Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Edited with an introduction by Nasario Garcia. Fray Angelico Chavez of New Mexico gained wide renown as an artist and man of letters, but he was especially esteemed for his poetry. CANTARES: CANTICLES AND POEMS OF YOUTH now makes available to readers for the first time scores of poems composed during the years 1925 through 1932 and gathered privately by the poet.