008-09-13T09:47:00.001-07:00

A tow truck bearing a sign drives along the sea wall in Galveston, Texas September 12, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

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164. Swollen Cotton

2008-08-31T08:08:00.000-07:00

by Byron Bogard - Rhea's Mill, Arkansas I'd been asleep for a long, long time before that torrent of ice water woke me. One hundred and fifteen years I had slept. The great old oak in St....

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Prayers

2008-08-31T06:28:00.000-07:00

Bourbon Street web cam, 8:30 a.m. this morning. To New Orleans and the Gulf Coast: this humanists' prayers are going out to you in the face of Gustav and maybe Hanna, too. Best wishes for...

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Hellicane heading to ... Burning Man!

2008-03-25T19:12:00.000-07:00

Hey there Hellicane poets, and fans, the world over. This is Hellicane founder, PodPoet, with some great news about Hellicane for you. It has been a long time since there's been any new activity on...

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163. A Hurricane named Katrina

2007-09-10T19:52:00.000-07:00

by Roland R. Ruiz - San Antonio, Texas In honor of the second anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. As I look upon the spot I left, just two years ago this month I see the emptiness before...

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162. A study of Sun Rays (Crespuscular)

2007-09-10T19:50:00.000-07:00

Anonymous Running to find the end of the rainbow. Running to find that shaft glory--to be bathed in light. Bearing the soul to the divine. Seeking rest, surcease and cleansing all at once. Faith...

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161. The Old Songs

2007-03-27T16:26:00.000-07:00

by Karla Dorman - Burleson, Texas The old songs sing the pain I have seen lately, penning its path on my face in wrinkled lines of writing ... poetry of life you can read. You know the lyrics...

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160. Watching The Music Leave

2007-03-27T16:16:00.000-07:00

by Karla Dorman - Burleson, TX dare i celebrate (in true mardi gras style), while others wait in deepenin shades of sorrow? (second lines of hot/ hungry/thirsty/weary folk watch the music...

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'Second Life' session on Hellicane a big success

2007-01-30T12:29:00.000-08:00

On January 28, 2007, Hellicane founder PodPoet gave a presentation on Hellicane and cause-based poetry podcasting in a very unique forum. Here is a picture from the event (PodPoet is the tiny guy on...

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159. Katrina (in memory of the French Quarter)

2006-09-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

by Byron Holder - Australia ebb and flow, crash and blow water rushes to and fro give and take, provide, forsake centuries toil laid to waste bubble and boil, rocks to soil the timeless power...

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158. True Character

2006-09-19T17:36:00.000-07:00

by Saran B. - New Orleans "Crises always reveal a person's true character." I went back home to New Orleans recently to visit my parents and friends I remember talking to my friends and we were...

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156. When A Storm Comes This Way

2006-09-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

by Dione Porche - New Orleans When a storm comes this way Struggle madly to get away Come back to nothing It is all lost So here I sit Sitting mindless, it went free My body is doomed to stay with...

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155. Why

2006-09-19T17:22:00.000-07:00

by Kira (a.k.a. the 13-year-old) - Texas why do they play with our hearts why do they act as if we aren't affected by it why do they think we are nothing why are we something why do they doubt...

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154. The Horror Continues

2006-09-13T16:29:00.000-07:00

Anthony Grabowski, poetry-soul - Connecticut August 29, 2006 - one year to the day Hurricane Katrina visited the USA Politicians are in New Orleans making the rounds A shattered city desperately...

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153. Spirit Will Get Us Through

2006-09-13T16:25:00.000-07:00

by a. hoper - New Orleans, Louisiana It’s hard living here... in New Orleans. It’s post-Katrina. The storm ruined everything. No one’s here. Flooded houses. Flooded buildings. Flooded cars. Flooded...

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152. Tears & Fears

2006-09-13T16:18:00.000-07:00

Anthony Grabowski, poetry-soul - Connecticut I see your faces full of fear I see your eyes so filled with tears I see your sadness, your grief and pain, Your lives destroyed by the wind and...

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151. Five Whole Days (After Hurricane Katrina)

2006-09-13T16:13:00.000-07:00

by James L. O'Connor - Dallas, Texas Five whole days we had five big breaks The kind that turned our streets into lakes Mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, son and daughter had to break...

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150. Two Sisters

2006-08-23T16:24:00.001-07:00

by Jill Eisnaugle - [In honor of the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.] Two sisters stood upon the shore Their lives still and carefree Each held sheer blessings to adore Beside the placid...

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157. When A Storm Comes This Way

2006-08-23T16:10:00.000-07:00

by Dione Porsche - New Orleans When a storm comes this way Struggle madly to get away Come back to nothing It is all lost So here I sit Sitting mindless, it went free My body is doomed to stay...

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147. Soul Feud

2006-08-23T15:54:00.001-07:00

by Dr. Charles Frederickson - Bangkok, Thailand Never getcha self inta pissin’ Contest with stank hightailin’ skunk Where sushi is called bait Earthworms danglin’ from rusty hooks Wrigglin’ night...

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148. Turds In Hell

2006-08-23T15:54:00.000-07:00

by Dr. Charles Frederickson - Bangkok, Thailand Once upon Old Orleans upbeat Beast of times underbelly exposed Dispossessed kinfolk clinging driftwood shadows Unfathomable depths bewailing plaintive...

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