Levi Romero (born April 5, 1961) is an American poet, academic, architect, and lecturer in creative writing and Chicano studies at the University of New Mexico.
By 2010, Romero continued to write on the side while working as a visiting Research Scholar in the School of Architecture and Planning at UNM.
[7] A notable example is his poem "Tres Copas de Chanate Black and Sweet," which features characteristics of Romero's hometown and the surrounding area.
A portion of the poem reads: "pickup trucks once danced into the Royal Fork restaurant parking lot from Gallup and Farmington slipping through the honeydew sweetness of ripening September"[8] A concept that Romero frequently deals with in his poetry is counterculture, primarily that which exists in the Southwest.
Romero writes: "I am on the corner of 5th & Central albuquerque, new mexico united states of America northern hemisphere the planet is divided up into four quadrants how I got started carving?
[12] In the preface to A Poetry of Remembrance, Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya wrote: “The spiritual essence of the Rio Grande corridor and its tributaries shines in every poem.
From the loco to the sublime, Levi's poems are a blessing on our heads.”[13] A Poetry of Remembrance was described by the Albuquerque Journal: "Whether recalling a 'love-hate' relationship' with his high school English teacher or remembering a street-corner encounter, Romero sees and hears the courage, grace, honesty, and beauty so many of us often miss.