Essence of New Orleans
Haiku Sequence
French Quarter Intimacies
through weathered wood dark
on shadowed streets ancient voices
whisper history
New Orleans Rainbow
from buttered gold to
purpled black, the sundry shades
of my people shine
Our Natures Rise
hard core nights are so
erotic, a whiff of the
breeze is narcotic
Sunrise On The River
shy dawn tenderly
gold tongue kisses the rippling
river's flowing face
Til Death Do Us Part
rain or shine each day
we celebrate a sacred
love affair with life
Secondline Send Off
here we raise the dead
hoist them heavenward on winged
music hades hot
Quarter Moon Rise
soft moon shimmers out
of cloudy dress, stirred by night's
suggestive caress
All Nite Long
amid dancing &
drinking til dewed dawn, nights stretch
24 hours long
The Spice Of Life
cayenne in our blood
we dance, eat, laugh, cry & love
with peppered passion
St. Louis Cemetery Crypt
bones float in raised stone,
white, altared graves, blood transformed,
become black souled thrones
Makes You Go Oohhh!
sing of lusty foods
so savory they buck jump
cross your tongue's dance floor
—kalamu ya salaam