Author Archives | Tony Mares
Born and raised in Albuquerque, Tony Mares has travelled extensively and lived around the country. He’s published numerous chapbooks and books of poetry, translations, and a play. His work has appeared in local, national, and international magazines, reviews, journals, and anthologies. His selected works include: The Unicorn Poem & Flowers and Songs of Sorrow, West End Press, 1992; With the Eyes of a Raptor, Wings Press 2004; (translator, poems of Angel Gonzalez) Casi Toda La Musica/Almost all the Music, Wings Press, 2007, and more.
As I walk through La Plaza Vieja
As I walk through la plaza vieja,
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
I remember all the plazas
I’ve seen in Mexico and Spain.
This time I stroll back
through the ephemeral light
of history bent by time,
and cross busy Lomas,
New York Avenue
as it was called back then.
It was a dirt road. Buried
voices push up through earth,
pavement, and concrete.
The ghosts of homes
linger in the silent walls
of shops and restaurants
where tourists enjoy
a sense of the distant past.
On the back streets
you will still find old timers
who live and work here...
07. July 2013
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