Parish krewes
By: Micah Ballard
Publisher: Bootstrap Press Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lowell, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9780982160015
Description: "Parish Krewes. In Parish Krewes, Micah Ballard practices a forensics of writing which traces the communication between living & departed worlds. Conjuring the past while rebuilding the present, these poems seek to celebrate the heritage of New Orleans & explore the esoteric found in everyday ritual."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Poems.
Table of contents: title: Invitation -- ; title: Communique -- ; title: "From Poydras" -- ; title: Monday -- ; title: East Annex -- ; title: Atonement -- ; title: Quarantine -- ; title: Magnolia -- ; title: Poem -- ; title: E.St.V.M. -- ; title: Ode to Will Yackulic -- ; title: Solstice -- ; title: Putrefaction -- ; title: "Royal Aces" -- ; title: Diabolique -- ; title: Benediction -- ; title: 9/13/96 -- ; title: Night Prayer -- ; title: Madrigal -- ; title: En Route -- ; title: Forthcoming -- ; title: Liturgy -- ; title: Initiation -- ; title: Slump Grind -- ; title: Bayou St. John -- ; title: For Tookie -- ; title: Anonymous -- ; title: "Easy Life Powder" -- ; title: Ex Voto -- ; title: Addendum -- ; title: Continuum -- ; title: Mandala -- ; title: Envoi -- ; title: Flambeau -- ; title: Unforeseen -- ; title: First Conjure -- ; title: Morning Train -- ; title: Borrowed Time -- ; title: Lundi Gras / 5PM -- ; title: Bled White -- ; title: Vieux Carre -- ; title: To the 9th Ward -- ; title: Interim -- ; title: New Moon -- ; title: Queens Tunnel to Lexington -- ; title: To the Bogs at Tollund & Grauballe -- ; title: November Coming -- ; title: All Saints Day -- ; title: Selah -- ; title: Evocation -- ; title: Nola -- ; title: Atchafalaya -- ; title: Paper Lantern -- ; title: New Rites -- ; title: Port of Call -- ; title: Book of Esther -- ; title: Inheritance -- ; title: Nocturne -- ; title: Zeitgeist -- ; title: Cellar Furrows -- ; title: Interlude -- ; title: An Open Letter -- ; title: Esplanade -- ; title: Rue Toulouse -- ; title: The Moors & Glens -- ; title: Butte La Rose -- ; title: Psalm -- ; title: Darrell -- ; title: Valediction.