Jimmy Santiago Baca
Writing with honesty, beauty, and power, Jimmy Santiago Baca bears witness to what was and what is, and he challenges and inspires readers to dream of what can be. https://www.jimmysantiagobaca.com/
Chris Easley
New Mexico is fortunate to have such a gifted and passionate visual interpreter of its beauty.
https://www.chriseasleyart.com/
O'Keeffe: Days in a Life by C.S. Merrill
Written over the seven years (1973-1979) Ms. Merrill worked for Georgia O'Keeffe, these poems are spare, clear, candid, and insightful. Every household in New Mexico should own a copy of this gorgeous book--gorgeous both in content and design!
https://www.csmerrill.com/
A Poetry of Remembrance by Levi Romero
The second collection of poems from New Mexico's first poet laureate. This book is a thoughtful and moving meditaton on place and people--New Mexico and New Mexicans. Another book that should be on a shelf, table, or nightstand in every household here. Click on this link to read one of his poems:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147119/unemployment-lines
Peggy Trigg
Peggy Trigg is a NM treasure--as are her paintings.
https://www.peggytrigg.com/
Understandable Poetry
Abandoned Mine is a local journal whose mission is to publish and promote poems that are accessible and understandable in hopes that people who presently feel intimidated by poetry will come to reframe their relationship to poetry and, in so doing, enrich thier lives. Several local poets are published here.
https://www.abandonedmine.org/