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    I Wandered from New Orleans: Poems from the South
    I Wandered from New Orleans: Poems from the South
    I Wandered from New Orleans: Poems from the South
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    I Wandered from New Orleans: Poems from the South

    By Tracy L. Conway

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    This collection of verses leads through the author's travels around the South as well as the explorations of life's celebrations and shortcomings. Experience the trials of months spent homeless on the city streets to the ruin left behind by Hurricane Katrina. Meet intriguing characters and delve into the lives of individuals who were parted too soon from this world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTracy L. Conway
    Release dateDec 1, 2010
    ISBN9781452475950
    I Wandered from New Orleans: Poems from the South
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    Tracy L. Conway

    Tracy L. Conway is a fine woodworker who has been writing for more than twenty years. A New Orleans native, she has travelled throughout the South documenting her journeys and observations. She is a history enthusiast and avid participant at Renaissance Faires. In 2005 she started an online woodworking shop, The Green Dragon, www.thegreendragon.us, selling curious and custom made woodworks.

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      Book preview

      I Wandered from New Orleans - Tracy L. Conway

      LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS

      Downtown Atlanta

      Alice Weeks; my great, great grandmother

      Post Katrina tombs in chaos; Harrison Cemetery

      Mandeville Lakefront

      Aaron Myers’ tankard

      Forest on the Natchez Trace

      Monaghan Cemetery

      The Natchez Trace

      PREFACE

      This volume is a collection of verses written from my life experiences. I drew inspiration from a variety of events. My optimistic decision to move to Atlanta with very little money and the hope that I would find a job led to my living homeless during the fall for three long months. I’ve watched good friends pass from this world before their time and lost aged loved ones whose passings cannot be reconciled.

      I’ve found salvation in the quiet whisperings of the forests and inspiration among the awesome mountains of the Appalachians. I survived Hurricane Katrina’s epic destruction, madness and reconstruction. I am moved by my New Orleans ancestors who carved out a humble existence while they endured the trials and tribulations of the young city.

      A collection of poetry would not be complete without including verses with the age old themes of love, loss and tragedy, which I believe unite us all in our fundamental existence.

      My desire is that you, the reader, will identify with these themes and perhaps find something that will evoke your senses of inspiration and understanding. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy this volume.

      Best Regards,

      Tracy L. Conway

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I would like to express thanks to the Muses who have influenced my writings over the years. I’d like to thank my family and friends for their unwavering encouragement. In particular I would like to thank Michelle Stiles, April Dawn and Anastasia Pierce for all those long ago nights spent writing and reading over Denny’s coffee cups until the sun came up.

      I thank the Great Spirit for the wind in the trees, the stars in the sky and the quiet sanctuary of the forests. I would like to thank Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls for decades of inspiring music and dedicated activism. I’d like to thank the Fates for leading me down the path of resistance, for I was able to walk slowly and observe the details that are otherwise neglected when speeding by without a

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