Trees dream of water : selected and new poems / Leo Romero, Joy Harjo, and Rigoberto González.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romero, Leo, author.

Harjo, Joy, author.

González, Rigoberto, author.

Series:

Camino Del Sol Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreams--Poetry.

Dreams.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Trees Dream of Water is a collection of new and selected poems by the New Mexico poet, Leo Romero. Spanning decades from the 1970s to the present, it introduces readers to Romero's work and life as an important, but undersung, Chicano poet. This collection includes revised selections from Romero's previously published books-During the Growing Season (1978); Agua Negra (1981); Celso (1985); Going Away Home Indian (1990); and San Fernandez Beat (1992)-and also presents a new, unpublished collection, Beyond Nageezi. Organized chronologically, the poems in Trees Dream of Water document Romero's journey from youth to older age as a person and a poet, and his deep connection to New Mexico and its culture. They draw on a deep well of memory, myth, and observation of the natural world to explore themes of family, community belonging and conflict, life as an artist, and the cycles of life and death. Many of the poems are conversational in tone, and include stories, snippets of dialogue, questions, and understated humor, as well as richly evocative reflections on nature. The poems also feature recurring characters and alter egos, such as Celso, a trickster and storyteller"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Praise for Leo Romero

Series Info

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword by Joy Harjo

Introduction by Rigoberto González

DURING THE GROWING SEASON (1978)

I Hear the Mare Neigh

If There Was Moonlight

No Stars No Stars

You Listen to the Chickens

Not of the Soil

Red Dress

Way of the Falling Rain

Chacón and Rain

Comanchito Lullaby

What Trees Dream About

Past Placitas

There's the House

We Slept on the Porch

The Road to Waldo

As Celso Tells It

Mentiras

Yaqui Indian Blood

Her Name Is Morning

Letter to Erlinda

Hitchhiking

Green Something or Other in Kansas

If We Got Married

AGUA NEGRA (1981)

In the Rincón

Benediction

Trees

The Goat's Cry

Estafiate

Too Many Years

Agua Negra

A Shadow Which Could Be Anything

The Silent Bell

The Trees on the Hillside

Augustina

Weaving the Rain

A Lying Moon and a Lonely Bird

This Dark Winter

Leaving Vegas

There Is the Wind

My Mother Listens

One Day Before Christmas

Before We Had an Icebox

Artificial Flowers

CELSO (1980) (1985)

Celso Was Born

Celso's Father

The Moon and Angels

Ash Wednesday

Holy Water

The Miracle

A Thousand Angels

Angel Hair

Estrellita's Lips

Una Canción de Flores

Triste, Triste Son

The Dead Are Dancing

A Dying Flower for His Heart

This Bitterness

The Sorrowful Madonna

Because the Moon Is a Woman

Job Visits Celso

Celso's Dream

Celso Talking to the Moon

One Night as Celso

Santiago, Since I Turned Sixty

There Was a Time

GOING HOME AWAY INDIAN (1990)

Going Home Away

He Was Dancing the Yellow Dance

He Didn't Like Me

It Was in 1856

In His Dreams

Skeleton Indian

Marilyn Monroe Indian

Skeleton Indian, He's the Talk

I Ever See You.

Yellow Blouse Woman

Skeleton Indian Thinks

Skeleton Indian Was a Navajo

Here Comes Skeleton

There's Nothing Worse

Head Blown Off

That's John Colley

He Was Approached

Who Was He

Welcome, Says Skeleton

Raymundo

Raymundo, Say You Love Me

Note from the Author

SAN FERNANDEZ BEAT (1992)

Ginsberg's on the Phone Again

Next Time I Come to Visit

Mr. Martinez Is Quite a Character

"How Do You Do It?" I Ask

Mr. Martinez Always Has

Alfred's on the Phone Again

Alfred, If I Don't Find Him

I Drop In on Alfred

As Poets Get Older They

I'm Invited

I Keep Wondering When Fulgenzi

Alfred's Getting Famous

Dream of Old Peruvian Days

I Wake Up

Alfred's Turned Artist, Not

BEYOND NAGEEZI

1.

I Have Come a Long Way

Datura

I Wander in the Desert

I Hesitate Before a Severed

Each Second Lengthens the Distance

The Cactus Have Taken Steps

I Walk Out into the Desert

Flowers Blooming

I Moved to the Desert

She Picked the Cactus

2.

Between Yeso and Fort Sumner

Clovis

End of the Columbus Day Weekend

For Miles There Is Nothing

Slower Than Anything

What Was There to Do on the Plains

Tonight the Moon Is Lost

We Looked Under the Sofa Cushions

You Loved to Dance

Waltzing

3.

At Night These

There Is an Ancient Belief

I Climbed a High Hill

I Stepped Outside

Walking Down

Spiders Scurry

A Few Heavy Raindrops

4.

In the Late Afternoon

I Opened My Window

Clouds Are Moving

The Wind Is Knocking

Winter Has Arrived

After the Sun Sets

I Follow Dark Winter Birds

Scraping Off the Ice

Moon and River

5.

Drawing Up the Blinds

Yesterday As I Drove Past

Seeing You from a Distance

When You Were Living

Walking Through the Forest

Returning to Los Alamos.

The Night Pulsates

6.

Another Cold Night

Was It Fall

You're in the Yard

7.

Chaco Canyon

The Mountains Call Me

I Skirt the Bisti

There Is No Sound Here

Silence Exists Here

Beyond Nageezi

For Lame Deer (Sioux Medicine Man)

A Remembered Dream: Thoughts on Becoming a Writer

Acknowledgments

About the Author.

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ISBN:

9780816554232

0816554234