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Jimmy Santiago Baca (2 January 1952 / Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Poems of Jimmy Santiago Baca
| 1. | A Daily Joy to be Alive | 1/3/2003 |
| 2. | Ancestor | 1/3/2003 |
| 3. | As Children Know | 1/2/2012 |
| 4. | As Life Was Five | 1/3/2003 |
| 5. | Choices | 1/3/2003 |
| 6. | Cloudy Day | 1/2/2012 |
| 7. | Count-time | 1/3/2003 |
| 8. | El Gato | 10/11/2011 |
| 9. | From Violence to Peace | 1/2/2012 |
| 10. | Green Chile | 1/3/2003 |
| 11. | I Am Offering This Poem | 1/3/2003 |
| 12. | Immigrants in Our Own Land | 1/2/2012 |
| 13. | Into Death Bravely | 1/2/2012 |
| 14. | It would be neat if with the New Year | 1/2/2012 |
| 15. | IX. Part 6 | 1/2/2012 |
| 16. | Like an Animal | 1/3/2003 |
| 17. | Listening to Jazz Now | 1/2/2012 |
| 18. | Llano Vaqueros | 1/3/2003 |
| 19. | Main Character | 10/11/2011 |
| 20. | Matanza to Welcome Spring | 1/2/2012 |
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Green Chile
I prefer red chile over my eggs
and potatoes for breakfast.
Red chile ristras decorate my door,
dry on my roof, and hang from eaves.
They lend open-air vegetable stands
historical grandeur, and gently swing
with an air of festive welcome.
I can hear them talking in the wind,
haggard, yellowing, crisp, rasping
