Author Archives | Joseph Somoza
Joseph Somoza retired from teaching (NMSU) and editing (Puerto del Sol) a few years back to have more time for writing in his back yard. He has published four books and five chapbooks of poetry over the years, most recently a collaboration with artist Louis Ocepek, Miraculous. He lives in Las Cruces with wife Jill, an artist.
Weekly Poem: Letters From The Dark
One friend writes from prison,
as helpless as I am
to help him.
Another friend, dead, reveals
himself through words left behind, signs
of him I never noticed
when I thought I knew him...
Weekly Poem: Wash
29. April 2013
Sometimes—like right now—when you
need to see yourself from
outside, so you can say, objectively, how it
really feels in there,
your mind is a translucent sheet of plastic
taped on to the hotel room window in a
ragged part of town
that looks over a parking lot, a late night
14. November 2013
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