Martín and Meditations on the South Valley: Poems
Follow the narrator, Martin, as he lures us into the dusty sites of memory—Pinos Wells, the barrios of his youth, the ancient mission ruins Quarai, the new home in Burque Albuquerque , in the South Valley. Follow him on his quest for knowledge about his family, the parents who abandoned him as a boy, the grandparents who raised him.
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Watch him struggle to survive on the streets, always searching for home and love. How does such a man build a life for himself? Brick by brick—Martin describes for us the process of constructing a home, a life, a family.
Fiercely moving, the two long narrative poems of Martín & Meditations on the South Valley revolve around the semi-autobiographical figure of Martin, a mestizo. Editorial Reviews. Review. Martin Meditations On The South Valley -- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®. From the Back Cover. Fiercely moving, the two long.
In the process, he brings new life into the world—a son, a creative work his poetry , and a newly born self. In the process of telling his story, Martin reveals his values: What is remarkable to me is the power of the language, rhythms, and imagery in these narrative poems, the way they work on the eye, ear, and heart to convey events and emotions.
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Note your questions in the margins or a reading journal; share questions on our discussion page. Try reading parts of the poem aloud. For Tayo, returning to his Native American traditions and beliefs restores and guides him back to his genuine self. Baca's Martin hungers for the stories of his relatives much in the way Native Americans understand that storytelling is a powerful way to remain connected to one's culture and history.
It is through stories and returning to his native land, "Burque" Albuquerque, New Mexico , that Martin, like Tayo, finds a sense of restoration and peace although Baca always reminds us that the American Dream remains out of reach for most Chicanos and Native Americans.
In Black Mesa Poems , Baca becomes a voice for a larger circle of the disenfranchised who work the fields, who push to keep a life going from day to day, who edge near violence daily, and who have almost forgotten the rich roots of their culture. Ironically, it is in Baca's storytelling that these lives will be remembered and their history recorded. In his collection of essays, Working in the Dark , which won the Southwest Book Award, Baca directly discusses his troubled history, the power of language, and the loss of dignity among Chicanos.
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In an article from that collection, "Chicanismo: Destiny and Destinations," Baca eloquently and poignantly portrays himself as someone who aches to lead his people to freedom much with the sweeping exuberance of Walt Whitman or dark determination of Martin Luther King, Jr. While Baca's work has cultural and sociological significance to American studies at the end of the 20 th c.
One of Baca's poems that addresses this issue is "El Gato," a mournful and dynamic wail about a young boy whose life spirals further into violence each day.