the houma of louisiana
blessed the beginning
of shrimp season
as oil spilled thru
their watersheds
politicians said
the cost of protecting
the estuaries is not
worth your community
the houma sow
their healing plants
on higher ground now
Lisa Panepinto is the author of two poetry collections, On This Borrowed Bike (Three Rooms Press, 2013) and Island Dreams (Cabildo Press, 2009). Her writing has appeared in The Accompanist, Maintenant, Pittsburgh City Paper, Planet Drum, Red Flag Poetry, and more. She is poetry editor for Cabildo Quarterly, an online and print literary journal.
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