Some of the highlights among José Luis Villamizar Melo's extensive literary body of work are the poetry books:
- La ventana y la estrella (The window and the star)
- Poemas (Poems)
- Sombrabajo (Under the shadow)
- Teoría del crepúsculo (Twilight Theory)
- Homenaje a Bolívar (Tribute to Bolívar)
- Alfarero de patrias (Motherlands potter)
- Patria elemental (Elementary motherland)
- Poesía de urgencia (Urgent poetry)
- La tarde festejada (The celebrated afternoon); and
- Poesía en Norte de Santander (Poetry in Norte de Santander).
In prose, Villamizar Melo wrote:
- Nombres y voces (Names and voices)
- Perfiles memoriosos (Memorable profiles)
- Temas, Imágenes, Recortes (Topics, images and paper cutouts)
- Escala en París (Stopover in Paris); and
- Bolívar, el hombre de las leyes fundamentales (Bolívar, man of fundamental laws).
During the 80's and 90's José Luis was also a regular columnist in the local newspapers ‘La Opinión’ and ‘Diario de la Frontera'.