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New Orleans Poems - Poems about New Orleans

New Orleans Poems - Examples of all types of poems about new orleans to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for new orleans.
Dear New Orleans My True Love
Dear New Orleans Since the first time I met you, I knew you were unique and special. I fell in love with your passion and your people. Even when I am miles away, deep down ...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, anniversary, cute, i love
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bourbon Street
My beloved late husband and I once strolled down Bourbon Street, on a mild winter's afternoon. The musicians enchanted the atmosphere, as sparrows lent their own songs. We dined on gumbo al fresco with friends, Spanish Moss clothed ancient trees. It wasn't yet Mardi...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, 3rd grade, 7th grade,
Form: Elegy



Premium Member Cajun Queen, New Orleans
Riverboat on the Mississippi Folks dining on scrimp, grits, and cornbread Drinking booze and gambling like crazy Going to Bourbon Street just ahead Down in that Cajun Queen, New Orleans The big paddle wheel keeps on rolling Down to the Cajun...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, city, river, sin, travel,
Form: Rhyme

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Premium Member Mardi Gras in New Orleans
It's Mardi Gras time down in New Orleans ~ it's a carnival of memes Where the people sing and play ~ there's music in the streets, both night and day Everybody's having fun and drinking wine...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, celebration,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Corner of the Bayou in New Orleans
Old timers say there’s a corner of the bayou in New Orleans Where booby footed pelicans and pink lovebirds are seen in a totem made along with turtle who has a needle nose and wildly colored chameleon who...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, water,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member 12 Days of Christmas In New Orleans
On the 1st day of Christmas my hometown gave to me a ride in Rex's Mardi Gras parade On the 2nd day of Christmas my hometown gave to me 2 mosquitoes buzzin' and a ride in Rex's...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, christmas, home,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Rain-New Orleans
no daily showers typical on summer days ~ clouds have gone astray...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, rain,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Andrew Jackson At New Orleans
Poor soldier Andrew Jackson who Attacked the British after peace Was signed three weeks before at Ghent. Unnecessary bravery Is no less admirable for that. He waves to patrons eating their Beignets at the Café Du Monde. Astride a horse,...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, america, character, funeral, history,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member I Am a Beatnik From New Orleans
Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Do. You can’t get my goat, I am one of a few. I’m mellow and fun-loving, and money don’t run me. I had a nap all day yesterday ‘til a quarter until...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Heading To New Orleans
We are heading to New Orleans she says The Parade is exactly what we need for Dez. Dez is a cousin who has style and flair His enthusiastic exuberance hangs in the air No one can control him our...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Mardi Gras Mambo
That season comes and go, The parties in the streets are hot. Balls are held in name for the Krewe, The Crowning of the King and Queen. Crowds are gathered down the cobbled roads. Parades are rolling through, Food cooking...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, celebration, holiday,
Form: Couplet
Homeless In New Orleans
I saw him in a park in New Orleans, a bottle clutched in his hand. A man of the streets, no family, no home, no land. As I stood there and watched him, I couldn’t help...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, addiction, allegory, feelings, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Down In New Orleans
Way down south near the marshlands, near the bayous, and close to the lake. There is a city with its old wonders. A place where no one barely sleeps. Parties move up and down the cobbled streets. The brass bands...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, city, travel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Sertraline Queen of New Orleans
The sertraline queen of New Orleans Getting high on her brandy and coke. Perched on a bar stool, surveying the scene, While she lights up another smoke. Tom Waits is playing on the radio “In the neighbourhood”, plodding and...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, abuse, addiction, conflict, depression,
Form: Rhyme
How Some People In New Orleans Talk
imma, burl, uca, sheon’t, heebie, deygon, fitna, who dat, cuz, ion’t, dem, whatcha, make groceries, uon’t, boocoo, earl, bouta, weddey, baby… imma - Imma call you later. You going with her? No, imma go with Lisa TRANSLATION -...Read the rest...
Categories: new orleans, city, culture, good night,
Form: Narrative

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