Louisiana Pride
She is a Lady;
Her Treasures I’ve seen…
Steamboats and Bonfires and Creole
Cuisine!
Strawberries and Seafood, Sugarcane
and Rice,
Mardi Gras, Cotton and Hot Cajun Spice!
Marshlands and Campgrounds, Bayous
and Beaches,
Melons, Pecans and don’t forget
peaches!
She’s the Belle of the Ball! What
else can I say?
She’s magic and music and Cafe au
Lait!
Down by the levee near a plantation
gate…
Where pirogues drift and festivals
wait!
She’s Spanish-Moss Mornings, A
place I know well…
A walk by the River, a distant
church bell!
She’s Saints and Sinners! Indulgent
yet, Divine…
A lot more fun than the other 49!
She’s Zydeco, Gospel, She’s Blues
and She’s Jazz…
Just something about her no other
state has!
It goes without saying; It’s a
feeling inside…
Louisiana MY HOMELAND… Louisiana MY
PRIDE!!!
By
Todd~Michael St. Pierre
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and south Louisiana native, is the author of popular cookbooks, like 1-Taste of
Tremé 2-The Southern Po’Boy Cookbook 3-Who Dat Cookin’ & 4-Jambalaya,
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Illustrators Contest & has developed recipes for Cooking Light magazine. Todd-Michael’s books have been
featured in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Advocate, The Times-Picayune, The
Denver Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Meal, Southern Living
Magazine, Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine, Country Living Magazine & on AOL
Food. He also contributes, as a writer, to elementary & middle-school
textbooks published by Oxford University Press. Check out his website www.LouisianaBoy.com
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It is so nice to meet you here today. I enjoyed your lyric poem, Louisianna Pride and as a visitor to your state, agree with your words. I see that you are a diverse author, as I am. At least, we are never bored with our work! I wish you great success with all of your books.
ReplyDeleteThat is the best travelogue poem I've ever read! Each line is a rhythmic invitation to visit Louisiana. When we moved from New Jersey in 2007, we considered a move to one of the parishes there, but in the end we came to Sharon's state of West Virginia. I had been to New Orleans twice on business back in the 1980s and fell in love with the city and the environs. Thanks for the memories in your excellent poem.
ReplyDeleteLove the food of Louisiana. Cajun, Creole, southern, Naw Orlans, it's all great. Sad that the environmental issues are so serious. Having driven across the state a few times and seen much of it, I must say it is more a place to visit than a place to live, at least to live without hardship. Still, what hardy and determined people live there. Once you're outside of New Orleans, there is a determination that impresses as people cling to old ways and to life on bayous and swamps.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda & Salvatore. I love my French heritage and we're looking forward to New Orleans 300th birthday on May 7th 2018. I've lived in Coloradeaux & in Austin, TX and have visited 47 of our states but this is who I am and where I belong. I have nothing to say to comment 3, just that wherever you live is most assuredly less interesting than my state, it's a writer's dream!
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