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New Mexico Poems - Poems about New Mexico

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Deserts Of New Mexico
...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......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, earth, mystery, nature, poems,
Form: Lyric



The Hopeless Case
...A mother left crying alone in her pew Begging the Lord for a miracle new … The only thing he was good at was being bad Bus stations train stations corn maidens in drag He came a......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, grief, mother, son,
Form: Rhyme
He Died With A Smile, Part I
...Dalton lived in the north Texas plain, working a ranch he owned for five years, a small spread, but it brought some money in, some solace after all of the past tears. His wife had died giving b......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, abuse, anger, children, dark,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Christmas in the Mountains
...The Franklin Mountains are a succession of jagged peaks, as if the earth had sprouted the spiny backbone of a monstrous, petrified beast. Each tip pierces the horizon, creating a chaotic symphony of ......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, christmas, december, mountains,
Form: Haibun
Finger Painting
...Before he could draw his mind da Vinci made cathedrals with his fingers. We once built an adobe hut in New Mexico, I was surprised how alike it was to a poem taking shape. When it was done,......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, poetry,
Form: Free verse



The Heroes of Buzzard's Bend, Part I
...Now I know you’ve heard the story of how I all was way back when, when cowboys rode with Indians near our small town of Buzzard’s Bend. Not long after the Civil War, when it was a hot mining c......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, corruption, god, hero, history,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Extraterrestrial Time Capsules
...there are seven ancient extraterrestrial time capsule sites one is located on each of the world’s known continents North America’s is located in Ancient Arrow, New Mexico this penultimate discov......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where I See My Cousin Pete
...Being archeological students, we figured camping out would be great. I told my cousin, it’s a long ride to Chaco Canyon, let’s not be late. He knew my high interest in the Anasazi, he assured me he......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Growing Tradition
... Growing the fruits of your labor in Socorro county Around here they call it New Mexico true Down in Lemitar you can get the best of the best The warm days' and cool nights, the fields of......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, august, farm,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 1942 Bataan Death March
...THEY MARCHED* for miles in blistering heat THEY MARCHED with nothing to drink or eat THEY MARCHED as soldiers, Filipinos alike, THEY MARCHED over trails others had hiked BLOOD FILLED the path of ......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, anger, appreciation, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Tale of Billy the Kid
...William Bonny AKA Billy The Kid A Tale Of Billy The Kid By Robert Gorelick “Quien esta?” Bang! It’s over, you’re a legend now, Billy. Born in Hell’s Kitchen in ramshackle con......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, character, death,
Form: Metrical Tale
A Time For Peace
...The time of peace Christmas day and rain, disappearing polar bears in the Hudson Bay and in the USA, a frost bomb explodes over America from Alaska to New Mexico, a warning of what can happen ......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, anti bullying, appreciation, confidence,
Form: Chant Royal
Premium Member The Angel On the Mantel
...the angel on the mantel comes from an old wagon road that cuts from desert brush into the burnished hills where creosote breaks up and scatters at the base of the Chiricahuas where Fort Bowi......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, angel,
Form: Free verse
Mistletoe
...When amorous Joe, from New Mexico, Trudged in deep snow, to collect mistletoe. Now it was not to be, When Joe fell from the tree. Where his ardour was cooled, by freezing snow. ......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, christmas, snow, tree,
Form: Limerick
Oh, Insecurities
...I was unfaithful cuz I’m insecure I was an unfaithful guy that’s for sure Rough road I chose for myself, true Toughen up, it’s all on you, bud — said a woman too In the middle of the road in Ne......Read the rest...
Categories: new mexico, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Lyric

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