New Mexico Nativity
nativity: from the Latin nativus meaning "born" or
"native"
four-wing
saltbush chamisa angels
bosque
cranes in snow-covered corn fields
a diminutive herd of coeus
deer
sweet fawns in the
foothills
churro lambs on the rez
wild horses
a burro
gather
cooing doves
perch on low branches
inca
mourning
common
ground
rock
white-winged
gather
sleepy
cinnamon black bear people
mexican
gray wolf pups
foxes
three
kit
swift
gray
coyote
gather
mountain
lion people
bobcat people
pretty spotted and striped
skunks
black-footed
ferret people
thin
slip of a weasel
river
otter rabbit ringtail raccoon
a badger
gather
coati chipmunk trés
squirrels
rock
abert's
red
a kangaroo rat
pinon deer mice people
gather
finches
chickadees
downy
woodpecker
juniper
pinon spruce people
sparrows
in sparrow variety
wise
owl
gather
winter
fat wooly
and white
creosote
sage snowberry
countless
bright stars
full
jupiter and venus
crescent
moon rising at dawn
light
people
gather
a
new babe grasps a pine bough
in
each tiny perfect fist
a
grandmother rises
touches
the spot between this little one's bright eyes
her
daughter's her own
dabs
sticky pine sap as a blessing a promise
Original poetry and photography by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN
Copyright 2011
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