Friday, 13 June 2014

The Making Of Poets In New Mexico

By Ina Hunt


Poetry has been taken with a lot of seriousness despite lacking a poetic king for a long time in this state. There have been many efforts in nurturing poets in New Mexico. Most notably are efforts by an organization of high schools in forming the poetry out loud group, and the New Mexico Poetry Society. The former is a recitation competition for high school students while the later is a non-profit making organization charged with the responsibility of nurturing poetry.

the state society of poetry was founded by Alice Briley in the 1960s and has been very active in nurturing poets since then. It strongly supports the cultural welfare of different groups of people. This support is depicted in all their works. It not only engages in engages in literary but also educational activities. Their disregard for taking sides makes them to also disregard harsh religious, social and political view points. Members are, therefore, banned from participating in political, social and religious campaigns on behalf of the group.

This society has produced a number of good poets. They include Jim Applegate, Jeanette Oestermeyer, Joe Shaffer, Lynn Baldwin and Ann Applegarth among others. This organization has lost many of its founders, but still runs its activities like it has always done. In modern times, there has been a partnership between the society and the Eastern New Mexico University. This partnership has resulted in the organization of poetry competitions for high school students.

The RGV poets are a branch of this society that specializes in nurturing young poets. This group collaborates with the University of Mexico. The group presents lectures and poetic guidance to poets. The knowledge gained from this group of poets is later imparted in students who are admitted into poetry classes by the university. The RGV also gives scholarships to students from needy families.

The poetry loud organization, on the other hand, organizes student competitions for poetic recitations. Later, they arrange for state and national prizes. This is not limited only to this region, it operates throughout the country. Among the prizes are two hundred dollars for first-place winners, five hundred dollars for their school libraries, a hundred dollars for runners-up and two hundred dollars for their schools. All expenses during the trip are also paid for the winner. National competitions have bigger prizes for competitors. A number of good poets have emerged from these competitions.

Other poets who hailed from this place included D. H Lawrence; a poet who shifted from the Great Britain Dana Levin and Mora Pata. All of them are writers who have been widely acknowledged by citizens of this region and others all over the world. They are some of the first poets from this region.

These poets addressed varied themes as dictated by the issues during their times. Among the topics they discussed included the negative effects of industrialization, the French and American Revolutions, effects of modernization and love among others. They were very well received by their readers.

Their styles equally differed as dictated by relevant literary movements in place when the poems were written. The movements included symbolism, romanticism realism and naturalism. Each of these movements greatly impacted on the poems. Each of the movements came with its style.




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