In the Gathering of Silence

By Levi Romero

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 norte o 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931122848
• ISBN13: 9780931122842
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: West End Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"