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Alien, a poem written by Löst Viking at Spillwords.com

Carmen Baca taught high school and college English for 36 years before retiring in 2014. A lifelong New Mexican, she embraces her Spanish heritage which is evident in her works through her use of regionalism. Her motivation comes from her desire to keep her culture's dying traditions alive through her story-telling. El Hermano, her debut novel (2017) was endorsed as "a valuable contribution to New Mexico literature" by the late Rudolfo Anaya, and selected as a finalist in historical fiction from the NM-AZ Book Awards Coop. Her third book, Cuentos del Cañón, won 1st place in short story anthology from the same organization. She has published 5 books, over 50 short publications in 13 genres. Between caring for feral and adopted cats, she and her husband live a quiet life at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico.

Features

Sometimes It Takes a Chisel to Find the Poem

Circle Songs

The Absence of Grace

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Joseph Amendolare

Spotlight On Writers – Anna Canić

Spotlight On Writers – Zach Ellenberger

Sometimes It Takes a Chisel to Find the Poem

A Monster on The Mountain

An Ode To The Paintings Of A Newly Discovered Artist

Alien

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With All Their Scars

Circle Songs

A Peculiar Forest

The Absence of Grace

Hiking in The Mountains with The Dead

Sometimes It Takes a Chisel to Find the Poem

Life’s Breath

Lost

At The Gate

Outcast

Your Love

On Time