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I emerged from the black oil pools in the forgotten house of dreams in the wild backcountry of the heart. I am heir to the sun, child of Mother Earth and the Mayan galaxy. All the mountain cures and healing waters and winds and junipers run deep in my bloodstream.

Jimmy Santiago Baca

And so I pray I am today as honest with myself, with life all around me and below and above me, with all who I encounter.

Jimmy Santiago Baca

I sat back in my wooden chair as they signed the paperwork and stared down at the arm rests, studying the various layers of paint, the chips and cracks. How many hands had gripped them? I wondered. What lives were attached to those hands, what dreams were shattered, what sorrows were they trying to squeeze out of their souls?

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Jimmy Santiago Baca

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Born: January 2, 1952 (age 73)

Bio: Jimmy Santiago Baca is an American poet and writer of Apache and Chicano descent.

Known for:

A Place to Stand (2001)
Healing earthquakes (2001)
Black Mesa poems (1989)
Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande (2004)

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