Coyote families sing to each other in the dusk.
mountains the colors of red grapes
sky bluer than lapis lazuli
Until the moonless black night
lets us see the stars
Canción vespertina
Las familias de coyotes se cantan,
una tras otra, al anochecer
montañas los colores de las uvas rojas
el cielo más azul que lapislázuli
hasta que la noche negra – sin luna –
nos deja ver las estrellas
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Susan Gardner is a poet, painter and photographer. Her books are BOX OF LIGHT~CAJA DE LUZ, DRAWING THE LINE, STONE MUSIC and INTIMATE LANDSCAPES. She has lived in Asia, Mexico and Europe, traveled long and often, and since the 1980s has made her home in New Mexico.
200 New Mexico Poems 