Published Poems, Stories & Articles

  • 2016 and 2011 "Sonnet for Police Officers Charged with Enforcing SB 1070" To be published in Poetry of Resistance: A Multicultural Anthology in Response to AZ SB1070, Xenophobia, and Injustice, University of Arizona Press. Originally published in La Bloga (5-24-11 On-Line Floricanto) and Poets Responding to SB 1070
  • 2015 FAROLITO (my first book), Published by Three: A Taos Press, July 2015
  • 2015 "When Tiny Dancer in this Music Box Falls", To be published in pacificREVIEW (Theme: Vivarium) by San Diego State University, Spring 2015
  • 2015 "This Rope of Intention" To be published in April 2015 in Artemis: Artists and Writers from the Blue Ridge and Beyond, Volume XXII, 2015
  • 2015 "Sonnets for Luis de Carvajal (El Mozo), his Mother and Sisters: i. Parade of Saints and Coffins; ii. Burning Ash, Aroused; iii. Yo Soy Juanita, Hija de Juan de Vitoria Carvajal y Isabel Holguin", To be published in HaLapid, Spring 2015
  • 2015 "My Daughter with Waves Curling Red on White Beach of Her Shoulders" To be published in the anthology, Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminine Identity, Lucid Moose Lit, Spring 2015
  • 2015 "Maria Juliana Vigil Leon Albert, Daughter and Wife of Two Taos Mountain Men", GSHA Nuestras Raices Journal, Vol 25, Issue 4, Spring 2015
  • 2015 "La Semía: Paloma's Gift", Poeming Pigeons (anthology), April 2015
  • 2014 and 2013 "Dredging Stories From Ditches and DNA, Looking for My Father (A Series of Cuentos)" GSHA Nuestras Raices Journal, Vol 25, Issue 3; Orginally published in La Sierra 7/26/13 + more to come.
  • 2014 "Cuentos are Conejos" and "Poem for Dead Mothers" bosque (the magazine) Issue 4, Winter 2014
  • 2013 "Preparing His Place At The Altar", La Bloga (11/13 On-Line Floricanto) and Poets Responding to SB 1070
  • 2012 "To my grandmother, who died on summer solstice, Martha Martinez", included in 6/12 Summer Solstice Haiga on Poets Responding to SB 1070
  • 2010 "Festival de Flor y Canto. Yesterday • Today • Tomorrow", USC Digital Library; Poems: "Climbing Ropes with Raw Wounds", "Where Lies the Edge of El Penasco", "Pass the Farolito", "What the Birds with the Human Brains Know"
  • 2009 "Tortuga Crawls on Spanish Peaks" SIN FRONTERAS/Writers Without Borders Journal #13, Spring 2009
  • 2009 "The Effect of Light on Tar and Lavender Oil" Tiger's Eye: A Journal of Poetry (3rd-Place Winner of 2009 Poetry Contest)
  • 2009 "Genealogy of Process" THREADED LIVES: Poems from the Fiber World (October 2009)
  • 2009 "Elegy for Mona Ohlin" (Letterpress broadside to be used as a yearly award for the Alliance for Quality Education, San Diego, CA)
  • 2008 "Seed of Granada" The Master's Hand: Reflections on RANE 2008 (July 2008)
  • 2008 "Finding the Map to Mora Within The Walls of the City of Faith" The Frank Waters Foundation Aspen Sun "Sheltering the Creative Spirit" Volume XV, Number 1, April 2008 http://www.frankwaters.org/newsletter_2008.htm
  • 2007 & 2006 Articles in Huerfano World
  • 2007 "When Skin Turns Into Dust" Heartlodge
  • 2006 Noticias-Genealogical Society of Hispanic America

Readings & Events

  • 2016 Spring Reading in Taos, Place and exact date TBD
  • 2015 11/07 Reading in Taos. Location and Poems TBD
  • 2015 10/10 "Cuentos are Conejos. Dios Mio! They are Everywhere!" Using Genealogy to Inform Poetry; October Meeting of the San Diego Genealogy Society; St. Andrews Lutheran Church, San Diego CA, 10:00 a.m.
  • 2015 10/04 Newport Beach Book Fair, Newport Beach Tennis Club, Newport Beach CA, Sponsored by Lido Village Books and Dockside Sailing Press, 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
  • 2015 09/26 "100,000 Poets for Change", South Orange County, Location TBD, Sponsored by Anne Tammel
  • 2015 08/13 "One Good Turn-er Deserves A Verse: An Ekphrastic Poetry Reading!", (Inspired by the 2015 J.M.W. Turner Exhibit at The Getty Center), Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA, Curated by Cati Porter & Robbi Nester, Poem: "As Skin Contains Life, Fine Watercolor Paper Embodies Fire"
  • 2015 07/26 "La Semia: Paloma's Gift" Poems from the anthology, Poeming Pigeons: Poems About Birds, Gatsy Books, Long Beach, CA 3:00 pm
  • 2015 06/05 Invocation for Annual conference of Genealogical Society of Hispanic America: Memorable Women of the Hispanic World, Drury Plaza Hotel, Santa Fe NM, June 5-7; Poems: "Matría (Motherland)" and Haiga to my Grandmother, Who Died on Summer Solstice, Martha Martínez"
  • 2015 04/17 Poetry Month Celebration, The Rapp Salon, Santa Monica, CA; Hosted by Elena Secota; Featuring Brendan Constantine, Peggy Dobreer, and me (Karen Cordova)
  • 2014 12/11 Celebration of Issue #4, bosque (the magazine), Bookworks, Albuquerque NM, Readings and Discussion; Poems: "Cuentos are Conejos" and "Poem for Dead Mothers" (The latter is a poem in two voices with Denver poet, Kelleen Zubick.)
  • 2014 12/06 "Cuentos are Conejos. Dios Mio! They are Everywhere!" Using Genealogy to Inform Poetry; Winter Meeting of Genealogical Society of Hispanic America, Southern CA Chapter; Southern California Genealogical Society Library, Burbank CA
  • 2014 09/28 "(A)Muses: A Fall Arts Poster Retrospective", Mural Room, Historic County Courthouse, Taos Plaza; Curated by Andrea L. Watson and Paul Figueroa (Ekphrasis event with twelve poets, honoring twelve historic posters; Poem: "Nuestra Senora de Dolores"
  • 2014 05/02 "Ekphrasis: Sacred Stories of the Southwest", OBLIQ Gallery, Phoenix, AZ; Curated by Karen S. Cordova and Larry & Sandra Ortega: Poem: "Directions to the Healing Pool"
  • 2013 11/08 "THE TAO OF AUTUMN", Town Hall, Taos NM; Sponsored by the Taos Arts Council; Painting by Tera Muskrat: "Oraciones y Milagros", chosen from the show, "TAO at Town Hall", curated by Paul Figueroa; Poetry curated by Joan Ryan and Andrea Watson; Poem: "Definition: Romeria Mile on the Way to Chimayo"
  • 2013 06/03 Harwood Museum, Taos NM; Curated by Andrea Watson; Poem: "While the Chile is Roasting, Light 5 or 10 Candles"
  • 2012 10/18 "Elements: An Ekphrastic Event", Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, NM; Curated by Tricia DuBois; Sponsored by Andrea Watson and 3: A Taos Press; Poem: "Why Tattoo the Hebrew Letter, Thet, onto Your Underthigh?"
  • 2012 05/6 "Deconstructing Perestroika", Moderated by Brendan Constantine, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Poem TBD)
  • 2011 October Mary Kay Inspiring Stories, Documentary
  • 2011 10/07 "Fragments: Poets and Artists of the South and Southwest", Hosted by Harrington Brown Gallery, Memphis TN; Curated by Andrea L. Watson and David Hinske (Ekphrasis event featuring 24 Southern and Southwestern poets and artists)
  • 2010 9/15 - 9/17 "Festival de Flor y Canto. Yesterday • Today • Tomorrow", USC Doheny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Poems: "Climbing Ropes with Raw Wounds", "Where Lies the Edge of El Penasco", "Pass the Farolito", "What the Birds with the Human Brains Know"
  • 2010 12/11 Celebration of Issue #4 of bosque (the magazine), Readings and Discussion, Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM; Poems: "Cuentos are Conejos" and "Poem for Dead Mothers" (The latter is a poem in two voices with Denver pot, Kelleen Zubick
  • 2010 10/30 - 10/31 "Frida.Fractured" Hosted by the J Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM; Curated by Veronica Golos & Andrea Watson (Group of 40 multicultural artists, poets, musicians, dancers, & architects from across the U.S. select a "fracture", or fragment, from Kahlo's art, life, activism, or suffering & develop a deepened response to her life or work - or experiment with new techniques or challenges prompted by Kahlo); Poem: "Painted Descanso: Senora Strewing Marigolds on the Path of Her Own Body"
  • 2010 10/29 "Poets Forum" Hosted by Three Muses at RANE Gallery, Taos, NM (Award-winning poets from across the United States read new works); Poems: "Beneath the Rainbow Cellophane of Skin", "Remember Your Grandma"
  • 2009 8/22 Taos Mountain Men Presentation (including one mountain man poem from a work in progress) with Dr. Doug Daniels, Family History Center, Orange, CA; Poem: "River of Burning Men"
  • 2009 10/3 "THREADED LIVES: Poems from the Fiber World", RANE Gallery, Taos, NM (Group Performance by Poets & Fiber Artists in conjunction with the Wool Festival), Poem: "Genealogy of Process"
  • 2008 10/11 "Interwoven Illuminations" RANE Gallery, Taos NM (Group Performance by 12 Poets, 12 Artists & 3 Musicians) Poem: "What the Birds with the Human Brains Know"
  • 2008 07/18 "The Master's Hand: Reflections on RANE" RANE Gallery, Taos NM (Group Performance and Book Signing), Poem: "Seed of Granada"
  • 2008 06/25 "Long Time Gone: Pantoum for Julian Pope" (mountain man William Pope). Genealogical Society of Hispanic America National Conference, Sagebrush Inn Conference Center, Taos NM
  • 2007 09/22 "Reflections on RANE" RANE Gallery, Taos NM (Group Performance), Poem: "Seed of Granada"

In Progress

Hidden - Poems about Conversos and Crypto Jews. A collaborative book by the poets, Carol Aronoff, Karen S. Cordova, and Andrea L. Watson. Estimated completion: 1st Quarter 2016.

Path from the Island of Creativity. Chapbook of poems for Frau Marlena's kindergarten class at Anneliese School in Laguna Beach.

Local History Poems (works in progress) - Poems about the history of places, now called Los Angeles and Orange County, that once were provinces of Spain and Mexico. Poems about Hispano villages in New Mexico and Southern Colorado.


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