Bourbon Street

Bourbon Street

A Poem by Neville
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True story.....

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Bourbon Street

 


Sitting on a sidewalk in

New Orleans 

With a hurricane in both hands


Take a final pull on a cigarette

Then listen to the bands


Bourbon Street is calling

Can you hear her

She is calling you by name


?

© 2018 Neville


Author's Note

Neville
Photo is of me on Bourbon Street & my final cigarette....

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You must be due one more final song, very soon.
A great rendering of a fast trip to easy street.

Posted 6 Years Ago


Neville

6 Years Ago

Hey, thanks Cherrie, much appreciated.......Neville
Where DO they bury the survivors?

Posted 11 Years Ago


i feel the hurricane calling the poet...the final music, the final song, the final words, the final cigarette, and then ...?

i like how you put the question marks on their own lines..that is cool.

jacob

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

Ha Ha, thanks jacob
Cool is good in my book
?
Oh, never answer her call Poet. She is a wicked temptress. She means to have you for her own nourishment and spit out your remains.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

Thanks for the advice CSG but the lure is so strong I anticipate a return before too long, N
My friend Robin quoted Hendrix, so I'll quote Neil Young and say "Love is like a hurricane". Highly enjoyable words, Neville.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

Many thanks Sam, your comments/review is much appreciated, All Good Things, Neville
Beads in one , a spirits in another , the pulse , driven ... Hendrix said the Wind cried Mary , perhaps he meant Madame Laveau

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

Ha Ha, very good
Love the hurricane line.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

Hey thanks Steven & Seasons Greetings to you & Yours, All Good Things, Neville
stunning poeticism... these perfectly select imagery that captures the beautiful essence of the place..

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

Bless ya Circe, I think we must have been sending each other e-mails that crossed in the air over an.. read more
You have been there Nev and this is a lovely succinct portrayal of getting by by the blanket of substances.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

Thanks John, 'The Big Easy' is probably the only place in the US where having a drink on the hoof is.. read more
The Green Shutter heaven for the Free French,marooned in port,The FBI looked the other way, Pat O'Brien what a flavor.Good spot in the rain.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

11 Years Ago

I am suffocating in the rain and drowning on air....
lee von cleef

11 Years Ago

Tobe in New Orleans today,.....
Neville

11 Years Ago

Yeah, it would be great, N

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Added on December 23, 2012
Last Updated on March 19, 2018

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Neville

Gone West folks....., United Kingdom



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