Short New Mexico Poems

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

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Hitchhiking Angel,
twelve stringed harp,
wandering spirit
—Elk City wind

(Tucumcari New Mexico: January, 2019)...

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No one’s ever gone
until forgotten

Their memory etched 
like words in stone

—canyons to remind 

(Chama New Mexico: January, 2019)...

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A lady I know,
Out in New Mexico,
Befriended a calico dragon.
She used to haul him around
Old Santa Fe town,
In her convertible Ford station wagon...

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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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 Feliz Navidad, carolers sing so fare
 Smell of Tamales, Posole, red chile fill the air
 Christmas eve, luminarias all a glow
 Spirit and magic of Christmas in New Mexico...

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Time immortal, the master thief,
  stealing tomorrow from the past

Abducting each moment, all life itself, 
  —today within its grasp

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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Long slender blades, sort of a cactus, kissing cousin to a palm tree
                             Indians years ago, used to make soap from it
                         On our ranch in New Mexico, we called it "Soap Weed"...

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Halfway to Tucumcari
the light began to wane
Halfway to Tucumcari
the guilt turned into blame

Halfway to Tucumcari
I heard that voice again
Halfway to Tucumcari
—running from the end

(Chama New Mexico: August, 2022)...

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We hung a rustler in San Francisco
Orneriest cuss you ever could know
He cursed us with a rave
He would haunt us from the grave
So we buried him in New Mexico

11-23-20
Contest : Make Me Laugh With Some Humor
Sponsor : Tania Kitchin...

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Some say that he was the "Robin Hood" for the poor in Old Mexico
                  Others say he was a tequila drinking horse thief, murderer to boot
          One night on my great grand father's ranch in New Mexico, Villa stole their horses...

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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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Tirzah
Wife, Friend, Ally, Huron;
Daughter of Frank and Deann;
Lover of Horses, Family, and Steven;
Who Feels Desire, Love, and Passion;
Who Fears Loss, Rejection, and Disdain;
Who would like to see Egypt, Rome, and Australia;
Resident of Hondo, New Mexico
Conway...

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For lovers fighters and wild bronc riders
 heres to the boys from new mexico
we have no trifles 
we hang our balls upon the walls and shoot  'em down with rifles 
when sex rare we'll rape a bear and sleep in dirty ditches 
we'll show them texan boys we're some bad  sons of god...

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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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Does your mind have a second floor
  that’s very seldom used

A place your thoughts can freely roam
  safe from life’s abuse

One story up, your story forms,
  its telling far below

The height of peace and solitude
   —with space for you to grow

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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There a mountain in my rearview mirror
  a magnet for my soul

Pulling on what’s only borrowed  
  its lease to keep me whole

There’s a mountain in my rearview mirror
  calling out my name

Its winds have blown my heart to rest
  —which time cannot reclaim

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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Elfish eyes
Airplane goggles
Sky turtles

New Mexico
Incas Mayans
Peru’s Stonehenge

Archeologists
Extraterrestrials
World grid 

Alien airports
Mythology
Alien artifacts

Giants’ skeletons
New Mexico
Power caves

Atlantis 
Bermuda triangle
Vortex

Wormhole
Elfish eyes
Blinking space ships...

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Time is the mask that all memories wear,
  as feelings age within

Time is the bridge where eternity walks,
  each footstep to begin

Time is a voice spoken only inside
  where denial cannot hear

Time is the measure of what’s yet to come
   —in moments far and near

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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New Mexico, Is a poor state
Has the highest number of low income families
In the good ole USA

Children wonder if there will be
A next meal...
Will mom have the money?
Will the  neighbors help?

Little bellies growl
Weakness is a constant
Anemia, infection can over take 
The frail small bodies

Will the neighbors help?...

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There's beauty in the smallest pearl--
the darkest grain of sand--
the cry of eagle and of lark--
the curve of sea and land--
I have seen it in the human heart --
within it, folded down:
beauty --deep as could be hid--
the Pearl Diver found.

        JVB                    2006 
Pine Hill Navajo Indian Reservation, New Mexico...

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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.


    11 / 28 / 2022.
     For the contest  Funny Christmas Limericks.
     Sponsor. Tania Kitchin.
     Howmanysyllables.com
     Rhymezone....

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The most famous chile in the world comes from New Mexico
Red chile or green chile? and during Christmas it's a special time
You see if you can't decide which when asked red or green? Say both!
We eat chile on everything here, to not do so is a crime
Red or green Christmas chile on everything, New Mexico natives are one of a kind!

12/18/2021...

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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 flower...

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Visit New Mexico,
she says... diamond cut sea
colored skies, a white

bursting. Sparkles. Reach
for these silver crests; gather-
birds soaring. Enspheres.

Orange tincture of
the peels loosening.Cruer
trickling down your

hands shaped like these peeled
spectral trees. Edges. Claws, clenched.
Titian dresses

the denuded bark:
sunlit ornaments. Deserts.
Bloodshot cast wings. Clots....

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