Deeply instilled remembrances of the Civil War and society's aftermath, along with general references to notions of loss and redemption form the thematic focus of the poems in Lee Circle . Poems include "Still Photograph: Lee's Funeral," "Lincoln's Second Inauguration," "Gettysburg Reunion, 1913," and "Katrina Baby." Lee Circle is a central traffic circle in New Orleans, Louisiana; from 1884 to 2017 it displayed a monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.