Poetic Nola is thirty poems about love, heartbreak, trauma, and the grace running under all of it — written in a voice schooled by second lines and Sunday prayers, from Uptown New Orleans to Dallas, Texas.
Poetic Nola is built on three muses — comedy, a little extra, and tragedy — the way New Orleans itself moves from a second line to a hard lesson and back to faith.
Where it starts — laughter as shield and superpower. "Nawlins, My Home Forever," "Sunday Madness," "Any Given Sunday," and the wit that earned friends from Uptown to Cross the Canal.
The tender middle — love and becoming. "A Ring That Begins," "Fall Breeze," "My Dear Friend," and "Ya Heard Me: A New Orleans Testament." The small graces that hold a life together.
The cost and the climb out — "Addiction," "For the Love of Money," "Tragedy," and the closer, "Unbreakable." Survival, set to a beat.
"From second lines to hard lessons, from broken chains to new life — this is survival with a beat, faith in the struggle, and a story that keeps going… ya heard me!"— Epigraph, Poetic Nola
Poetic Nola releases June 1, 2026, on Amazon in hardback and eBook. See the book, the full table of contents, and how to get your copy.
