Welcome to the Taos Almanac Project!
Within the flow of original voices belonging to our community, SOMOS and the Taos Poet Laureate happily launch the two-year Taos Almanac Project. As an almanac reflects the natural world and the way people engage with seasons, traditions, and the changing patterns of home, we add a poetic version to our observations, tales, and memories as the New Year gathers momentum. While the Old Farmers Almanac recently announced the continuation of a 233-year publication history, our focus relies upon the many voices of Taos: sharing perspectives, recipes, memories, and jokes in poetic form of 12 lines or less!
Watch for an upcoming SOMOS newsletter, check somostaos.org for guidelines, and join our community in creating a lasting Taos Almanac for all, from youth to elder, representing every background. The initial planning meeting will be held at SOMOS on Monday, January 26th, 4-6 pm, to be followed by quarterly gatherings to celebrate every season of gathered submissions: March 30 th, June 29th, September 28th, and December 21st. We will be compiling a year-long almanac online, to be finalized after the 2026 winter solstice.
The natural world organizes our calendar as we begin the Taos Almanac Project mid-winter,
celebrating themes of Light within Darkness! Festivals and films, predictions, the brilliant night
sky, changing weather and many related subjects characterize our first sharing in poetic form,
inspired by the brilliance of our encircling mountains, vast plateau lands and mesas, deep
canyons, dancing rivers, wild forests and dramatic weather. In honor of the first SUPERMOON of
2026, here is an example by your Taos Poet Laureate:
the supermoon pulls midwinter’s curtain aside,
gleams upon frosted nightscapes:
every facet sharpens,
clings to meadowland still craving snow,
until crystal-fingered hairgrass wakes in morning thaw.
by Sylvia Rains Dennis, 01/06/2026, El Prado del Río Lucero, Taos homelands
permission granted to SOMOS for publication in the Taos Almanac Project