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    Bayou Impressions
    Bayou Impressions
    Bayou Impressions
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    Bayou Impressions

    By Tiffanny Cato

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    Bayou Impressions are poems based on my life, childhood, and future possibilities. As in all endeavors I strive to understand myself and the world around me. My previous works are the trilogy published as Bayou Muse, Bayou Blues, and Bayou Jewels. To my readers, I give my thanks and best wishes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateApr 6, 2010
    ISBN9781450073424
    Bayou Impressions
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    Tiffanny Cato

    I love to travel! I am an avid collector of Buddhas, Hard Rock Café Pins, and postcards from places I have traveled. Writing has always allowed me to step outside of myself and reflect on my feelings and the world around me.

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      Bayou Impressions - Tiffanny Cato

      Copyright © 2010 by Tiffanny Cato.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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      CONTENTS

      BAYOU IMPRESSIONS

      WILD FLOWER

      JESTER’S JEWEL

      MELANCHOLY

      LONGING

      EGGHEAD EULOGY

      UNTAMED HEAT

      RUNNY MEADE

      FADING TO BLACK

      FALLEN

      BLACK HOLE

      YARD SALE YAHOO

      ODE TO SLIM JIMS

      WONDERS

      ATCHAFALAYA TEARS

      MINDTRIP

      SHADES OF DOROTHY

      I’M BEGINNING TO SEE WHAT SHE DIDN’T SEE IN YOU

      COBWEBS

      A HERON’S HERALD

      CANDYLAND

      CLAY HEARTS

      THROUGH THE HALF MOON

      ODE TO CHEF BOYARDEE

      SHOP TILL I DROP

      HOLIDAY HOMECOMING

      GATOR DU JOUR

      WOODEN CROSSES

      UPON MIDNIGHT

      FRACTAL BEAUTY

      LOVE

      MASKED INVADER

      HOLY ROLLER

      FIREMAN’S FAIR

      BOY DU JOUR

      THE KODAK DREAM

      RIDDLE IN A HAYSTACK

      OM BOY

      GHETTO CHILD

      ANGELS IN WAITING

      COUPON CASANOVA

      WITHOUT YOU

      WHITE FLAG

      MAGIC MERMAID

      IMAGINE

      BETTY THE YETTI

      BUTTERFLY

      POP CULTURE

      CAGED

      JANIS’S HAT

      LONG GOODBYE

      A DOZEN ROSES AGO

      ENSLAVED

      HAPPY

      JOY RIDE

      BECOMING VISIBLE

      2053

      NOVEMBER SKY

      COVER ME

      CAMBRIA’S LULLABY

      BAYOU IMPRESSIONS

      Sunlight on a magnolia blossom

      Deer scampering through a shallow lake

      Roiling tides cresting on a Grand Isle

      Bonfires on the levee at yuletide

      Firecrackers in a new year’s sky

      Clementine and ivy on a country windowsill

      Pelicans cawing at the sight of a fresh catch

      April showers our parishes

      May a fleur-de-lis beat

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