Commissions y Corridos: Poems

by Hakim Bellamy

Overview

The poems collected here insist that with the power to do right, people also have a responsibility to themselves, their loved ones, and complete strangers to be better and strive harder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826363176
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	08/15/2021
Series:	Albuquerque Poet Laureate Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hakim Bellamy served as the inaugural Albuquerque Poet Laureate. He is the author of Swear and Prayer Flag Poems and the coauthor of We Are Neighbors.

Table of Contents

Preface

One Hundred Years of Corridos: A Song for the New Mexico Centennial
New Mexico Department of Tourism (A Haiku)
Fisher Price School of Medicine
Bless Me
Bread & Roses
Blue Corn Special
For "Nikki"
Doc: A Monologue Tryptych
Bernice
Snow Moths (a.k.a. If Snowflakes Had Dreams . . . )
Sonrise
Love Notes
Stand: For Every Teacher I Ever Had or Hadn't
Sidewalk Society
Law Enforcement Oath of Honor
A.A. (Afro-Anonymous, a.k.a. "In Recovery," a.k.a. WARdrobe)
Dial Up
Corona
Open Email . . . to the Future
ABQ Manifesto
January 19, 2017
Last Day, First Day (Revisited)
Mayor
City Oath

Notes
Credits

Editorial Reviews

Hakim Bellamy, Albuquerque's inaugural poet laureate, has quickly become an inspiration and a luminary for a generation of poets rising from the Duke City. Commissions y Corridos, flowing with his passion, lived experience, and transcendent perspective, validates his ascension to our pantheon of legendary storytellers in the Land of Enchantment.—Tim Keller, Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico

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