delta elegy
in warm night
when deep horizon
meets black water
fire
smoke
boiling waters
diving into gulf
into marsh
polishing bayous like Sunday shoes
finding catfish diving into silt
sand
or swamp reed
into cane
over cottonmouth,
deep as mother midnight tears
before morning
--- Paulette Swartzfager
Paulette Swartzfager is a poet, freelance journalist, and activist originally from New Orleans, who moved to Rochester NY after Katrina. She is currently a lecturer in the University Writing Program a RIT.
--- Paulette Swartzfager
Paulette Swartzfager is a poet, freelance journalist, and activist originally from New Orleans, who moved to Rochester NY after Katrina. She is currently a lecturer in the University Writing Program a RIT.
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