In the Gathering of Silence

These poems by a native son of the Embudo Valley in northern New Mexico express the heart of the poet at the margins of the city - Albuquerque, the place of all-night cafes, railroad tracks, and the pool tables of Jack's on Central. They also express the rhythms of the heart, whether in stately traditional narrative, in lyricism, or in the new language of the city street. Levi Romero has performed and published his poems extensively, winning awards in Blue Mesa Review and from the "Language of Life" series for KNME-TV in Albuquerque. This is his first volume of poetry.