These are poems about people, some famous, some not so much. They were written from 1995 to 1999. Some were originally going to comprise a book entitled 30X90 but there were not enough New Orleans poems and not enough non-NO poems to make two books so there are two sections 1) Lives and 2) 30X90.

1) Lives

Cinderella
Confronting The Murderer
Dress
First Song For Cecily
Gail
Goodbye To Emily
Harmonia Est Discordia Concens
I Don’t Think I Could Write A Poem For You
It’s A Long Way From St. Louis To The Bronx
Jesus On The Mainline
Kelly’s Life Story
Laura And The Rites Of Spring
Lorelei
Open C
Poem For Mandi
Poem for Mary Beth
Poem for Tara
Retrieving Diamonds
Skepticism As A Science
The Fatman Took The Last Train Out Of Terrapin

2) 30X90
Red Beans and Cold Beer
Damn Right You Heard Buddy Bolden Say
Indian Red
Rebirth
Scryer Gumbo
Walking With Mr. Allen Through The Alley
Zydeco Sont Pas Salie