New Mexico, where I live, is currently swaddled by fires, And so it feels incumbent to pray for rain. * And yet my prayer is not only for New Mexico, nor for literal rain: It is for all people, places, and times, and for all soothing, quenching liquids for various states of distress. * My… Continue reading A prayer for rain
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NM vs CO
In this video, I discuss the cultural and energetic differences between two of my favorite US states--Colorado and New Mexico--and how they stem from differences of landscape. Taking the consideration more broadly, I invite the viewer to assess their own landscape in terms of cultural and energetic resonance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6jE1LUVbE
My hometown
Tapestry of the oppressor
TW: This poem contains a racial slur. A few days ago in Santa Fe, New Mexico, A young white supremacist broke into and desecrated an Indian restaurant, Putting in an estimated $100,000 worth of damage. “Trump 2020,” and “Fuck sand niggers,” He scrawled in black graffiti. One of these phrases he painted atop a religious… Continue reading Tapestry of the oppressor
Obituary to my childhood self
You are responsible for some of my earliest memories. Not earliest, I suppose—we didn’t meet until I was seven years old. Still, the memories feel primordial: they feel like they coincide with the genesis of my being. Playing in New Mexico, I remember vast expanses of hills and trees, valleys into which we would look… Continue reading Obituary to my childhood self
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 