Welcome
Teresa E. Gallion completed her undergraduate training at
the University of Illinois Chicago and received her master’s degree in
Psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She retired
from New Mexico state government in 2012.
She moved to New Mexico in 1987. While writing sporadically for many years, in 1998 she started reading her work in the local Albuquerque poetry community. She has been a featured reader at local coffee houses, bookstores, art galleries, museums, libraries, Outpost Performance Space, the Route 66 Festival in 2001, the State of Oklahoma’s Poetry Festival in Cheyenne, Oklahoma in 2004 and the New Mexico Poetry Summit 2023. She occasionally hosts an open mic
Teresa’s work is published in numerous Journals and anthologies. She has two CDs: On the Wings of the Wind and Poems from Chasing Light. She has published five books: Walking Sacred Ground, Contemplation in the High Desert, Chasing Light, Scent of Love and Come Egypt.
Chasing Light was a finalist in the 2013 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Scent of Love was a finalist in the 2021 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards.
Teresa began writing poetry in college as a relaxing exercise after final exams each semester. She continued to write after college on an irregular basis when faced with challenges of daily living. She has been a serious writer since 1999 and an active member in the Albuquerque poetry community.
The surreal high desert landscape and her personal spiritual journey influence the writing of this Albuquerque poet. When she is not writing, she is committed to her first love, traveling the world and hiking the enchanted landscapes of New Mexico.
05 Flashbacks at Midnight with Hafiz.mp3