Photo of the Day: Barataria Bay

This week, leading up to the Broken Gulf benefit on Saturday, I will be posting a picture and some information about the damage each morning.

Courtesy of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade's Photo Stream on Flickr, an image of Barataria Bay soaked in oil.

Photo Credit: Cesar Harada

Barataria Bay, in Southeastern Louisiana, was used as a hide out for Lafitte's pirates, and before the oil spill, was a rich source of wildlife, including shrimp and muskrat.

Help us fight back against the destruction of the Gulf's wildlife and history by attending Broken Gulf: A Benefit for the Louisiana Bucket Brigade Saturday, July 31 at Eatonville Restaurant. Tickets are available online and are only $10. A raffle will take place at the event with amazing prizes from local businesses such as ACKC and Fiddleheads Salon, and from a Mississippi Eco-Friendly Clothing Artisan.

Photo of the Week: Melissa Tuckey and Sarah Browning

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Melissa Tuckey and Sarah Browning at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival opening ceremonies.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Mark Doty

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



2008 Featured Poet Mark Doty reads at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Deanna Nikaido and Andrea Carter Brown

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Deanna Nikaido and Andrea Carter Brown at the 2008 Cento.

Photo of the Week: Sonia Sanchez

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



2008 Featured Poet Sonia Sanchez laughs at the 2008 Opening Ceremonies at Busboys and Poets.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Hope is the Thing With Feathers

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Two festival participants at the 2008 Cento.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Colorado T. Sky

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Poet Colorado T. Sky reads at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival's Friday Open Mic.

Photo Credit: Daniela Schrier

Photo of the Week: Stephen Kuusisto

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Featured poet Stephen Kuusisto reads at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival

Photo of the Week: Esther Iverem

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Esther Iverem reads at the 2008 Festival during the DC Poets Against the War panel.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Carolyn Forché

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2 Split This Rock Festivals. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.


Featured Poet Carolyn Forché reads at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Lynda Koolish and Alicia Ostriker

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



2008 Featured Poet Alicia Ostriker and Lynda Koolish at Busboys and Poets for the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival opening night.

Tonight is the 2010 Festival Opening Night which will begin at Busboys and Poets (14th and V) at 6:00 PM. Come help us kick off with Featuring young DC voices, including the Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project, the Shakti Brigade, winners of Split This Rock’s World & Me Youth Poetry Contest, and members of the DC Youth Slam Team. With readings of poems by Dennis Brutus, Lucille Clifton, and Mahmoud Darwish, plus the inspiring words of Howard Zinn.

At 8:00 our Featured Reading takes place at Bell Multicultural High School, with Andrea Gibson, Wang Ping, Cornelius Eady, Holly Bass, Beny Blaq, and Derrick Weston Brown!

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Naomi Shihab Nye

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Featured Poet Naomi Shihab Nye reads at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: The Empty Seat

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



The Empty Seat at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival.

Photo credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Sonia Sanchez

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Featured Poet Sonia Sanchez reads at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Nathaniel Siegel

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



An art installation created during the Split This Rock Poetry Festival in 2008 featuring the ages of service members killed in Iraq.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Alix Olson and Theresa Davis

This feature highlights a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Poet Alix Olson reads from Word Warriorsas poet Theresa Davis listens.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Martín Espada

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



2008 and 2010 Featured Poet Martín Espada reads at the 2008 Festival.

Photo Credit: Jill Brazel

Photo of the Week: Kim Roberts and Regie Cabico

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Kim Roberts, editor of Beltway Quarterly, celebrating 10 years, and Regie Cabico, Split This Rock Youth Educator, at the Sunday March at the 2008 festival.

Photo of the Week: Peace and Love

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.

Lauren Alleyne expresses Split This Rock's hope for the coming year.

Photo Credit: © jill brazel photography
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Photo of the Week: Poets for Peace

This new feature will highlight a different photo each week from the 2008 festival. For more photos from the last festival, check out Split This Rock's Flickr.



Photo Credit: © jill brazel photography To contact: jill@jillbrazel.com