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The DitchRider's Blog – June 2011 Archive (4)

The Sunday Poem: Gary Brower... Epistle from the Oregonians

This year the forces of nature are on everyone's mind. We have seen just about every kind of natural disaster out there. Placitas resident Gary Brower remembers living through another one.

Brower is the editor of Malpaís…

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Added by The DitchRider on June 26, 2011 at 8:00am — 6 Comments

The Sunday Poem: Susy Crandall... Cosmic Smudging (Or Living in New Mexico Burning)

Even before scientists can put those forest fires into perspective, poets find ways to do it. Here Susy Crandall makes sense of the world she sees and breathes.

I am practically a native New Mexican, been here since 1960, practice occupational…

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Added by The DitchRider on June 19, 2011 at 8:00am — 11 Comments

The Sunday Poem: Hakim Bellamy & Carlos Contreras... Welcome to the Mineshaft

How did hip-hop stray so far from a life we could celebrate? So far from our hopes, our dreams, our future? Ask these guys...Urban Verbs.

Urban Verbs is trying to eradicate the exclusivity of some factions within Hip-Hop…

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Added by The DitchRider on June 12, 2011 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

The Sunday Poem: Georgia Santa-Maria... Igor's

Time for another bar poem! On a recent trip to New Orleans, Georgia Santa-Maria was hanging out at Igor's. Whether she was washing her duds or just sipping the suds she didn't say. Still, if I were in town for more…

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Added by The DitchRider on June 5, 2011 at 8:00am — 5 Comments