The original Solicii sculpture was burned in an act of arson. But it was recently rebuilt. Read the whole story here – The gods have many faces: ‘The Solacii’ rises by Michael Abetamarco The sculpture and its story of resilience and rebirth helped inspire me to write the poem below for some special people in […]
Driving north along I-25, it rose darkly from the flat land and scrubby desert growth reaching into a gray sky and calling me like a siren.At first, I thought it was some errant tree. Then as we got closer, that perhaps it was a bit of leftover building. No. It was…
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The day after Christmas we took a mini-trip. We called it the Las Cruces Loop as we intended to head south, cut east on US 380 to Carrizozo and then head south on US 54 stopping at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site before heading through Tularosa and Almagordo. Then we would hit US 70 to White Sands National Park and spend the night in Las Cruces. The next day we would head home after checking out a few public pieces of art in Las Cruces. It was a way to get out of the house, spend a little time in nature and see some public art.
The day after Christ’s birthday
The New Mexico sky was shrouded in gray
Basalt boulders rise up
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