New Mexico Poems - Poems about New Mexico

soft lavender skies intertwining with twilight land of enchantment...

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Sandstorm churning in my mind tonight, driven by the wind of change. And I know… it’s not that easy. Drove a million miles and it is all the same, spinning through the circles of my mind. And it’s cold… it’s not that easy. But there’s a feeling unlike any other thing I know - on the deserts of New Mexico, I see...

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the terrain’s more expansive here you said, as if obscurities that had been, moved aside so the eye could soak in highways singing restless blues, as if language materialized straight from that feeling of nowhere coupled with too many places to be, and you can see what you want to, blanketing the spaces with...

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Sandstorm churning in my mind tonight, driven by the wind of change, and I know… it’s not that easy. Drove a million miles and it is all the same, spinning through the circles of my mind, and it’s cold… it’s not that easy. But there’s a feeling unlike any other thing I know - on the deserts of New Mexico, I see forever...

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On The Payroll of Hillburn City New Mexico David J Walker Imagine That such a lonely city Ever existed Placed in the middle of two nowhere Not worth mentioning A single building The gathering spot for Farmers wives far too Busy to drive to either of the distant small towns for Coffee, Cigarettes Milk and bread Old cold cuts Maybe out of date And the...

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New Mexico bears the burdens of its once-sleepy past-- when awakened to join the current century at last. To give birth to the fledgling Atomic Age It still wears the perfume of fusion and sage. They must go to the land of fiestas, Indian bread. Shaken from sleep to design moments of dread. Muddy roads carried scientists, from land and sea, to...

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Ojo Caliente Call on John to submerse me in the Holy waters of the Ojo Caliente Cleanse me deep In the high desert heat Hidden in New Mexico Where the ancients came to breathe new life from beneath the clear clean springs of life I am weary of the journey I am weak from wont I hunger for the feast of thought And thirst for...

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A Zuni who prays every day Saw a cloud in the sky back in May He yelled, "Do or die!" Which made the cloud cry And that's why its still raining today....

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A Police Officer in blue, received a frantic radio call about a baby in breathing difficulties… A mere 2 blocks away , he was told of a distressed child, choking and gasping for breath desperately… Trained for emergencies such as these, the officer rushed over to offer life saving procedures… Upon arrival at the site of the...

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I went to the market yesterday, To buy some needed things; Coffee and watermelon sorbet, Pizza and buffalo wings; Sugar, detergent, and shampoo, And of course some chicken feed; Couple of cans of Dinty Moore stew, I hope that’s all I need!...

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up to my ankles in icy snow the dogs wresting the shovel and running away the hood of my coat is slipping down over my eyes my gloves are too big I feel like a cranky cold five year old who doesn't know enough to go in snow after snow I'm sick of this when's the next bus to New Mexico?...

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request a transfer I'd like to try New Mexico I'm into the heat and sandy colors bright blue sky rocks and heat I need to bake my bones and see some new illusions baked red and brown rocks miles of distant winding nothing breaking into mountians I want that inky black western sky and the scent of sage under the air a coyote growling close by a cactus...

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A beautifully hidden work of art. Absolutely stunning from the very start. Vivid colors of purples and pinks. Fill the setting skies as it sinks. Mountains surround the city's pride. Protecting it from the world outside. The mountains and skies are the words that tell the story. The building and cultures are the pictures that hold the glory. Listen close so you can...

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Kaolin ceramics shelved for display A framed mirror suggests a window into time Fortifications in a continuum surround this fortress Inside a Southwestern style is secured Bulldozing nature for architectural delight Rich in warm tones and textures of stucco Baroque oval portals lead into substructures Endearing pine stripped.....stained to perfection Strategically placed beamed ceilings finesse Whitewashed antlers hang above a fireplace Not a...

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home to cowboy graves people still worship the news all the death,a-famed...

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