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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  In the Gathering of Silence
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 norteno 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. Synopsis: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. Synopsis:This collection of poems by a native son of northern New Mexico expresses the heart of a norteno at the margins of the city. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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