In the Gathering of Silence - Softcover

Romero, Levi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0931122848 ISBN 13: 9780931122842

Publisher: West End Press, 1996

Synopsis

This collection of poems by a native son of the Embudo Valley in northern New Mexico affirms that "we in our lives move forward simply / accepting and giving / as the earth gives / and rejecting and taking / as the earth takes / because we know nothing else." Elemental and natural, passionate and sensitive, they express the heart of a norteño at the margins of the city--especially Albuquerque, the city of all-night cafes, railroad tracks, and the pool tables of Jack's on Central. Romero also expresses the rhythms of the heart, sometimes in stately, traditional narrative; sometimes in lyrical and cadenced repetition, like jazz with a missed beat; sometimes in the calo dialect of the street.

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From the Back Cover:

These poems by a native son of the Embudo Valley in northern New Mexico express the heart of the poet at the margins of the city - Albuquerque, the place of all-night cafes, railroad tracks, and the pool tables of Jack's on Central. They also express the rhythms of the heart, whether in stately traditional narrative, in lyricism, or in the new language of the city street. Levi Romero has performed and published his poems extensively, winning awards in Blue Mesa Review and from the "Language of Life" series for KNME-TV in Albuquerque. This is his first volume of poetry.

From the Inside Flap:

This collection of poems by a native son of northern New Mexico expresses the heart of a norteo at the margins of the city.

About this edition

• Publisher: West End Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0931122848
• ISBN 13: 9780931122842
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 70