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Book Synopsis Cowboy Poetry Matters by : Robert McDowell
Download or read book Cowboy Poetry Matters written by Robert McDowell and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his groundbreaking essay "Can Poetry Matter?" (reprinted here), Dana Gioia suggested that many types of poetry, assumed by some readers to be marginal art, should not so easily be deleted from mainstream American literature. Throughout the twentieth century, perhaps no important writing has been as seriously -- and mistakenly -- overlooked by the literati as Cowboy poetry. Essentially connected to the folk tale, to legend, myth, the ballad, and song, and vitally enhanced by the contemporary voices of independent ranch women, Cowboy poetry vividly connects us to our past and our fragile, threatened natural environment. The writers included here, both working horse-and-cattle people and mainstream authors, share the brand of bold expression and independent thought found only among the best literary artists. Here is not literary theory. Here is literary life. An anthology as diverse as America herself!
Book Synopsis Georgia Cowboy Poets by : David Fillingim
Download or read book Georgia Cowboy Poets written by David Fillingim and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this text, author and editor David Fillingim turns his attention to the West - West Georgia that is. This book examines how the contemporary cowboy poetry revival that sprung up in 1985 in Elko, Nevada, has borne fruit in the Peach State. First, Fillingim traces the history of cowboy poetry and its emergence as a cultural phenomenon. Then he recounts the story of how Georgia became home to a vibrant cowboy poetry scene. But the largest part of the book is an anthology of poems by some of the finest cowboy poets anywhere, and they all happen to be in Georgia." "As celebrated cowboy-poet Doris Daley says in the preface, "everywhere is west of somewhere". So settle in, and travel with Fillingim to someplace west of wherever you are, and enjoy this unique combination of shrewd scholarly analysis and heartwarming cowboy poetry." --Book Jacket.
Book Synopsis Who Gets to Ride by : Robert R. Brown
Download or read book Who Gets to Ride written by Robert R. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the America's Old (and New) West ala Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour are resurrected in pithy, lyrical poems by Cowboy Poet extraordinaire Robert R. Brown in Who Gets to Ride. Brown's characters range from hard-nosed town marshal Pete Smith to practical and beautiful pioneer women, hapless yokels, hardscrabble cowboys and sylph-like Comanche warriors who make their turn on the stage of America's vast western spaces. Gunfights, brawls, whiskey, horses, grit and love color these dramatic, poignant and whimsical poems that call us back to the spirited, strong folk that shaped -- and continue to shape -- the American West.
Book Synopsis National Cowboy Poetry Gathering by :
Download or read book National Cowboy Poetry Gathering written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the granddaddy of all cowboy poetry events, proclaimed by the US Senate in 2000 in recognition of its pioneering role in the preservation and revitalization of this important American tradition. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the event, this commemorative volume collects 100 poems by various cowboy poets who have appeared at the gathering over the last three decades, from Baxter Black and Wallace McRae to Georgie Sicking and Paul Zarzyski. Representing the best contemporary cowboy poetry from the first gathering to the present, the poets and poems are culled for their importance and quality with consideration for a wide range of topics that represent the richness and depth of this broad genre. In addition to poems that will make you smile, sigh, or sit up straight in your saddle, the anthology features expressive photos of the contributors, biographical and explanatory headnotes, relevant artwork from the Western Folklife Center's extensive archives, and illuminating sidebars on various topics such as working cattle; life on the land; the relationship between cowboy poetry and song; gear, horses, or cattle mentioned in poems; and profiles and photos of important cowboy poets from earlier times. Cowboy poet extraordinare Baxter Black will provide a foreword, and Charlie Seemann, executive director of the Western Folklife Center, will write an introduction that gives context both to the event itself and to cowboy poetry in general, from the days of the trail drives in the nineteenth century to the lives of the hardworking men and women who still ranch and live on the land in the West today.
Download or read book New Cowboy Poetry written by Hal Cannon and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1990 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These recent works are from America's best cowboy and cowgirl poets, most of whom are regular participants in local cowboy poetry gatherings and in the Granddaddy Gathering held each January in Elko, Nevada. Included here are some of the best-known poets, such as Waddie Mitchell, Wally McRae, and more who breathe reality into the myth of the ranching life. Cowboy Poetry is a cultural phenomenon that continues to spread like wildfire across the country.
Book Synopsis Cowboy Poets & Cowboy Poetry by : David Stanley
Download or read book Cowboy Poets & Cowboy Poetry written by David Stanley and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first in-depth examination of a distinctive and community-based tradition rich with larger-than-life heroes, vivid occupational language, humor, and unblinking encounters with birth, death, nature, and animals in the poetry.
Download or read book Cowboy Poetry written by Hal Cannon and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1985 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems was chosen from among 10, 000 gathered from cowboy reciters, ranch poets and from a library of over 200 published works of cowboy verse. One third of the poems are classics that have proven their vitality by having lived in the hearts and minds of cowboys and ranchers for decades. The remaining two-thirds are new, created within the last few years. "Most cowboy poems speak of real events and people, from bucking horses and cagey cows to old Stetson hats and long winter travels. Although they focus on the ordinary stuff of life, their truths . . . seem no less eternal than those penned by William Shakespeare. Some cowboy poems are bust-a-gut funny; a few are downright dirty . . . most carry an honest, primitive power." --Michael Riley, TIME Magazine
Download or read book A Cowboy Spirit written by Stuart Hooker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of a few of my "cowboy" poems. It is a diverse mixture of topics about ranching and cowboyin.' They vary from purely fictional, such as "Team Ropers From Hell" and "Another Hundred Years," to poems based on real experiences, such as, "Crossin' the Gila" and "The Dog Is Smellin' My Saddle." Some are inspirational like "Between the Doors," and "A Cowboy's Savior." Still others are more humorous, such as "There's A Cowboy At the Gate," "Leavin' Town," and "My Talkin' Horse" which fits in the "slightly weird" category along with one of my grandaughter's favorites "The Window." Rick Huff, a nationally recognized reviewer of Western Music and Cowboy Poetry recently gave this book a very enthusiastic review. He said "Hooker is ranch-raised and one heckuva poet, as he proves in 'A Cowboy Spirit.'" He went on to say, "This one is special. Make the effort to find it." "True West Magazine" chose "A Cowboy Spirit" as Best Western Poetry Book for 2014, in their January issue. I truly believe there's poems for everyone in my collection. I hope you find some you like.
Book Synopsis Cowboy Poetry, Classic Rhymes & Prose by Badger Clark by : Badger Clark
Download or read book Cowboy Poetry, Classic Rhymes & Prose by Badger Clark written by Badger Clark and published by Cowboy Miner Productions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Poetry of a Florida Cowboy by : David Carlton
Download or read book Poetry of a Florida Cowboy written by David Carlton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of poetry and experiences related by a Florida Cowboy. The Author explains the inspiration that led to most of these poems, and includes a brief personal history of himself and the cattle industry in the state of Florida in his Introduction to the book. He will continue writing poetry, as this has become a part of his life. You can keep updated on some of Davids latest cowboy poetry, as well as other Cowboy Poets by going online to http://www.cowboypoetry.com/davidcarlton.htm .
Book Synopsis Eight Viewpoints: Western Poetry by : Clark Crouch
Download or read book Eight Viewpoints: Western Poetry written by Clark Crouch and published by Clark Crouch. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight contemporary poets share their varied views about the Great American West. Poems reflect the realism of the Siege of Vicksburg, which prompted some to join the great westward movement, to cowboys and their horses, the raw Southwest, tall tales of magic boots, and a cowboy's view of history. It's all captured in western poetic style. Featured poets are: Kenneth Garcia, Debra Meyer, Del Gustafson, Steve Dickson, Virginia Cook, Stephen Foster, J. Wesley Taylor Sr., and Clark Crouch.
Book Synopsis Home on the Range by : Paul B. Janeczko
Download or read book Home on the Range written by Paul B. Janeczko and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen poems celebrate cowboy life.
Download or read book Can Poetry Matter? written by Dana Gioia and published by . This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Poetry Matter? is an important book, and anyone who professes to care about the state of American poetry will have to take it into account. --World Literature Today.
Book Synopsis Cowboy Poetry For Sale by : Richard Mousseau
Download or read book Cowboy Poetry For Sale written by Richard Mousseau and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary cowboy, Cheeks-Too-Soft relaxes in semi-retirement on the porch of a weathered old barn-board cabin to reminisce on the life of being a cowboy. From a book of collections of cowboy poetry, Cheeks will recite tales of adventure, love, lost love, dreams and the wide open spaces of riding to the next round up, the next meal and bedding down by a warm fire. Drop by, sit awhile, drift into the mystic essence of a cowboy-cowgirl's world. Everyone can be a cowboy-cowgirl or dream of being a part of the lifestyle of the men and women that created the western ensemble. Quotes: I was chocking on the dust and humour of the poems that give a realistic and a romantic twist to the cowboy life. I laughed myself silly, then a poem came along that twisted emotions into my heart that tears blur my eyes no matter how often I reread. A collection of cowboy poetry for everyone from intellectuals to children and men that never read, to a house wife like me that needs a short poem to boost happiness, thank you.
Book Synopsis The Neon Hollywood Cowboy by : Matt Mitchell
Download or read book The Neon Hollywood Cowboy written by Matt Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Somewhere West of Texas by : Robert R. Brown
Download or read book Somewhere West of Texas written by Robert R. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed cowboy poet Robert R. Brown makes his debut as a novelist with this intense Western tale and love story, Somewhere West of Texas. When Johnny Bright comes home from the Civil War to find that his family has been murdered, he is not the kind to let it go. Following a cold trail west, Johnny encounters the desolate horizons of the Old West, tough frontiersmen, Apache warriors and the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. But can he survive the truths he is about to uncover...
Book Synopsis WRITING THE RANGE ONCE MORE by : JOHN D. SWANSON
Download or read book WRITING THE RANGE ONCE MORE written by JOHN D. SWANSON and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
