Author Archives: saaribampo

The gray man

Posted on July 8, 2015 by saaribampo

The gray man walks in in coats and coats and coats against the weather. He holds against the gray narcissus, lilies, roses.

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Tombstones

Posted on June 5, 2015 by saaribampo

This slightly revised article was originally published in the New York Times Travel Section on July 4, 1999.  Meriwether Lewis is buried on the Natchez Trace, right where he died in 1809. The spot, in the deep green, still rural … Continue reading →

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Freeze frames: Images of Mexico from the passenger’s window

Posted on May 6, 2015 by saaribampo

We are leaving the parking lot of a grocery store in Tepic. Taped on a post, a flier with a photo of a missing teenage boy. He is shirtless wearing Bermuda shorts and standing barefoot on a beach in the … Continue reading →

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Time Is Tall

Posted on April 14, 2015 by saaribampo

Time is tall the cloud is mauve night will fall the plane hurls Roosters call herbs flourish dogs circle streams murmur A day grows dies trees plant A phone rings peace goes returns thunder Ferns in walls motion, hands rings … Continue reading →

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Tope

Posted on March 30, 2015 by saaribampo

The standard height of the tope (pronounced TOE-peh) on my street, and around Alamos, is approximately three inches. A tope is a hillock of concrete spanning the width of a thoroughfare – a simple traffic engineering technique ubiquitous in Mexico. … Continue reading →

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