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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WEST (U.S.) Matches Found: 483 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BORDER AFFAIR, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Spanish is the lovin' tongue Last Line: "adios, mi corazon." Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Love - Cultural Differences; Love Affairs; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A COWBOY ALONE WITH HIS CONSCIENCE, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I ride into the mountains on my little broncho Last Line: When thar ain't nobody near him, 'ceptin' god. Subject(s): Conscience; Cowboys; Ranch Life; Solitude; West (u.s.); Loneliness; Southwest; Pacific States A COWBOY AT THE CARNIVAL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "yes, o' cose it's interestin' to a feller from the range" Last Line: An' he thinks o' nothin' but his grub an' hoss an' steers Subject(s): Carnivals;cowboys;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States A COWBOY RACE, by JO CULBERTSON DAVIS Poem Text First Line: A pattering rush like the rattle of hail Last Line: The gauntlet is flung and the race is begun! Subject(s): Competition; Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A COWBOY SONG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I could not be so well content Subject(s): Cowboys;man-woman Relationships;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Male-female Relations;southwest;pacific States A COWBOY TOAST, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here's to the passing cowboy, the plowman's pioneer Last Line: With cattle, cattle, cattle, and sage and sand and sun. Subject(s): Cattle; Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A COWBOY'S HOPELESS LOVE, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've heard that story ofttimes about that little chap Last Line: An' shun the loco weed o' love when there's an angel round. Subject(s): Cowboys; Love; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A COWBOY'S LOVE SONG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "oh, the last steer has been branded" Subject(s): Cowboys;love;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States A COWBOY'S SON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "whar y'u from, little stranger, little boy?" Subject(s): Boys;cowboys;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States A COWBOY'S WORRYING LOVE, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I ust to read in the novel books 'bout fellers that Last Line: An' a-throwin' the breath o' life away bunched up into sighs. Heigh-ho! Subject(s): Cowboys; Love; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A DANCE AT THE RANCH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "from every point they gaily come, the bronco's unshod feet" Subject(s): Cowboys;dancing & Dancers;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States A DANCE FOR RAIN (AT COCHITI, NEW MEXICO), by WITTER BYNNER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You may never see rain, unless you see Last Line: Rain, rain in cochiti! Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Cochiti, New Mexico; Dancing & Dancers; Hopi Indians; Native Americans; Rain; West (u.s.); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Southwest; Pacific States A DIRGE; OVER A COMPANION KILLED BY COMANCHES AND BURIED ON PRAIRIE, by ALBERT PIKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thy wife shall wait Last Line: Must leave thee here alone. Once more farewell! Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Pioneers; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A GOLDEN DREAM, by KATHRYN ROESER DUNLAP Poem Text First Line: The sun came out of the east Last Line: And found a place in the west. Subject(s): California - Gold Discoveries; Frontier & Pioneer Life; West (u.s.); Gold Rush; Forty-niners; Southwest; Pacific States A LIVING PEARL, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At sixteen I came west, riding Subject(s): West (u.s.); Youth; Southwest; Pacific States A MAN'S VOCATION IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Overcome with humility in the american west Last Line: Bound for the edge of the world Subject(s): History; Past; West (u.s.); Youth; Historians; Southwest; Pacific States A NEVADA COWPUNCHER TO HIS BELOVED, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "lonesome? Well, I guess so!" Subject(s): Cowboys;nevada;ranch Life;solitude;west (u.s.); Loneliness;southwest;pacific States A PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Captain emmet crawford Last Line: And the scouts love his weirdness Subject(s): West (u.s.); Apache Indians; Scouting & Scouts; Irony; Southwest; Pacific States A POET'S APPEAL FOR THE NATURAL: 4. THE HORSE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: For native rhythm, and poetry Last Line: Across the trembling firmament. Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Native Americans - History; Poetry & Poets; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A RANGER, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He never made parade of tooth or claw Last Line: And he labored with the sinners of the trail. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States A SONG OF THE WESTERN EDEN, by HOPE S. BARBER Poem Text First Line: Delmarva, the western eden Last Line: To the land between the bays. Subject(s): Eden; Singing & Singers; West (u.s.); Songs; Southwest; Pacific States A WELCOME TO 'BOZ', by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come as artist, come as guest Last Line: Of the sympathetic west. Subject(s): Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States ADIOS TO OSTENTATION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The end of the line Last Line: Almost to cracking his glaze Subject(s): West (u.s.) AESTHETICS AND NECESSITY: 1. SACRAMENT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: The sky's gentle dusking %each evening; the familiar Last Line: Give me your hand, I say, %and already you have Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) AESTHETICS AND NECESSITY: 2. SURREALISM, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In darkness, the plains extend %unseen, forever Last Line: Cities burning, the horizon consumed %in spectacular, terminal combustion Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) AESTHETICS AND NECESSITY: 3. GLEN CANYON, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: The fire, a freight train %of sound, would have leaped Last Line: These clear perceptions %giving us ourselves? Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) AESTHETICS AND NECESSITY: 4. WATERSHED, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Late afternoon light %dresses the grasses Last Line: Is enough, touches me %here, yes, here Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) AIR'D OUT, by JESSE SMITH Poem Source First Line: I was ridin' this little sorrel horse Last Line: Literally aired my butt out Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ALCHEMISTS, by J. B. ALLEN Poem Source First Line: Renie was different, %a spawn of the plains Last Line: Forgin' gold from plain pewter and brass Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) AMERICAN DIPPER, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Office politics %and the pettiness of each day Last Line: Who dives into the cold %factual current, eyes open Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) AN OREGON DAWN, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: On the tide of the morning, the light Last Line: Marched into the day and marched on. Subject(s): Oregon; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States AND THEN HE THOUGHT, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: When all creatures could talk Subject(s): West (u.s.) ANOTHER WRECK, by BARBARA HALL Poem Source First Line: I stir the spuds and check the coffeepot Last Line: So we'll go to emergency to get him patched up again Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ANSWERED PRAYER, by BILL JONES Poem Source First Line: Jake, the rancher, went one day to fix a distant fence Last Line: He didn't recognize your voice and cranked some guy's truck in %north dakota Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ARCHITYPAL LIGHT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Almost silent, the canoe %slips %into bayou Last Line: My hair, my face, %as I face forward Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ARIZONA NATURE MYTH, by JAMES MICHIE Poem Source First Line: Up in the heavenly saloon Last Line: A wonder horse, quick as light, %moon's left town. Moon's clean gone Subject(s): West (u.s.) AS IT HAPPENS THIS MORNING, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: This mountain lake gives everything back Last Line: Of stones, dry twigs in hand %for another small, essential fire Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ASSORTED COMPLIMENTS, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: A treacherous fiendish look (bartlett Last Line: Than of any other animal Subject(s): West (u.s.); Native Americans; Southwest; Pacific States ASSORTED COMPLIMENTS, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A treacherous fiendish look (bartlett Last Line: Than that of any other animal (gregg Subject(s): West (u.s.) AT A COWBOY DANCE, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Git yer little sage hens ready Last Line: Keno! Promenade to seats. Subject(s): Cowboys; Dancing & Dancers; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States AT SCOTT'S BLUFF, NEBRASKA, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Wind %is the language of this morning Last Line: This is memory, this %could be grief Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) AT THE COWBOY PANEL, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: About an hour before lunch Subject(s): West (u.s.); Cowboys; Southwest; Pacific States AT THE COWBOY PANEL, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: About an hour before lunch Last Line: Of the horror and agony we had counted on Subject(s): West (u.s.) AT THE STOCKMAN BAR, WHERE THE MEN FALL IN LOVE, & THE WOMEN JUST FALL, by JUDY BLUNT Poem Source First Line: Black velvet shots and water back Last Line: I'll never find my way again Subject(s): Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Women; Women - Writers AUTUMN ON THE UMPQUA, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: The sun is peeking o'er the edge Last Line: When autumn comes in oregon! Subject(s): Islands; Oregon; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States AVIARY, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: A quick flash of color Last Line: Adrift with leaves. For the moment, %she has stopped eating Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BALLAD OF BUZZ AND ART, by KAY KELLEY Poem Source First Line: Ol' bryan out in sante fe Last Line: They will shake him loose again Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) BAR V RANCH, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: When you first get to the a bar v ranch in skull valley, arizona, something Last Line: Evening, along with the setting arizona sun Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) BAR-Z ON A SUNDAY NIGHT, by PERCIVAL COMBES Poem Text First Line: We ain't no saints on the bar-z ranch Last Line: What ain't no saints, as I said. Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States BATH, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Now it don't happen often %maybe once't a year Last Line: An' head straight fer the nearest 'pie' Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) BECAUSE AT LAST YOU'LL HAVE TO TURN AROUND, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: When someone else's sadness sends you Last Line: The make-shift firing range your heart thumps %old emotions,pity and fear Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BENNY REYNOLDS' BAREBACK RIGGIN', by PAUL ZARZYSKI Poem Source First Line: A bacon slab a-boiled black in oil every day Last Line: It's built at adam's saddlery from snakehide tanned by eve Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) BERT, by BILL JONES Poem Source First Line: She was my neighbor thirty years Last Line: The day that I run out Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) BICYCLING IN THE GREAT SALT MARSH, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: On the packed sand road my tires Last Line: Touch my skin. Nothing has moved Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BLACKJACK, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: When my great-great- %grandfather ace gutowsky Last Line: Their leaves as long as they can Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BLUE OF THE MUSSEL SHELL, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Sight lingers alone %the near angle of weathered Last Line: Colors this prospect, giving, just now, %the last light back Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BOG AT QUODDY HEAD, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Wind, and spray, and circling Last Line: Of water, the whispered past %perfect Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BOUNTY TIME, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: When victorio was killed accidentally Last Line: Who flew back to tejas to clean up the landscape Subject(s): West (u.s.); Accidents; Death; Southwest; Pacific States BOUNTY TIME, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When victorio was killed accidentally Last Line: Who flew back to tejas to clean up the landscape Subject(s): West (u.s.) BRIGHTS: 1., by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: The only time I ever saw a fox Last Line: In increments, the little bodies %acccumulating weight Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BRIGHTS: 2., by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Of course, we betray each other Last Line: Rise and fall with your breath %and look away Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BRIGHTS: 3., by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Even the low crest Last Line: I realize their strange, mortal attraction %for the smaller animals Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) BRONCHO VERSUS BICYCLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The first that we saw of the high-tone tramp Subject(s): Animals;bicycles;competition;cowboys;horses;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Cycling;southwest;pacific States BUNKHOUSE LAWYER, by J. B. ALLEN Poem Source First Line: Just a mite too bronky, yet,' Last Line: You hung it on too big a tree Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O bury me not on the lone prairie Last Line: With a prayer to him who my soul will save Subject(s): Cowboys;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States BUZZARD AND NOAH, by AUDREY HANKINS Poem Source First Line: We never meant to buy the colt Last Line: A sleek cowhorse in his prime, %and a stove-up little bay Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) BY THE CROSS OF MONTEREY, by RICHARD EDWARD WHITE Poem Text First Line: Good junipero, the padre Last Line: With the waters of thy bay! Variant Title(s): Discovery Of San Francisco Bay;waiting For The Galleon Subject(s): San Francisco Bay, California; Serra, Junipero (1713-1784); West (u.s.) - Exploration CACTUS, by APRIL HALPRIN WAYLAND Poem Source First Line: Don't dare come near,' Last Line: Poised to pierce... %beware! Subject(s): Cactus; West (u.s.) CALIFORNIA'S HYMN, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: Before us lie the seas which bring the east unto the west Last Line: As the future goes marching on. Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; California; Patriotism; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Journeys; Trips CALLING THE COYOTES IN, by KIM BARNES Poem Source First Line: Dark green ravines run like lava Last Line: Feeling all around them the closing eyes Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women CARMELITA, by MIRABEAU BONAPARTE LAMAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O carmelita, know ye not Last Line: O donna carmelita! Subject(s): Pioneers; Texas Revolution (1835-1836); West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States CATASTROPHISM, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: When I follow the line %of your arm, pointing Last Line: The swift, unlooked-for %passion when lives pool, lovely, %although mutable Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) CATTLE, HORSES, SKY, AND GRASS, by SUE WALLIS Poem Source Last Line: And all these things that sway and pass Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) CAVE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Sightless, shadowless, %the toothless blindcat cruises Last Line: Of her home, this truth: so much was she loved Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) CHANGE ON THE RANGE, by SUNNY HANCOCK Poem Source First Line: The way the times and customs change these days is sure a fright Last Line: But back in those days folks I knew all used to call 'em panty hose.' Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) CHARLES GOODNIGHT'S DREAM, by JOEL NELSON Poem Source First Line: He's been in the saddle since way before dawn Last Line: At the cavvy strung out behind charles goodnight's dream Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) CHASING RABBITS, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Night falls %black/white %coats glistening Last Line: Heavy eyes %of dogs dreaming Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) CHICKENS AND COWS, by DAN BRADSHAW Poem Source First Line: I've studied all kinds of critters Last Line: And serve 'em on next sunday's table Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) CHUCK SHEPPARD, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Chuck sheppard was born in globe, arizona. A rodeoer at the age of Last Line: With a pan full of table scraps. 'they live a simple life, and that suits %chuck and blondie just fi Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) CIRCLE OF WOMEN, by KIM BARNES Poem Source First Line: Like an ambush, the forest Last Line: Lucky then, finding them waiting, %golden-shouldered, hungry for more Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women CITIES: THE LAST LIGHTS OFF THE WEST, by ELENI SIKELIANOS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In darkness a paperweight Last Line: Are these? (curtains.) Subject(s): Cities; West (u.s.); Urban Life; Southwest; Pacific States CITY LIMITS, by TED KOOSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Here on the west edge, the town turned its back on the west Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; West (u.s.); Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States CITY LIMITS, by TED KOOSER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here on the west edge, the town turned its back on the west Last Line: A switch with red eyes wipes its mouth with a sleeve Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; West (u.s.) CLAIMING LIVES, by ANITA ENDREZZE-DANIELSON Poem Source First Line: The woman who jumped off monroe st. Bridge Last Line: To those who die as they were born: %in broken waters Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women COASTAL MOUNTAIN TRAIN, by ROBERT FRANKLIN GISH Poem Source First Line: Bishop's peak. %to the west. Stalwart. Stationary Last Line: One to the way to %the temporary tinsel town of hollywood Subject(s): Railroads; West (u.s.) CONFRONTATION, by LARRY MCWHORTER Poem Source First Line: A bride and groom of just three days Last Line: Take a scrub brush to my coffeepot Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) CORDUROY ROAD, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Crossing the high %wet slope, ascending Last Line: Textured surface that we follow down Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) COUNTRY GRAFT, by PEGGY GODFREY Poem Source First Line: A babe who needs a mama Last Line: This rancher won't have to bottle-feed %unless she gets another Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) COW GAS, by DAN BRADSHAW Poem Source First Line: A cowboy and his pard Last Line: As he finds his own relief Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) COW'S HEAD, by ED BROWN Poem Source First Line: I've read all kinds of cookbooks Last Line: Or one hundred hungry women Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) COWBOY COMMON SENSE, by MIKE DAWSON Poem Source First Line: In them sierry petes out preskit way Last Line: Yep...It's been a long time since I seen a white horse!' Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) COWBOY REEL, by PAUL ZARZYSKI Poem Source First Line: Ain't a hand been hatched since 1950,' Last Line: Til you've fished while pitchin', there ain't no way to tell Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) COWBOY VERSUS BRONCHO, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Haven't got no special likin' fur the toney sorts o' Last Line: An' mistook the proper time to have it out. Subject(s): Animals; Cowboys; Horses; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States COWDOGS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, by SUNNY HANCOCK Poem Source First Line: You know, I always did work for big outfits Last Line: But they're good s.O.B.S when they're dead Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) COWGIRL, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The boots were on the couch and had Last Line: I'll go back home where women are pliant as marshmallows. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Desire; Relationships; West (u.s.); Women; Southwest; Pacific States CREATION, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: There was a time Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States CREATION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a time Last Line: I am thinking earth Subject(s): West (u.s.) CRY, by SANDRA ALCOSSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: White legs and pink footpads, the black cat Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women; Southwest; Pacific States CRY, by SANDRA ALCOSSER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: White legs and pink footpads, the black cat Last Line: In his teeth and offers half to me Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women DANCIN', by TOM SHARPE Poem Source First Line: Now my daddy was a dancer Last Line: Who would never try to cut it on his dance Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) DEATH IN THE DESERT; IN MEMORY OF HOMER VANCE, by CHARLES TOMLINSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are no crosses Last Line: Receded as speechless and as wide as death Subject(s): Death; West (u.s.) DENVER JIM, by SHERMAN D. RICHARDSON Poem Text First Line: Say, fellers, that ornery thief must be nigh us Last Line: It reversed the decision, the court was adjourned. Subject(s): Cowboys; Crime & Criminals; Mothers & Sons; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States DEPARTURE, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE Poem Text First Line: The sun is just completing his long day Last Line: Without an earthly fear, nor dread, nor doubt. Subject(s): Travel; West (u.s.); Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States DEPLANING, & GETTING LEARNT, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Shaving lotion fresh Last Line: Airport in the universe Subject(s): West (u.s.); Air Travel; Southwest; Pacific States DEPLANING, & GETTING LEARNT, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shaving lotion fresh Last Line: With a ludicrously sour curl %on his mouth Subject(s): West (u.s.) DEPTH IMAGE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: As the human %eye desires light %and movement, seeks out Last Line: Latent, this lake's %floating trellis Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) DESERT, by LILLIAN M. FISHER Poem Source First Line: The desert is holding a giant breath Last Line: Under a blanket of sky Subject(s): Deserts; Food And Eating; West (u.s.) DICKENS IN CAMP, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Above the pines the moon was slowly drifting Last Line: This spray of western pine. Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Books; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); Pine Trees; West (u.s.); Writing & Writers; Reading; Southwest; Pacific States DIEBACK, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: I wonder whether, Last Line: And comes back, that dies and goes %on. Or this time doesn't. Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) DIFFERENCE IN EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE DEPENDING ON GEOGRAPHICAL..., by DENNICE SCANLON Poem Source First Line: I had a mind to begin by scraping april Last Line: Weather wilts ridges between with love Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women DOG, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: I don't think I remember the exact direction Last Line: All four tires on my pickup were wet %(in memory of chief, the best dog ever) Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) DOG'S LIFE, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: I've watched these pups come along %seemingly separate balls of energy Last Line: I can picture death as absentmindedness Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) DOOR: 1. WEALTHY HOTCHKISS BROWN, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Well, you know doors are always opening Last Line: But also not enough to know what we should do Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) DOOR: 2. VINA CONOWAY PRIESTLEY, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Sometimes I felt that land was haunted, when Last Line: We can't see, and can't yet understand Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) DREAM OF SPRING, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Easter sunday, the children Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) DRESS FOR WAR, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Tallow shampoo so the hair is sleek & obedient Subject(s): West (u.s.); Native Americans – Wars; Southwest; Pacific States DRESS FOR WAR, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tallow shampoo so the hair is sleek & obedient Last Line: Every trace of civilization %from their province Subject(s): West (u.s.) DRIVING WEST IN 1970, by ROBERT BLY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My dear children, do you remember the morning Subject(s): Driving & Drivers; Memory; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States EL DORADO: A SONG, by CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY Poem Text First Line: Oh, the fields aflame with poppies Last Line: All the west with bloom anew. Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States EL MONTE LODGE, TAOS, NEW MEXICO, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Nestled in the valley below 'taos mountain' sits a quaint little lodge Last Line: And one canine visitor from town. It seems lady has started a tradition at the el monte Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) EL PONIENTE, by RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath the train the miles are folded by Last Line: It is young air we breathe. This is the west! Alternate Author Name(s): Young, Sanborn, Mrs. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States EL ZAPATERO, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I spoke to a shoemaker Last Line: But not the duck-bill toe Subject(s): Shoes;west (u.s.); Boots;sneakers;shoemakers;southwest;pacific States ELEGY, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Through the screen door, swish and twitter Last Line: Almost heart-shaped leaves, each %lopsided in a different shape, each %rooted in the shade, trying t Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ENTERING SMOOT, WYOMING POP. 239, by DIXIE LEE HENDERSON PARTRIDGE Poem Source First Line: We'd come here maybe twice a year Last Line: At the old church-house lane %and we went over it twice Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women ESCORTING GRAMMY TO THE POTLUCK ROCKY MOUNTAN OYSTER FEED, by PAUL ZARZYSKI Poem Source First Line: Lean ray krone bellers through a fat cumulus Last Line: Happy dreams all night long in my sunday boots Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) EVENT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Weeks of little rain have left us Last Line: And, understand, this is all he can find %to give her-%he crosses the street %to leave her way clear Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) FATHER HUCKLEBERRY AND THE AEROPLANE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Well, 'mandy, I got home alive Last Line: And a little bigger load. Subject(s): Clergy; Travel; West (u.s.); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States FATHER HUCKLEBERRY AT SEATTLE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Well, I'm takin' in seattle Last Line: Cause they feel their growin' pains! Subject(s): Clergy; Sea Voyages; Seattle, Washington; Spirituality; Travel; West (u.s.); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States FAUVE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: High northern %summer, red cedar Last Line: And a somber interior %whisper, color Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) FEARS, by SALLY HARPER BATES Poem Source First Line: There's a big old ring around the moon Last Line: I lie...'cuz what could I say Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) FIFTEEN HUNDRED TONS OF HAY @ 1 CENT PER POUND, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Gen. Crook proved to a skeptical world Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States FIFTEEN HUNDRED TONS OF HAY @ 1 CENT PER POUND, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gen. Crook proved to a skeptical world Last Line: With small sickles & butcher knives Subject(s): West (u.s.) FIFTY DOLLARS, by MIKE DAWSON Poem Source First Line: Two young dudes from boston town Last Line: With these words, softly spoken: 'I need fifty dollars.' Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) FIRE DOWN BELOW, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Evening shadows lengthen Subject(s): West (u.s.); Native Americans; Southwest; Pacific States FIRE DOWN BELOW, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Evening shadows lengthen Last Line: Doing something behond staying out %of the way of flame Subject(s): West (u.s.) FIRST LINES, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: It is bright to recollect Last Line: Names never from animals Subject(s): West (u.s.); Apache Indians; Babies; Southwest; Pacific States FIRST LINES, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is bright to recollect Last Line: Never from animals Subject(s): West (u.s.) FOR MARY, ON THE SNAKE, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: Two years ago, you on the east bluff Last Line: The placid surface where we're going, %even now Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women FOR STEVE AND TED, by ROD MCQUEARY Poem Source First Line: Slim comes back, reporting Last Line: And one old gelding, tired and crippled, %gets a decent drink Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) FORCE OF ONE VOICE, by NEIDY MESSER Poem Source First Line: In small towns you become acquainted Last Line: The long archaeology of mourning Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women FORM AND THEORY: 1. IMMANENCE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: The light dust %breath %the light, crusting %on the body Last Line: The light strikes %the cliff wall, scattered %sand Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) FORM AND THEORY: 2. GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Because of the lovely curve %of the pelvis Last Line: Because of the open %door in the wall Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) FORM AND THEORY: 3. FUMAROLE CONES, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: A remembered hiss %of ash caught Last Line: Wind flutes through %the darkened canyon Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) FREE VERSE, by PEGGY GODFREY Poem Source First Line: After I perform my rhyme Last Line: But with rhyme, you know I'm done Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) FREEWAYS AND CARS, by JESSE SMITH Poem Source First Line: An old woman sat on the porch, watched the sun sink behind the hill Last Line: And there ain't no smog from cars Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) FROM TOWN, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We're the children of the open and we hate / the haunts o' men Last Line: Eeyow! A-ridin' up the rocky trail from town! Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Variant Title(s): Ridin' Up The Rocky Trail From Town Subject(s): City & Town Life; Cowboys; Ranch Life; Roads; West (u.s.); Paths; Trails; Southwest; Pacific States GATES, by BARBARA HALL Poem Source First Line: One of the stories I've heard all my life Last Line: There's one main reason why a rancher takes a wife Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) GATHERING THE DOUBLE O'S BULL, by ROSS KNOX Poem Source First Line: We was sittin' 'round a table in a bar on whiskey row Last Line: How they gathred that bull by slammin' the gate %upon their tippy toes Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) GEN. MILES IMAGINED, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The function of the heliograph Subject(s): West (u.s.) GERONIMO, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: We call his mother juana Last Line: With a light behind them Subject(s): West (u.s.); Geronimo (1829-1909); Southwest; Pacific States GERONIMO, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We call his mother juana Last Line: With a light behind them Subject(s): West (u.s.) GHAZALS: 51, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who could put anything together that would stay in one place Last Line: Charm and want everyone to go back to their snot-nosed slums. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Aging; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States GOD CREATES MAN!, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's no problem with Last Line: And he was a traveller %like mercury Subject(s): West (u.s.) GOIN' BACK T'MORRER; IN THE CITY, by HAMLIN GARLAND Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I tell ye, sue, it ain't no use! Last Line: An' the birds an' bees s' thick! - %o we must start back t'night! Subject(s): West (u.s.) GREATER LOVE, by J. B. ALLEN Poem Source First Line: The night guard's voice resembles Last Line: In the moonlight's magaic beams Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) GREENOUGH GIRLS, by SUE WALLIS Poem Source First Line: Nineteen twenty-eight %billings, montana Last Line: To live up to %those greenough girls Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) GRISLY TALE, OR THE BELOW ZERO HERO, by ED BROWN Poem Source First Line: It was in the winter of '89 Last Line: Old grizzly died of water on the brain Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) GUNSLINGER 1, SELS., by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I met in mesilla Last Line: Hang out with some curious refugees Subject(s): West (u.s.) GUNSLINGER. PART I, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I met in mesilla Last Line: Lets have that drink Subject(s): West (u.s.); Gunslingers; Southwest; Pacific States HALFWAY TO THE FOREIGN LEGION, by ALES DEBELJAK Poem Source First Line: Instead of you trimming hedges below an aragon chateau, a stream Last Line: Of things exhausts them. You sent me one letter. Enough to change the future Subject(s): Change; West (u.s.) HANCOCK COMPLIMENTS, by SUE WALLIS Poem Source First Line: He could have said you're sweet as pie Last Line: Big in the hind end, and mostgly ugly %in the head Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) HARM AND JIM, by VESS QUINLAN Poem Source First Line: Harm and jim had neighbored Last Line: That we all ate tonight Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) HICKORY RIDGE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Amid the moist profusion of ferns Last Line: Another time, my throat might have slit %for spring to come Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) HIGH-STEPPIN' KIND, by SUNNY HANCOCK Poem Source First Line: I was born in the depression back when times was kinds bad Last Line: But I never told 'em, 'yeah, I like that old high-steppin' kind.' Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) HIRED HAND, by WALLACE MCRAE Poem Source First Line: You know, some men just look like a cowboy Last Line: Ev'ry word that he told me was true Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) HITCH HAIKU, by GARY SNYDER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They didn't hire him Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States HITCH HAIKU, by GARY SNYDER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They didn't hire him Last Line: Steep travel a- %head Subject(s): West (u.s.) HOTEL HARTLEY DOWN BY THE BAYOU AS DICK PREPARES FOR NY, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Secure, with the rumble of wig-town Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States HOTEL HARTLEY DOWN BY THE BAYOU AS DICK PREPARES FOR NY, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Secure, with the rumble of wig-town Last Line: I've got a fair chance of getting there Subject(s): West (u.s.) HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Above drift classic, backlit clouds, connections Last Line: These presences, truth %so often various, %whether one watches, or not Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) I CALL THE HILL, by SUSU JEFFREY Poem Source First Line: An earth breast Last Line: The land is her own Subject(s): Landscape; Mountains; West (u.s.) I DEPENDED ON MY PARDNER, by JIM SHELTON Poem Source First Line: I've had some damn bad predicaments Last Line: In a pinch, you're always there Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) I TRIED, by PEGGY GODFREY Poem Source First Line: Seven barely-yearlin' bulls Last Line: Finally one said, 'damn good horse.' Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) I WANT MY TIME, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I'm night guard all alone tonight Last Line: "say, gimme some tobacco, bill" Subject(s): Cowboys;homesickness;night;ranch Life;solitude;west (u.s.); Bedtime;loneliness;southwest;pacific States I'LL BE GO TO HELL, by DAN BRADSHAW Poem Source First Line: The man was old an' tired Last Line: Til I'll be go to hell Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) I'M TEACHING SCHOOL, NOT DEAD, by ED BROWN Poem Source First Line: Some well-intentioned people ask Last Line: But I'm real careful about using the word never Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.) IMAGINING THE JOURNEY WEST, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Somewhere outside topeka, in sod walls Last Line: My last connection to the voice that named me Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) IMPERATIVE, by JOSEPHINE MILES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Undisturbed, and stubbornly repeating Subject(s): West (u.s.); Iowa; Farm Life; Southwest; Pacific States; Agriculture; Farmers IN THE DREAM I AM: 1. MUSEUM PIECE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Fremont figurines lie in %orderly rows, limbs and torsos Last Line: Eyes locked with god's, %measuring deserts in his clemency Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) IN THE DREAM I AM: 2. AFTER THE ICE STORM, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: For days the landscape %glittered, terrible clarity Last Line: And thuds, the bodies %casting off stasis Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) IN THE DREAM I AM: 3. IN THE DREAM I AM, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: At the edge %of a river, squatting amid summer's Last Line: Someone is turning, slowly, to look Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) IN THE HELLGATE WIND, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: January ice drifts downriver Last Line: As the river I cross over. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Subject(s): Change; West (u.s.); Winter; Women; Southwest; Pacific States IN THE WHITE WEST, by FRIEDERIKE MAYROCKER Poem Source First Line: In the upper garden, he said Last Line: Crossed out by birch trees Subject(s): Fields; Gardens And Gardening; West (u.s.) INTO THE PLACES: 2. CONTEXTS, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Washington irving's %rendition of captain bonneville's impression Last Line: We had almost nothing to say Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) INTO THE PLACES: 3. CRATERS OF THE MOON, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: A'a, pahoehoe, syllabic %archipelagoes ringed Last Line: Then shuts the door- %like stone Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) INTO THE SHANDY WESTERNESS, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you understand the managing Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.); Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963); Southwest; Pacific States INTO THE SHANDY WESTERNESS, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you understand the managing Last Line: Down under the peonies. As it gets darker they disappear Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.); Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963) INTO THESE PLACES: 1. EXPLORING AN UNKNOWN REGION IN THE UNITED .., by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: One morning in may, %w.L. Cole and I, both of boise Last Line: By the wail of the coyote %and the chirp of the rock cony Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) INVESTIGATION AND LAMENT: 1. SCHACTER'S COGNITIVE LABELING.., by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: For example, a man and a woman Last Line: To an inner life; water, stone, distance, %other, self Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) INVESTIGATION AND LAMENT: 2. QUANTAM MECHANICS, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: What we learned in school, it seems Last Line: Like us all, trying to name what can't be seen %or understood Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) INVESTIGATION AND LAMENT: 3. MY MOTHER'S STORY, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Never been loved, never been loved Last Line: She wanted to love me, %she wanted to Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) JACK DEMPSEY'S GRAVE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Far out in the wilds of oregon Last Line: "unmarked, leave dempsey's grave" Subject(s): "boxing & Boxers;cowboys;dempsey, Jack (1895-1983);graves;oregon;ranch Life;west (u.s.);" Tombs;tombstones;southwest;pacific States JASON LEE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: A cry from the gloom of the western wilds! Last Line: The stalwart jason lee. Subject(s): Death; Native Americans; Pioneers; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); West (u.s.); Dead, The; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Native Americans - Removal; Southwest; Pacific States JIM BACHAE'S NEW HIP, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: We meet him paused past fields Last Line: Cloud and sudden changing light Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) JOHN CHARLES FREMONT, by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pathfinder - and path-clincher! Last Line: And benton found the man! Subject(s): California; Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890); West (u.s.) - Exploration JOHN WAYNE, GUNSLINGER, R.I.P., by WILLIAM WITHERUP Poem Source First Line: John wayne, gunslinger, pranced out Last Line: Of our hero-gunslinger, john wayne Subject(s): Cowboys; Guns; Hero And Leander; Wayne, John (1907-1979); West (u.s.) JUH & GERONIMO, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Friends from boyhood Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States JUH & GERONIMO, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Friends from boyhood Last Line: Of the norte americanos Subject(s): West (u.s.) JUST A-RIDIN'!, by ELWOOD ADAMS Poem Text First Line: Oh, for me a horse and saddle Last Line: And a snowdrift in your hair. Subject(s): Animals; Cowboys; Horses; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States JUST AN OLD YELLA COW, by VESS QUINLAN Poem Source First Line: I was called to vist with my banker-- Last Line: Would you cut back that yella cow Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) JUST PAST THE TOE OF YOUR BOOT, by TOM SHARPE Poem Source Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) KATE FROM THE WEST, by EVELYN MAY Poem Text First Line: She was just a girl from way out west Last Line: The boys for her were sure to wait. Subject(s): Cowboys; Singing & Singers; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States KAYENTA, by CATHARINE SAVAGE BROSMAN Poem Source First Line: So we arrived around six, having seen Last Line: And the extreme commotions of the clouds Subject(s): Native Americans; West (u.s.) KIT CARSON'S RIDE, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Room! Room to turn round in, to breathe and be free Last Line: "that's why." Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Carson, Kit (1809-1868); Scouting & Scouts; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States KOKOPELLI, by CATHARINE SAVAGE BROSMAN Poem Source First Line: Kokopelli, humpbacked dancer from a past Last Line: In the wilderness, as if it would not end Subject(s): Native Americans; West (u.s.) LA MAQUINA A HOUSTON, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The train has come to rest and ceased its creaking Last Line: Before they fell away in exhaustion Subject(s): West (u.s.); Railways; Southwest; Pacific States LA MAQUINA A HOUSTON, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The train has come to rest and ceased its creaking Last Line: Before they fell away in exhaustion Subject(s): West (u.s.) LABRADOR DUCK: 1. BEACON, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Out of sight, just past %the trail's bend Last Line: Each wave's lift and hurl and drop Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) LABRADOR DUCK: 2. DIORAMA, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In the blue light of depicted winter, long island sound Last Line: Against me; an arm before the face Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) LABRADOR DUCK: 3. MEMENTO, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: I linger at the water's edge Last Line: Into the historic, the fingers' %living curl and crest Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) LAKE FLORISSANT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Like words in a language %I almost remember Last Line: What could the herds remember, %or imagine? Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) LASCA, by FRANK DESPREZ Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I want free life, and I want fresh air Last Line: In texas, down by the rio grande. Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; Texas; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States LEAVING HOME, by JUDY BLUNT Poem Source First Line: As a child I watched my mother's face Last Line: For threads of blood set loose Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women LEFT HAND CANYON, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rev. Royal filkin preaches Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States LEGEND IN A SMALL TOWN, by NEIDY MESSER Poem Source First Line: One day she ran off, left Last Line: Comes before or after, leaving's the only thing %people remember Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women LIFE ON THE LAKES: DOWN ON THE BEACH (1), by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL Poem Text First Line: The storm-light fades from the cloud-banked west Last Line: The far lamp glows. Subject(s): Seashore; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Beach; Coast; Shore; Journeys; Trips LIFELINE, by SHONTO BEGAY Poem Source First Line: Into the distance we ride Last Line: On this road we will still ride Subject(s): West (u.s.) LIVING PEARL, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At sixteen I came west, riding Last Line: She will be one year old Subject(s): West (u.s.); Youth LONESOME, by TOM SHARPE Poem Source First Line: Listen to the breeze go slipping through the trees Last Line: But for now, I guess, I'll totter off to bed Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) LONG WALK WEST, by DAVID H. ROSENTHAL Poem Source First Line: When I started out Last Line: Now for quite some time: %meadow, shadow, tree Subject(s): Walking; West (u.s.) LOVE LYRICS OF A COWBOY, by ROBERT V. CARR Poem Text First Line: It hain't no use fer me to say Last Line: "dog-gone a clock!"" is what I say." Subject(s): Cowboys; Love; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States LOVER, FIGHTER, WILD HORSE RIDER, by BILL JONES Poem Source First Line: Not too many years ago, when the west was wild and free Last Line: The first coat's almost dry Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) LUCK, by MARY ANN WATERS Poem Source First Line: Now there is no house, mother Last Line: Yourself, knowing luck always waits %for that forgiveness Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women LYLE AND HAWKEYE, by ROD MCQUEARY Poem Source First Line: After preg-testing %while the crew %puts the heifers back Last Line: On a smooth and rockless %hillside %took lyle %all afternoon Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) MAGGIE CREEK RANCH, ELKO, NEVADA, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: The maggie creek ranch is one of the largest cattle operations in the west Last Line: Stop for him, but they'll sure as hell stop for a %couple of dogs Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) MAIN CHARACTER, by JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I want to see Subject(s): Motion Pictures; West (u.s.); Movies; Cinema; Southwest; Pacific States MAN'S BEST FRIEND, by ROSS KNOX Poem Source First Line: Folks talk about a dog bein' a man's best friend Last Line: The best damn cowdog I ever saw %stayed home Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) MARTA OF MILRONE, by HERMAN GEORGE SCHEFFAUER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I shot him where the rio flows Last Line: O marta of milrone! Subject(s): Animals; Cowboys; Death; Horses; Man-woman Relationships; Marriage; Mexico; Ranch Life; Revenge; West (u.s.); Dead, The; Male-female Relations; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Southwest; Pacific States MATLI RANCH, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: It's like passing into a different era when you approach the dirt road Last Line: That stray bull to tend to Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) MATRIMONY, by ED BROWN Poem Source First Line: The rancher's son had lost his heart Last Line: When she's tired...Or she's rested Subject(s): Cowboys; Marriage; Ranch Life; West (u.s.) MAXIMUM OSTENTATION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hyattecture is all strut and stage Last Line: Brie and reference, and ucla women Subject(s): West (u.s.) MCCORKLE AND THE WIRE, by RED STEAGALL Poem Source First Line: Mccorkle rode into the whiskey flat camp Last Line: And his hair's turned as white as the snow Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) MENTAL HORIZONS: 1. MR. SMALLMAN-SELFISHNESS, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: With the markets his spirits rise and fall Last Line: Hatched in this lilliputian hive. Subject(s): Christianity; Selfishness; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States MENTAL HORIZONS: 3. MR. WHOLECOAST-THE WESTERN SPIRIT, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: But a larger soul rides in the list Last Line: And I cheer for the land of the setting sun. Subject(s): Soul; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States MENTAL HORIZONS: 4. COLONEL SPREADEAGLE-PATRIOTISM, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: But I hear the tramp of a marching host Last Line: "for the nation bought at the cannon's mouth!" Subject(s): Patriotism; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States MENTAL HORIZONS: 6. BROTHER BIGHEART-CHRISTIANITY, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: The creed I hold is too divine Last Line: That throbs its way to the throne of god. Subject(s): Christianity; God; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States MINOR ADDICTION, by KENT STOCKTON Poem Source First Line: I crawled from my sougans an' reached for the pack Last Line: After smokin' his last cigarette Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) MIRACLE, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Last spring I began riding two herds of %cows who were calving. An icy, muddy Last Line: Living, and resonates with freedom Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) MIRAGE - THE PASSING WEST, by ELIZABETH GARBUTT Poem Text First Line: Tall poplars shiver in the summer heat Last Line: And poplar trees are shivering in the heat. Subject(s): Mirages; West (u.s.) - Exploration MIXED FEELINGS, by AUDREY HANKINS Poem Source First Line: We were rimmin' around one summer mornin' Last Line: But when he got on the truck...I cried Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) MOTHER LOVE, by SUE WALLIS Poem Source First Line: Ah, these--these my precious Last Line: What women! What men! %you will be Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) MOTHER WEST, by ARTHUR CHAPMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a mother, legend runs Last Line: Come home to mother west. Subject(s): Homecoming; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States MOVING DAY AT THE WIDOW CAIN'S, by ANITA ENDREZZE-DANIELSON Poem Source First Line: Lugging old milk cans, glass Last Line: Like a woman in a prairie of fire Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women MOVING, INVISIBLE SPECTRE OF PHRATRY ON TRATOR PEACHES, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who can tell what a traitor is Last Line: The frenzy of survival rushing from our pores Subject(s): West (u.s.) MY HAMLEY, by KENT STOCKTON Poem Source First Line: There's some mighty nice saddles that's built nowadays Last Line: Quite a bit better than me Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) MY KAY, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Long time coming into your self-confidence Last Line: Against my leg %I become grounded Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) MY WESTERN HOME, by EVA W. MULLEN Poem Text First Line: My heart turns sick with longing Last Line: With the cottonwood trees' friendly nod. Subject(s): Home; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States NANA & VICTORIO, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Along this spine of dragoon mountains Last Line: As we unweave this corrupted cloth Subject(s): West (u.s.) NANAY, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Great hardness in old age Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States NANAY, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Great hardness in old age Last Line: To wear al huge gold watchchain Subject(s): West (u.s.) NORTH, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In mid-november, 18 degrees, cold air %astounds, astringent in the lungs Last Line: Inside with ice, %the material %attendance of our breaths Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) NORTH TO TAOS, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The aspen twig Last Line: The boat is moored to sky. Subject(s): Boats; Nature; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States NORTHWEST PASSAGE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: We walk across cottongrass flox Last Line: The milky way showed one of the many %visible directions Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) NOT A MAN'S PROBLEM, by CAROLE JARVIS Poem Source First Line: When I was younger, and a little more agile Last Line: On learnin' to hold it...All day Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ODE TO ASTORIA, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: On columbia's broadened breast Last Line: While you safely guard the gateway of the west. Subject(s): Pioneers; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States ODE TO THE CALF CRADLE, by LARRY MCWHORTER Poem Source First Line: Modern day ranches are doohickeyed up Last Line: With a case of incurable scours Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) OLD MAN, by SALLY HARPER BATES Poem Source First Line: The sun was breakin' easy Last Line: Then go check on little katie Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) OLD PAINT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "goodbye, old paint, I'm a-leavin' cheyenne" Last Line: "goodbye, old paint, I'm a-leaving cheyenne" Subject(s): Animals;cowboys;horses;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States ON CHECKING THE COWS SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1993, by ROD MCQUEARY Poem Source First Line: I'm not so angry now Last Line: Prolapsed and drowning %left us something Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ON THE DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN LEWIS [JANUARY 14, 1807], by JOEL BARLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let the nile cloak his head in the clouds and defy Last Line: Who taught him his path to the sea. Subject(s): Clark, William (1770-1838); Explorers; Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809); West (u.s.) - Exploration; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers ON THE EMIGRATION TO AMERICA AND PEOPLING WESTERN COUNTRY, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To western woods and lonely plains Last Line: Than all the eastern sages knew. Subject(s): Middle West; Pioneers; United States; West (u.s.); Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; America; Southwest; Pacific States ONE MAN'S HANDS, by MAGGIE MAE SHARP Poem Source First Line: My anger rose high at his last words Last Line: For only...One man's hands Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ONE MORE LICK, by RED STEAGALL Poem Source First Line: When g. L. Said he wouldn't buck, I figured he would know Last Line: Just one more lick, this cowboy's got 'er made Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ONE MORE SHIPPING DAY, by WALLACE MCRAE Poem Source First Line: The crew has all been mustered, from around the neighborhood Last Line: We're mounting up, for one more shipping day Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) OREGON HOLLY, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: As holly tells of feudal days Last Line: Has both their charms together. Subject(s): Native Americans - Genealogy & Heritage; Oregon; Patriotism; West (u.s.) - Exploration ORIGINAL MONUMENTS OF PERCEPTION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Through the wall's membrane Subject(s): West (u.s.) OUR LITTLE COWGIRL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "thar she goes a-lopin,' stranger" Subject(s): Cowboys;girls;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States OUT OF THE SUNSET MOVEMENT, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Out of the sunrise invasion Subject(s): West (u.s.) OUT WEST, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I hear thee speak of a western land Last Line: "saying -- ""t is there, my child." Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS, by ARTHUR CHAPMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out where the handclasp's a little stronger Last Line: That's where the west begins. Subject(s): Cowboys; Patriotism; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States P BAR RANCH, KIRKLAND, ARIZONA, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: A beautiful high desert valley spreads along the winding boundaries of the Last Line: Night sounds and smells of the peaceful pine forest Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) PACIFIC TIME, by CATHY SMITH Poem Source First Line: It is not my brother's dying Last Line: Dark around it. How it shimmered %for a moment and was gone Subject(s): Death; Time; West (u.s.) PAPERS SAY, by VESS QUINLAN Poem Source First Line: The papers say our old cow deal's %in touble again Last Line: We'll run cattle just for spite Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) PARDNERS, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You bad-eyed, tough-mouthed son-of-a-gun Last Line: You ugly ol' scoundrel, you! Subject(s): Animals; Cowboys; Horses; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States PARIETAL, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Two elk cross the immediate %field of sight, disappearing Last Line: Showing where the elk had bedded down %to save a tiny, furless child Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Captain emmet crawford Last Line: And the scouts love his weirdness Subject(s): West (u.s.) PERSONA, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The women circle the men in conference Last Line: Is the highest mutation of force Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States PERSONA, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The women circle the men in conference Last Line: Is the highest mutation of force Subject(s): West (u.s.) PETROGLYPHS, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Greasewood, four-wing saltbush Last Line: Something in the world has changed. %what will it mean? Subject(s): Change; Nature; West (u.s.) PICTURES OF THE SOUTHWEST: DESERTED, by ELIZABETH KING COWGILL Poem Text First Line: Nothing so forlorn Last Line: Sockets of a bleaching skull. Subject(s): Houses; Ruins; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States PICTURES OF THE SOUTHWEST: HEAT, by ELIZABETH KING COWGILL Poem Text First Line: Naked heat devils Last Line: Like demons paroled from hell. Subject(s): Heat; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States PICTURES OF THE SOUTHWEST: OIL, by ELIZABETH KING COWGILL Poem Text First Line: Black smoke hides the sun Last Line: Such a hell as dante saw. Subject(s): Petroleum; West (u.s.); Oil; Southwest; Pacific States PIEBALD ROBIN, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Suddenly, white %tailfeathers, beige-and-white Last Line: Whether one watches, or not Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) PIECE OF ADVICE: IT IS FAR BETTER TO COPTER IN, BUT, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In hughestown, it is good Last Line: For exaggeration's sake Subject(s): West (u.s.) PIONEERS! O PIONEERS!, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Come my tan-faced children Last Line: Pioneers! O pioneers! Subject(s): Patriotism; Peace; Pioneers; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States PRAIRIE HILLS IN SNOW: 1. PSYCHE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In wind, the hills ripple %into disappearing Last Line: Everything has gone under %the surface Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) PRAIRIE HILLS IN SNOW: 2. SCAR, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: When the dog broke through %and floundered in near-freezing Last Line: Growing an imperfect %but serviceable skin Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) PRAIRIE HILLS IN SNOW: 3. BURIAL, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Along the river trail %a few more trees are down Last Line: Loose snow skitters %in the raw air Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) PROGRESS (DEWEY'S BRANDIN'), by RAY FITZGERALD Poem Source First Line: My neighbor called me up one night Last Line: And shipped the best cows he ever had Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) PROVOKING FIGURE OF THE HORSEWOMAN, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Victorio's seester was no pocahontas Last Line: To something khaki looking vaguely like shit Subject(s): West (u.s.) RANCH DOG (AS A RANCH DOG MIGHT TELL IT), by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Now I don't go to groomers %gettin' clipped and sprayed and fluffed Last Line: I'll live and die a ranch dog %that's the only life for me Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) REAL WEALTH, by PEGGY GODFREY Poem Source First Line: My neighbors don't live close to me Last Line: But damn sure makes me wealthy Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) RED ROCK CEREMONIES, by ANITA ENDREZZE-DANIELSON Poem Source First Line: The clear moon arcs Last Line: I am making the words %speak in circles Subject(s): Family Life; History; West (u.s.); Women REMINISCIN', by RAY FITZGERALD Poem Source First Line: When we get to reminiscin' Last Line: Too old to turn a cow Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) RESERVATIONS, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: This material yields Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States RESERVATIONS, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This material yields Last Line: Know what a crisis is Subject(s): West (u.s.) RETIREMENT OF ASHTOLA, by LARRY MCWHORTER Poem Source First Line: When a day's work is done in the limits of town Last Line: When ashtola was workin' the herd Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) RIDERS OF THE STARS, by HENRY (HARRY) HERBERT KNIBBS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twenty abreast down the golden street ten thousand Last Line: And a viewless rider swept the sky on the trail of a shooting star? Subject(s): Cowboys; Heaven; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Paradise; Southwest; Pacific States RIDING SONG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Let us ride together Subject(s): Animals;cowboys;horseback Riding;horses;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States ROUNDUP AT THE BAR B BAR, by BILL JONES Poem Source First Line: Every year about this time Last Line: And I sold them cows last year Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ROUTE: 1. PIONEER MOUNTAINS, MID-JULY, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: I rest against dull stone %and lichen, count drifting cirrus wisps Last Line: Each evening fire, each %day's book and map and boot Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ROUTE: 2. DAYBOOK-SCATTERED NOTES, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In winter, a handiful of dried stinging nettles added to boiling Last Line: Stonecrop %shooting star Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ROUTE: 3. WHEN SERGEANT FLOYD TOOK SICK, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: ('cramp cholic'/ burst appendix') Last Line: When the fires in the prairie have distroyed it Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ROUTE: 4. CAMAS, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Mid-november, 1805, clark notes the vote %on where to situate Last Line: I could have swourn it was water Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ROUTE: 5. GLACIAL MILL, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In philadelphia and elsewhere, lewis Last Line: We lift our paddles, %point toward shore Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) ROUTE: 6. THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, WIND, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Out of the southwest, the wash %all dries by mid-day Last Line: New walnut hulls begin %to blacken on the blacktop Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) RULES: 1. SCHOOL BUS, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: I wait in the frozen rut Last Line: Where jim johnson sits Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women RULES: 2. SPEECH, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: To have speech perfect %rising in pitch Last Line: Is a kind of speech %the whole school understands Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women RULES: 3. SCALES, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: Only 10 lbs. Of cracked corn Last Line: Of the heaped scale. My thumb %pushes up my side Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women RULES: 4. FIRE ON THE NORTH FORK, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: Eighteen singed men slouched Last Line: Glad my mouth knows the rules Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women RULES: 5. LEAVING, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: One spring I leave for town, %I leave for love Last Line: The morning to mould in the field Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Most people from idaho are crazed rednecks Last Line: Lives to curse your blessed plaster bleeding heart. Subject(s): Christianity; Discontent; Idaho; Insanity; Montana; Washington (state); West (u.s.); Women; Women's Rights; Dissatisfaction; Madness; Mental Illness; Southwest; Pacific States; Feminism RUSTY, JOHN, AND BROWN, by AUDREY HANKINS Poem Source First Line: We needed some help at the ranch Last Line: Or better yet, just send your dogs-- %rusty, john, and brown Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) S BAR S RANCH, KAMAS, UTAH, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: An interstate 80 stretches to the east of salt lake city, the golden foothills Last Line: Under the huge oaks that surround the old %victorian house the simpsons call home Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sho-sho-ne sa-ca-ga-we-a - captive and wife was she Last Line: "sho-sho-ne sa-ca-ga-we-a, who led the way to the west!" Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Clark, William (1770-1838); Explorers; History; Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809); Native Americans; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Historians; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America SAWYER'S WIFE, by SANDRA ALCOSSER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We could go like your grandmother, over Last Line: And how seductive, the dark broth Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women SCALE, by DIANE RAPTOSH Poem Source First Line: The strong pitch of roof over the shed Last Line: Too, grew to be old starting from there Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women SEEING SANTA FE AT NEW YEAR, by CYNTHIA HOGUE Poem Source First Line: Evening burnishes the sangre de cristos Last Line: In language so fresh %we cannot imagine Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; Tourists; West (u.s.) SHANK OF THE EVENIN', by RED STEAGALL Poem Source First Line: That new batch of heifers we got in today Last Line: No, thank you, I'll tough this one through Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) SHORTY, by JIM SHELTON Poem Source First Line: Oh, the man was sure my pardner Last Line: Ask the lord to 'let him go.' Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) SLIPPING OF THE WHEEL, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They were sentenced to observe Last Line: Looks toward from the past Subject(s): West (u.s.) SLOW AIR: 1. ALLEGHENY FRONT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Geosyncline %sunlight and sediment Last Line: The bog exhales its stagnant bloom Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) SLOW AIR: 2. CONVERSATION, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: ...We start from the old phrase 'he was on hunting,' which Last Line: I was, you was, they was- %-but it was years ago Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) SLOW AIR: 3. FIDDLE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Head ferns, from a forest %of ferns, knee-high, thigh Last Line: With a woman's voice, continuing %when she falls silent Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) SMELL OF RAIN, by KIM BARNES Poem Source First Line: I've read the obituary of a woman Last Line: Echoing long after decay has begun Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women SNAGTOOTH SAL, by LOWELL OTUS REESE Poem Text First Line: I was young and happy and my heart was light Last Line: Walkin' down through laramie with snagtooth sal. Subject(s): Cowboys; Death; Love; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Dead, The; Southwest; Pacific States SO THE INFANT IS BOUND, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Come directly from the landform Subject(s): West (u.s.) SOME MORE OSTENTATION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Meanwhile Last Line: A techniques panel with his iq Subject(s): West (u.s.) SOME PLACES OUT WEST, by JOHN REINHARD Poem Source First Line: They celebrate the testicle Last Line: And the heavy weight of their delight Subject(s): Fathers And Sons; Men; Tradition; West (u.s.) SONG FOR THE SAGUARO, by VIRGIL SUAREZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Impressions tumble-weed -- first & always desrt Last Line: You can shoot all you want -- but I won't surrender Subject(s): Towns; West (u.s.) SONG OF THE CATTLE TRAIL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The dust hangs thick upon the trail Subject(s): Cattle;cowboys;ranch Life;roads;west (u.s.); Paths;trails;southwest;pacific States SONG OF THE WAITING LAND, by ELLEN COIT ELLIOTT Poem Text First Line: East wind, blowing Last Line: Dreaming the dream the star showed me. Subject(s): Seeds; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States SONGS WERE HORSES I RODE, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: One more stride east, one last push Last Line: They rise and bolt for the ridge Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women SOUTHERLY, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Wind-driven, loose grass and dried bracken Last Line: And open sky, a pause %in the sentence %turn in the line Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) SOUTHWESTERN JUNE, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lazy little hawse, it's noon Last Line: For we're young yet, and it's june! Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States SOUTHWESTERN SUITE, by JAY DUSARD Poem Source First Line: Ice two inches thick Last Line: Load 'em on the trucks Subject(s): Ranch Life; West (u.s.) SPANISH JOHNNY, by WILLA SIBERT CATHER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The old west, the old time Last Line: To his mandolin Subject(s): West (u.s.) SPIDER, by KAY KELLEY Poem Source First Line: Old spider was a big brown horse Last Line: But worse to have to ride him Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) SPIRITS OF DOGS, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Out here in the vast landscapes %the big sky Last Line: The spirits of dogs dance in my heart Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) SPRING IN THE DESERT, by ARTHUR TRUMAN MERRILL Poem Text First Line: Like the rusty bronze of a copper kettle Last Line: A vulture specks the blue. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Spring; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States SPRING IN THE WESTLAND, by GRACE ATHERTON DENNEN Poem Text First Line: It's good to be in the westland Last Line: In the westland now. Subject(s): Spring; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States ST. LAZARUS OF THE DOGS', by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: When I am come to heaven's door Last Line: To keep me from alarm Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I began in ohio / I still dream of home Last Line: Of the sea again Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I began in ohio %I still dream of home Last Line: America plunged into the dark furrows %of the sea again Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): West (u.s.) STEADY MARKET, by SUE WALLIS Poem Source First Line: Not long ago I drifted in and stopped to drink some coffee Last Line: To buy a pickup that was new...In nineteen sixty-five Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) STRUTHIOUS FARMS, LITTLETON, COLORADO, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: When one thinks of 'ranches' one usually thinks of cows and cowboys Last Line: Seat to the obvious enjoyment these 'gentle giants' exhibit while %guarding their 'flerd' Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) SUDIVIDED (FOR JUDY MATLI), by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: I was there just twice before Last Line: That dog and ranch had died Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MURDERED TERRITORIES, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: This poor, old shoetrod Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MURDERED TERRITORIES, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This poor, old shoetrod Last Line: In tales of the motile Subject(s): West (u.s.) SURE THING, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Love the poetry sure %the whack and ring Last Line: Like mature steaming on the trail Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) SUSIE'S DREAM, by AUDREY HANKINS Poem Source First Line: When susie was just a little girl Last Line: She'd already lost the battle Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) TAPHONOMY, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Before us lies the body what's left Last Line: Death this moment this Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) THANKS FOR THE RAIN, by CAROLE JARVIS Poem Source First Line: I turned my eyes toward cloudless skies so often, lord Last Line: I had to tell you, lord, thanks for the rain Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) THAT HARLOT SKY, by SALLY HARPER BATES Poem Source First Line: At best, you'll be %his wife...But he Last Line: His mistress,, free %and cowboy's life...The wife Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) THE ALBANY CHAUTAUQUA, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Come among the birds and flowers Last Line: At chautauqua. Subject(s): Albany, New York; Nature; West (u.s.) - Exploration THE BANDIT'S GRAVE, by CHARLES PITT Poem Text First Line: Mid lava rock and glaring sand Last Line: O'er the border bandit's tomb. Subject(s): Bandits; Cowboys; Crime & Criminals; Graves; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Tombs; Tombstones; Southwest; Pacific States THE BRONC THAT WOULDN'T BUST, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I've busted bronchos off and on Subject(s): Animals;cowboys;horses;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States THE BULL FIGHT, by L. WORTHINGTON GREEN Poem Text First Line: The couriers from chihuahua go Last Line: And juan takes his pepita back from the town. Subject(s): Bullfights & Bullfighters; Bulls; Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE BUNK-HOUSE ORCHESTRA, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wrangle up your mouth-harps, drag your banjo out Last Line: "when we have an hour of firelight set to ""turkey in the straw." Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE CALL OF THE PLAINS, by ETHEL MACDIARMID Poem Text First Line: Ho! Wind of the far, far prairies! Last Line: And I answer in ecstasy! Subject(s): Cowboys; Prairies; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Plains; Southwest; Pacific States THE CALL OF THE WEST, by ZELDA F. MELTON Poem Text First Line: Hear you the call of your own free west Last Line: She shall claim her own again. Subject(s): South Dakota; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE CATTLE ROUND-UP, by H. D. C. MCLACLACHLAN Poem Text First Line: Once more are we met for a season of pleasure Last Line: When we danced the day in at the cattlemen's ball. Subject(s): Cattle; Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE CHASE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Here's a moccasin track in the drifts Last Line: "why, the darling! She's waiting to see" Subject(s): Cowboys;love;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States THE CIRCUIT RIDER, by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God tramps on through the scourging rains Last Line: Once more, god built a worldour west. Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Leland, Mrs.; Pawtuxie Subject(s): Clergy; Methodism; Pioneers; West (u.s.); Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Southwest; Pacific States THE CLOWN'S BABY, by MARGARET THOMPSON JANVIER Poem Text First Line: It was on the western frontier Last Line: "boys, that was a show that paid!" Alternate Author Name(s): Vandergrift, Margaret Subject(s): Babies; Clowns; Cowboys; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Infants; Southwest; Pacific States THE COWBOY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He wears a big hat and big spurs and all that Last Line: "like your dudes, who are so melancholy" Subject(s): Cowboys;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States THE COWBOY AND THE MAID, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Funny how it come about! Subject(s): Courtship;cowboys;marriage;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Weddings;husbands;wives;southwest;pacific States THE COWBOY TO HIS FRIEND IN NEED, by BURKE JENKINS Poem Text First Line: You're very well polished, I'm free to confess Last Line: You forty-five caliber colt! Subject(s): Cowboys; Guns; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE COWBOY'S DANCE SONG, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now you can't expect a cowboy to agitate Last Line: When I put the cowboy trimmings on that high-toned dance. Subject(s): Cowboys; Dancing & Dancers; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE COWBOY'S DREAM, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Last night as I lay on the prairie Last Line: Have your name in the great tally book Subject(s): Cowboys;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States THE COWBOY'S VALENTINE, by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ay, moll, now don't you 'llow to quite Last Line: The [valentine symbol] m-I-n-e. Subject(s): Cowboys; Holidays; Ranch Life; Valentine's Day; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE COWBOYS' BALL, by HENRY (HARRY) HERBERT KNIBBS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Tunin' up the fiddle Last Line: But this beats dancin' at the cowboys' ball. Subject(s): Cowboys; Dancing & Dancers; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE COWBOYS' CHRISTMAS BALL, by WILLIAM LAWRENCE CHITTENDEN Poem Text First Line: Way out in western texas where the clear fork waters flow Last Line: "that lively-gaited sworray ""the cowboys' christmas ball." Alternate Author Name(s): Chittenden, Larry Subject(s): Christmas; Cowboys; Dancing & Dancers; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Nativity, The; Southwest; Pacific States THE DANCE AT SILVER VALLEY, by WILLIAM MAXWELL Poem Text First Line: Don't you hear the big spurs jingle? Last Line: And danced his dance tonight. Subject(s): Cowboys; Dancing & Dancers; Jealousy; Ranch Life; Violence; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE, by JOHN GNEISENAU NEIHARDT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And now 'twas done Last Line: These many grasses and these many snows. Subject(s): Crazy Horse (oglala Sioux Chief); Native Americans; West (u.s.); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Southwest; Pacific States THE DEPUTY, by KENNETH CARLYLE KAUFMAN Poem Text First Line: Leave him here at the canyon's head Last Line: With the grass waving round him. Subject(s): Cowboys; Police; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE DESERT, by HENRY (HARRY) HERBERT KNIBBS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas the lean coyote told me, baring his slavish soul Last Line: Just a rain-washed track and an empty gun and the old home trail ahead. Subject(s): Cowboys; Coyotes; Death; Deserts; Food & Eating; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Dead, The; Southwest; Pacific States THE DISAPPOINTED TENDERFOOT, by EARL ALONZO BRININSTOOL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He reached the west in a palace car where the writers Last Line: "done." Subject(s): Cowboys; Disappointment; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE DRUNKEN DESPERADO, by BAIRD BOYD Poem Text First Line: I'm wild and wooly and full of fleas Last Line: When it's my night to hollow whoo-pee! Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Cowboys; Crime & Criminals; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Southwest; Pacific States THE EAGLE RIDE; OR, SEE FIRST THY NATIVE LAND, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: The bell tolled 'ten'; then sang 'eleven' in glee Last Line: "see first of all thy native land." Subject(s): Mount Hood, Oregon; Native Americans - Reservations; Tourists; Travel; West (u.s.); Yellowstone National Park; Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States THE END OF THE TRAIL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "soh, bossie, soh!" Subject(s): Cowboys;ranch Life;roads;west (u.s.); Paths;trails;southwest;pacific States THE GILA MONSTER ROUTE, by LOUIS FREELAND POST Poem Text First Line: The lingering sunset across the plain Last Line: They were off, down the gila monster route. Alternate Author Name(s): Post, L. F. Subject(s): Cowboys; Railroads; Ranch Life; Wandering & Wanderers; West (u.s.); Railways; Trains; Southwest; Pacific States THE GLORY TRAIL, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Way high up the mogollons Last Line: "I'll never turn him loose!" Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Variant Title(s): High Chin Bob Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; Roads; West (u.s.); Paths; Trails; Southwest; Pacific States THE HABIT, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've beat my way wherever any winds have blown Last Line: For, once you git the habit, why, you can't keep still. Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; Wandering & Wanderers; West (u.s.); Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes; Southwest; Pacific States THE HABIT, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Millarkey purchased a gramaphone Last Line: At a dollar down and a dollar-a-week. Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; Wandering & Wanderers; West (u.s.); Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes; Southwest; Pacific States THE HORSE THIEF, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There he moved, cropping the grass at the purple canyon's lip Last Line: String me up, dave! Go dig my grave! I rode him across the skies! Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Rustling & Rustlers; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE INDIAN DEATH WAIL, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: All the village of rikawrus Last Line: Beats the aching heart of man. Subject(s): Cheyene Indians - Wars; Native Americans - History; West (u.s.) - Exploration THE INSULT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I've swum the colorado where she runs close down Subject(s): Cowboys;drinks & Drinking;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States THE LEGEND OF BOASTFUL BILL, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At a roundup on the gily Last Line: "huh! Are you the great grandchildren of the west!" Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Americans; Cowboys; Ranch Life; United States; West (u.s.); America; Southwest; Pacific States THE MOVING, INVISIBLE SPECTRE OF PHRATRY ON TRATOR PEACHES, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Who can tell what a traitor is Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE NEW STYLE WESTERN, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The two horsemen Last Line: Of living together Subject(s): Farm Life; Rio Grande River; West (u.s.); Agriculture; Farmers; Southwest; Pacific States THE OL' COW HAWSE, by EARL ALONZO BRININSTOOL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When it comes to saddle hawses, there's a difference Last Line: Hawse! Subject(s): Animals; Cowboys; Horses; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE OLD BARLOW ROAD, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Tread softly, boys, 'tis sacred dust Last Line: And each clod a coffin nail. Subject(s): Pioneers; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Native Americans - Removal; Journeys; Trips THE OLD COW MAN, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I rode across a valley range Last Line: No later than I was! Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Aging; Cowboys; Fences; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE OLD MACKENZIE TRAIL, by JOHN AVERY LOMAX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: See, stretching yonder o'er that low divide Last Line: Went rangeing o'er the old mackenzie trail. Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; Roads; West (u.s.); Paths; Trails; Southwest; Pacific States THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It wound through strange scarred hills, down canyons lone Last Line: Lo! Brightsome fruits to feed a mighty folk. Subject(s): Santa Fe Trail; West (u.s.) - Exploration THE OLD WEST, by CATHERINE AGNES PETROFSKY Poem Text First Line: The trails that lead here now are many Last Line: Tis the same old west that men find good. Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE OUTLAW, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When my rope takes hold on a two-year-old Last Line: That he kaint quite break is himse'f. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Animals; Cowboys; Horses; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER, by EDWARD EVERETT DALE Poem Text First Line: When I see a prairie schooner Last Line: With the tongue a-pointing west. Subject(s): Conestoga Wagons; Pioneers; West (u.s.); Prairie Schooners; Southwest; Pacific States THE PROVOKING FIGURE OF THE HORSEWOMAN, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Victorio's seester was no pocahontas Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE ROAD TO RUIN', by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "I went into the grog-shop, tom, and stood beside" Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders;cowboys;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States THE SHALLOWS OF THE FORD, by HENRY (HARRY) HERBERT KNIBBS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Did you ever wait for daylight when the stars along Last Line: As the water cleared and sparkled in the shallows of the ford. Subject(s): Cowboys; Crime & Criminals; Friendship; Nature; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE SHEEP-HERDER, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All day across the sagebrush flat Last Line: Thank god! Here comes a man. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Ranch Life; Sheep; Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Solitude; West (u.s.); Loneliness; Southwest; Pacific States THE SLIPPING OF THE WHEEL, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: They were sentenced to observe Last Line: Looks forward from the past Subject(s): West (u.s.); Apache Indians; Southwest; Pacific States THE SONG OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE; THE PUEBLO INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are the ancient people Last Line: Born with the wind and rain. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Native Americans; West (u.s.); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Southwest; Pacific States THE SOUTHWEST, by IRIS ELIZABETH SPARKS Poem Text First Line: There lies a fabulous splendor in this land Last Line: The vast and ancient beauty of this land. Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE TEXAS COWBOY AND THE MEXICAN GREASER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I think we can all remember when a greaser hadn't Subject(s): Cowboys;honor;racism;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Racial Prejudice;bigotry;southwest;pacific States THE TRANSFORMATION OF A TEXAS GIRL, by JAMES BARTON ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She was a texas maiden, she came of low degree Last Line: Had rested there for ages above a flow of oil? Subject(s): Cowboys; Petroleum; Ranch Life; Texas; West (u.s.); Oil; Southwest; Pacific States THE TRIUMPH OF THE HOMINIDS, by EDWARD DORN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: After a while Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE VIGILANTES, by MARGARET ELIZA ASHMUN Poem Text First Line: We are the whirlwinds that winnow the west Last Line: We are justice, and right, and the law! Subject(s): Cowboys; Justice; Ranch Life; Vigilantes; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE VISIT OF THE FLEET, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: In a long majestic line against the sky Last Line: Till the dove of peace shall reign on every shore. Subject(s): Balboa, Vasco Nunez De (1475-1519); Explorers; Sailing & Sailors; Sea Voyages; Ships & Shipping; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Seamen; Sails; Journeys; Trips THE WEST, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The west! The wild, the distant west! Last Line: On thee the work must rest! Subject(s): Future; Poetry & Poets; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE WEST, by PEARL V. DODDRIDGE Poem Text First Line: In space, unlimited and wide Last Line: The heart with song. Alternate Author Name(s): Hadley, Pearl V. Subject(s): Mountains; Serenity; West (u.s.); Hills; Downs (great Britain); Southwest; Pacific States THE WEST, by ALPHONSE MARIE LOUIS DE PRAT LAMARTINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sea grew silent like a seething bowl Last Line: Vast sea of being that all life doth drink! Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE WEST COUNTRY, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have you been in our wild west country? Then Last Line: Men clothe him with their praise. Subject(s): Child Labor; Homesteaders; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE WESTERNER, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My fathers sleep on the sunrise plains Last Line: And the world is mine to win. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE WESTWARD MARCH, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Beside some lost alaskan lake Last Line: As the waters fill the sea! Subject(s): Native Americans - History; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Sailing & Sailors; Sea Voyages; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Seamen; Sails; Native Americans - Removal; Journeys; Trips THE WHOLE EUROPEAN DISTINCTION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The longest continuous run Last Line: The predictive mind Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE WOMAN FROM SPIRITWOOD, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sleeping from mandan to jamestown Last Line: Before there can be freedom. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Beauty; Native Americans; West (u.s.); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Southwest; Pacific States THEY KEEP THEIR STORY, by RIPLEY SCHEMM Poem Source First Line: Tall smooth lavender hills Last Line: These steep folded hills Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women THREE A.M., IN WINTER, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I went to zuni Last Line: I touch sparks, I fly. Subject(s): Travel; West (u.s.); Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States THREE-WHEELER, by JESSE SMITH Poem Source First Line: I've ridden lots of old spoiled horses Last Line: Was shore one big mistake Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) THUNDER AND LIGHTNIN', by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: How come you keep that worthless hound?' Last Line: Now. Thunder is a good cow dog, %but lightnin'-he's the king! Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) TIMES AIN'T WHAT THEY WAS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: When pa an' ma was married in the days long gone and dead Last Line: An' boys an' girls grow bigger - an' I'm glad to see the day Subject(s): Family Life;modern Man;time;west (u.s.); Relatives;southwest;pacific States TO GET TO FRESNO, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: To get to fresno, %you need to turn left Last Line: Welcome back, fresno. %welcome back home.' Subject(s): California; Geography; Maps; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration TO HEAR HIM TELL IT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I was just about to take a drink Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders;cowboys;ranch Life;talk;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States TO THE WEST WIND, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O wind of the west, thou art the one I need! Last Line: And sense of boundless power in every vein! Subject(s): West (u.s.); Wind; Southwest; Pacific States TOP HAND, by KENT STOCKTON Poem Source First Line: The west has spawned some punchers Last Line: Is the one don't raise no dust Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) TOURING THE SOUTHWEST, by KATHERINE MERCURIO GOTTHARDT Poem Source First Line: The drive from santa fe Last Line: Lifting dust from mouth to tongue, sitting as time permits Subject(s): Cities; Roads; Tourists; Travel; West (u.s.) TRACKS, by SANDRA ALCOSSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a man under the wheel of my truck Last Line: Sweeping the hills with branches Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women; Southwest; Pacific States TRACKS, by SANDRA ALCOSSER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a man under the wheel of my truck Last Line: It smells of tar and sage. There is blood on the tip, %still wet Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women TRIPTYCH: JUMP STUDIES: 1. CATARACT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: He hangs, toe- %holds and hands almost Last Line: If any of us shouted, %none would hear Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) TRIPTYCH: JUMP STUDIES: 2. DIVIDE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: The rock stops, drops %near- vertical, there Last Line: The singular, %slight drumming %of his stride Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) TRIPTYCH: JUMP STUDIES: 3. KILL SITE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Open grass chitter %dickcissel rock Last Line: We don't talk stop %breathe imagine back Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) TRIUMPH OF THE HOMINIDS, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After a while Last Line: Must have a lot in common Subject(s): West (u.s.) TRUE INJUSTICE, by MAGGIE MAE SHARP Poem Source First Line: There are so many things I've come to love Last Line: If I have kissed my dog Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) UBI SUNT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Sometime near dawn the fog moved Last Line: Now, now, now, they all call out Subject(s): Birds; Crows; Nature; November; Weather; West (u.s.) VARIATIONS ON THE HORIZONTAL: 1. EQUINOX, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Cormorants crossing the air Last Line: The quick %confluence of edges Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) VARIATIONS ON THE HORIZONTAL: 2. EMERGENCE, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In the first world, nothing %had spoken. Therefore, distances Last Line: But lifting from the level ground, %the charred, dark statues gaze Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) VARIATIONS ON THE HORIZONTAL: 3. CLOVIS POINT WITH MASTODON, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Already the world %was changing, the plain Last Line: To propulsive, sudden tumors, %lead within the breast Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) VARIATIONS ON THE HORIZONTAL: 4. SAVANNA, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Like melody caught in the mind's %fond ear, the grasslands sang Last Line: In wind, the flames raced %sideways %and I stood up Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) VET, by DAN BRADSHAW Poem Source First Line: I've alwauys had a question Last Line: Darn near anything fer pay Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) VICTORIA, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: O rock-ribbed city of the western sea Last Line: "guard well ""britannia's far-flung battle line!" Subject(s): Trail Of Tears (1838-39); West (u.s.); Native Americans - Removal; Southwest; Pacific States VICTORIO, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: There is a season of gold Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States VICTORIO, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a season of gold Last Line: The most terrible %the most famous Subject(s): West (u.s.) VIGIL OF 559, by PEGGY GODFREY Poem Source First Line: One solitary black baldy Last Line: I, too, mama cow, stand helpless %in the emptiness %of death Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) VIRGINIA RAIL, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: The eye lifts to the shimmer %of sky and water Last Line: Beside the salt marsh squinting, trying to see Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) WANDERLUST, by J. B. ALLEN Poem Source First Line: I was checkin' the mares Last Line: On the looks of the neighbor's blue mare Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) WAR HORSE, by SUE WALLIS Poem Source First Line: In my dreams I ride war horses Last Line: And I ride that horse %when I go to war Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) WARREN LIVE STOCK COMPANY, CHEYENNE, WYOMING, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: The warren live stock company is one of the larger sheep and cattle Last Line: On his stock. Thus, one of the many traditions of the %warren live stock company lives on Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) WESTERING, by DOUGLAS V. KANE Poem Source First Line: The westering pennon of the sun waves Subject(s): West (u.s.) WESTERN BLOOD, by JULIET WILBOR TOMPKINS Poem Text First Line: My tower faces south and north Last Line: And closed it to the west. Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States WESTERN GREBE IN MOUNTAIN LIGHT, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: Twenty hours and four thousand feet %after last night's alpine hail Last Line: In the sun like water tossed %from the grebe's bright neck Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) WESTERN TOWN, by DAVID WADSWORTH CANNON JR. Poem Text First Line: Dry gap - a dingy general store Last Line: One sun, one moon, and called it heaven. Subject(s): West (u.s.) WESTERN WAGONS, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They went with axe and rifle, when the trail was still to blaze Last Line: But we're going west, tomorrow, with our fortune in our hands Subject(s): Pioneers; United States; West (u.s.); America; Southwest; Pacific States WESTERN WAGONS, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They went with axe and rifle, when the trail was still to blaze Last Line: But we're going west tomorrow, with our fortune in our hands Subject(s): Pioneers; United States; West (u.s.) WESTWARD HO!, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What strength! What strife! What rude unrest! Last Line: In foremost battle, quite aside. Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Pioneers; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States WHAT COMES OF WINTER, by JUDY BLUNT Poem Source First Line: Mornings, breaking one last Last Line: That comes of winter mornings, breaking Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women WHEN BOB GOT THROWED, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: That time when bob got throwed Subject(s): Animals;cowboys;horses;ranch Life;revenge;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States WHEN BULLS FIGHT NEAR THE FENCE, by KAY KELLEY Poem Source First Line: When bulls fight near the fence, of course Last Line: Those bulls fighting near the fence Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) WHEN I WAS TEN, AT NIGHT, by MARY ANN WATERS Poem Source First Line: While the family slept, unable to stay with them inside Last Line: Thing inside the bottle, and for my unaccountable thirst Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women WHEN THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: To correct an error of omission Subject(s): West (u.s.) WHEN YOU'RE THROWED, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: If a feller's been a-straddle Subject(s): Animals;cowboys;horses;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States WHERE THE GRIZZLY DWELLS, by JAMES FOX (20TH CENTURY) Poem Text First Line: I admire the artificial art of the east Last Line: The indian land, land of the golden west. Subject(s): Animals; Bears; Cowboys; Native Americans; Ranch Life; Rocky Mountain Range; West (u.s.); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Southwest; Pacific States WHISKEY BILL: A FRAGMENT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A-down the road and gun in hand Subject(s): Cowboys;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States WHITE-COLLARED WORKER, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: I've seen those curs, out blazin' the herds %gettin' all roughed up Last Line: But I've worn this white one for many a year %adminstratin's what I choose to do! Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) WHITMAN'S RIDE FOR OREGON, by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An empire to be lost or won Last Line: The hundred states of oregon. Subject(s): West (u.s.) - Exploration; Whitman, Marcus (1802-1847) WHO'S THAT CALLING SO SWEET?, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The herds are gathered in from plain and hill Last Line: Twas loved ones' voices from far off across the seas Subject(s): Cowboys;homesickness;ranch Life;sound;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States WHOLE EUROPEAN DISTINCTION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The longest continuous run Last Line: The predictive mind Subject(s): West (u.s.) WHY THE CHASE, by SALLY HARPER BATES Poem Source First Line: That gauch-eyed cow %had left the herd Last Line: Responds just one-on-one Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) WILD WEST, by MARK VINZ Poem Source First Line: Trouble is, it's getting harder %and harder to find a good horse Last Line: Ready to prove who packs the biggest gun %out here along the windy interstates %where our shadows st Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; West (u.s.) WIND SIDE OF MY HORSE, by BARBARA HALL Poem Source First Line: I've been following this slow-moving bunch Last Line: Bout my foot on the wind side of my horse Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) WIND SONG; OKLAHOMA ANNIVERSARY, APRIL 22, by ZOE AGNES STRATTON TILGHMAN Poem Text First Line: Wind of the prairie, sweeping adown from the hills Last Line: "but these are they who have conquer'd and kept, the people of eighty-nine." Subject(s): Native Americans; Oklahoma; Pioneers; West (u.s.); Wind; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Southwest; Pacific States WINDSONG RANCH, CAYUCOS, CALIFORNIA, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: Some two hundred and fifty miles north of los angeles, california, on the Last Line: Serenity of this old ranch country. The dogs lie still as they listen to the silence and %sniff the Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) WITHIN THE BRIGHT POTENTIAL, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: In rockwell kent's alaska, %it is clear the world Last Line: Dark marks within %the circumambient bright potential Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) WOOD JINGLER, by RAY FITZGERALD Poem Source First Line: The wagon was camped on a grassy flat Last Line: He'd drawed a cranky nurse Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) WOODCUTTING ON LOST MOUNTAIN, by TESS GALLAGHER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our father is three months dead Last Line: Is where you are Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women; Southwest; Pacific States WOODCUTTING ON LOST MOUNTAIN, by TESS GALLAGHER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our father is three months dead Last Line: Here, walk for yourself. We're home' Subject(s): West (u.s.); Women WORK, by ELIZABETH CAROLINE DODD Poem Source First Line: With a finger's chipped polish, she follows Last Line: Stand beside her while she looks Subject(s): Nature; West (u.s.) YOUNG COWBOY, by MIKE DAWSON Poem Source First Line: A cowboy young, a young cowboy Last Line: In search of their holy grail Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) YOUR LITTLE GRAY HOME IN THE WEST, by M. C. HAECKER Poem Text First Line: You call it your little gray home in the west Last Line: In your little gray home in the west. Subject(s): Friendship - Selectivity; Home; Love; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States ZACK TILMAN, by WALLACE MCRAE Poem Source First Line: They say his dad was bone-deep mean Last Line: He finally found his enemy %and killed himself one night Subject(s): Cowboys; West (u.s.) ZEILER RANCH, WHEATLAND, WYOMING, by MARIANNE MURDOCK Poem Source First Line: The 'wanna-be's.' they're dogs, and they live on a ranch, a true ranch Last Line: Simply share their ranch with these very happy animals Subject(s): Herding Dogs - West (u.s.); Livestock Protection Dogs - West (u.s.) |
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