Saloy, Mona Lisa, author

Red beans and ricely yours : poems / by Mona Lisa Saloy.

Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, [℗2005]

♭2005

x, 106 pages ; 23 cm.

"These narrative poems celebrate the day-to-day lives of Black New Orleans and the rare magic in the culture. Vibrant with local history and color, these poems have a black sensibility that reaches beyond boundaries, with folk sayings turned into polished verse. From Black talk to verse forms, Saloy never loses sight of the African American cultural roots of her community."--Jacket.

New odyssey series

New odyssey series.

African Americans -- Poetry.

New Orleans (La.) -- Poetry.

Poetry.

Red beans & ricely yours

"Winner of the 2005 T.S. Eliot Prize"--Page [ii].

"These narrative poems celebrate the day-to-day lives of Black New Orleans and the rare magic in the culture. Vibrant with local history and color, these poems have a black sensibility that reaches beyond boundaries, with folk sayings turned into polished verse. From Black talk to verse forms, Saloy never loses sight of the African American cultural roots of her community."--Jacket.

Word works -- Back on the block -- This poem is for you my sister -- My mother's the daughter of a slave -- For Frank Fitch -- Southern sisters -- Frontliners -- Louisiana log -- few words on my words -- I had forgotten the loud -- Shotgun life I : home -- Shotgun life II : sonnet -- Shotgun life III : today -- Shotgun life IV : section 8, 2003 -- Shotgun life V : rembering D -- Shotgun life VI : roots, 200 years, Louisiana Purchase -- Shotgun life VII : old school, circa 1960 -- Nat King Cole babies and black Mona Lisas -- My Creole daddy I -- Daddy's philosophy II -- Daddy poem III : New Orleans then -- Daddy poem IV -- For daddy V -- On my block -- Heritage -- Parochial product -- My cousin my brother -- French market morning -- French market friend -- Recycling neighborhood style -- Villanelle for voodoo -- ballad of Maric LaVeau -- last mile -- taste of New Orleans in haiku -- Summer in New Orleans -- On writing -- This afternoon ... -- Email : hey now -- Distant lover poem -- When we ... -- first 30 days -- Charm fails death -- Deuces running wild -- Telling poem -- Like Langston Hughes did -- Song for elder sisters -- Mother with me on Canal Street, New Orleans -- For my brothers -- Jim Crow -- End notes -- N word -- We've come this far.

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