Summer Poetry: Lauren Camp

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By Lauren Camp
Pentitente Canyon (poem)
Across the Victorious Scrub Brush, Crow Spirals
Minor Proof (poem)

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Lauren Camp is the author of five poetry collections, including Took House, published by Tupelo Press in 2020. Her honors include the Dorset Prize and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award and the New Mexico- Arizona Book Award. See more at laurencamp.com.

All photographs by D. Camp.

Lauren Camp (opens in a new tab) served as the second New Mexico Poet Laureate. She is the author of nine poetry collections, including In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024), winner of the New Mexico Book Award, which grew out of her experience as Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park, and Is Is Enough (Texas Review Press, 2026). Her poems have been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, French, and Arabic.