Download or read book Strictly Western Cowboy Poetry written by D. C. Decker and published by Basic Western Book Company. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first part of this cowboy's poetry book lets me tell some of my thoughts about cowboy poetry itself. . . . I have always wanted to be a word painter. Hope you like my strictly western poetry."--D.C Decker. (Poetry)
Download or read book National Cowboy Poetry Gathering written by Western Folklife Center and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the granddaddy of all cowboy poetry events, proclaimed by the US Senate in 2000 in recognition of its pioneering role in the preservation and revitalization of this important American tradition. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the event, this commemorative volume collects 100 poems by various cowboy poets who have appeared at the gathering over the last three decades, from Baxter Black and Wallace McRae to Georgie Sicking and Paul Zarzyski. Representing the best contemporary cowboy poetry from the first gathering to the present, the poets and poems are culled for their importance and quality with consideration for a wide range of topics that represent the richness and depth of this broad genre. In addition to poems that will make you smile, sigh, or sit up straight in your saddle, the anthology features expressive photos of the contributors, biographical and explanatory headnotes, relevant artwork from the Western Folklife Center’s extensive archives, and illuminating sidebars on various topics such as working cattle; life on the land; the relationship between cowboy poetry and song; gear, horses, or cattle mentioned in poems; and profiles and photos of important cowboy poets from earlier times. Cowboy poet extraordinare Baxter Black will provide a foreword, and Charlie Seemann, executive director of the Western Folklife Center, will write an introduction that gives context both to the event itself and to cowboy poetry in general, from the days of the trail drives in the nineteenth century to the lives of the hardworking men and women who still ranch and live on the land in the West today.
Download or read book Cowboy Poetry written by Hal Cannon and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1985 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems was chosen from among 10, 000 gathered from cowboy reciters, ranch poets and from a library of over 200 published works of cowboy verse. One third of the poems are classics that have proven their vitality by having lived in the hearts and minds of cowboys and ranchers for decades. The remaining two-thirds are new, created within the last few years. "Most cowboy poems speak of real events and people, from bucking horses and cagey cows to old Stetson hats and long winter travels. Although they focus on the ordinary stuff of life, their truths . . . seem no less eternal than those penned by William Shakespeare. Some cowboy poems are bust-a-gut funny; a few are downright dirty . . . most carry an honest, primitive power." --Michael Riley, TIME Magazine
Download or read book New Cowboy Poetry written by Hal Cannon and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1990 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These recent works are from America's best cowboy and cowgirl poets, most of whom are regular participants in local cowboy poetry gatherings and in the Granddaddy Gathering held each January in Elko, Nevada. Included here are some of the best-known poets, such as Waddie Mitchell, Wally McRae, and more who breathe reality into the myth of the ranching life. Cowboy Poetry is a cultural phenomenon that continues to spread like wildfire across the country.
Download or read book Cowboy Poetry written by Virginia Bennett and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cowboy Poetry: The Reunion we lift our lariats and salute twenty years of poetry sharing at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. Reflective and rascally, tough and fresh, clever and insightful, this book holds the history, the heritage, and the future of the vibrant voices of the West. This anthology comprises some of the best of traditional cowboy poetry predating the present cowboy poetry revival, as well as work created since 1985. It is a great retrospective, giving us a sense of where we have been and where we are going, as well as a fitting tribute to the men and women whose words reflect an authentic American West. Virginia Bennett is the editor of Cowgirl Poetry, also published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher.
Download or read book Cowboy Poets Cowboy Poetry written by David Stanley and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first in-depth examination of a distinctive and community-based tradition rich with larger-than-life heroes, vivid occupational language, humor, and unblinking encounters with birth, death, nature, and animals in the poetry.
Download or read book Western Images written by Clark Crouch and published by Clark Crouch. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a prize-winning cowboy poet, delivers the reality of the West through this, his third collection of original western and cowboy poetry. His work is pointed toward remembering, preserving, sharing, and celebrating our western and cowboy heritage and traditions. The poems are drawn, primarily, from his experience as a young cowboy in the Sandhills of Nebraska in the 1930's and 1940's. They are also influenced by his pre-teen acquaintance with Badger Clark, the classic cowboy poet, who was then Poet Laureate of South Dakota.
Download or read book A Rhyme Runs Through It written by Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eight Viewpoints Western Poetry written by Clark Crouch and published by Clark Crouch. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight contemporary poets share their varied views about the Great American West. Poems reflect the realism of the Siege of Vicksburg, which prompted some to join the great westward movement, to cowboys and their horses, the raw Southwest, tall tales of magic boots, and a cowboy's view of history. It's all captured in western poetic style. Featured poets are: Kenneth Garcia, Debra Meyer, Del Gustafson, Steve Dickson, Virginia Cook, Stephen Foster, J. Wesley Taylor Sr., and Clark Crouch.
Download or read book West River Waltz written by D W Groethe and published by Cowboy Miner Productions. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cowboy poet celebrates the cattle country of Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas.
Download or read book Cowboy Poetry written by Kent Stockton and published by Cowboy Miner Productions. This book was released on 2006 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cowboy and Western Poetry written by Trampas McWhorter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a man born horseback And rode anything with hair Whether outlaw broncs or outlaw mules He always had some flair Budweiser was his drink of choice Along with vodka scotch and crown The cowboy life was the life for him
Download or read book Russell Country written by Bette Wolf Duncan and published by Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Compilation of Poetry containing the authors memories of the Cowboy Way in Southeastern Montana - Russell Country. This collection of verse contains the echoes of stories Bette Wolf Duncan heard as a child-accounts of a time when the great buffalo herds still thundered through the valleys; when Cheyenne and Crow still camped around the Yellowstone River; when mountain men and cowboys, prospectors and miners, rustlers and vigilantes still populated Russell Country. Duncan also speaks to the modern cowboy whose problems and ranching tools are different from the cowboys of a century ago, but whose passion for the land continues undiminished. Duncan also speaks to the modern cowboy whose problems and ranching tools are different from the cowboys of a century ago, but whose passion for the land continues undiminished.
Download or read book Western Cowboy Poetry written by Sharon Carpenter and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Sharon Carpenter was introduced to the cowboy poetry writing and performing style by Joel Hayes, founder of Douglas Countys Poetry Writers Group located in Douglasville, Georgia. She was a performing poet with the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Annual Georgia Cowboy Gatherings. Now, she has collected her cowboy poetry into one volume. Western Cowboy Poetry: An African American Perspective is an engaging collection of poems specifically written to be delivered at cowboy poetry gatherings. These verses provide an imaginary yet entertaining perspective on what life experiences might have been like for African Americans who strived to live in the western region of the United States during both the pre- and post-civil war era. These poems offer historical and contemporary cowboy viewpoints and they are based upon research of historical contributions of African Americans. Western Cowboy Poetry consists of four sections, emphasizing the journey and contributions of African American cowboys; the work experience for these cowboys; cowboy love stories; and the perspective of African American cowhands of the time on values. Isom Dart Let me tell you the story Of ol Isom Dart, How he broke my will and my soul, And also my heart. He was as elusive as them horses He was always chasin; You think you landed him, Then you findtime, it was a wastin Sharons unique style brings an African American perspective on western cowboy poetry. Douglas County Sentinel
Download or read book National Cowboy Poetry Gathering written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buckaroo Poetry written by P. W. Conway and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-01-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckaroo Poetry, Cowboy Poems for Young and Old, is a collection of original cowboy poems by award winning cowboy poet and western rancher and cowboy culture historian, P. W. Conway. Buckaroo Poetry goes right to the heart of what being a cowboy is all about: ranching, horses, cattle, hard work, respect and honor. The poems in Buckaroo Poetry come from everyday life, but are perceived from the heart of the everyday cowboy, who for generations has built upon the pioneer spirit that made this country great.
Download or read book Just Me Telling It My Way written by Clinton Swick and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales in Verse from the Old West. The 50+ poems in this book are, first and foremost, stories. They just happen to rhyme as they weave campfire tales of men riding across a frontier of prairies and mountains. They tell of those riders' encounters with other men, women, children, animals, and sometimes with spirits not of this earth. Poetry, yes, but poetry in the tradition of Louis L'amour's and Zane Grey's Western novels. The man riding up to your campfire might be hoping to share your coffee or planning to leave you dead. Flash floods, grizzly bears, stampedes-even a joke that ceases to be funny can be as dangerous as a man facing you with his hand hovering near his six-gun. But these poems of the Old West also prove humor can be found in any situation, and the lone rider never knows when romance is laying in wait to ambush him. ... and the New... Cowboys didn't ride off into the sunset when the Wild West became civilized. In these poems a cowboy is a cowboy, whether he's riding a horse or a pickup truck, whether he's in the mountains of Western Montana or the hills of West Virginia where the author grew up. They tell us a cowboy is anyone who's always willing to be there for someone in need, protect those that need protecting, put in an honest day's work, enjoy a good-natured prank, honor friendship and have the sense to recognize a good woman when he finds her. In the tradition of the best cowboy poets, this collection of cowboy poems tell stories in which we can see ourselves ... at least, we hope that we do.
