National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering PDF Author: Western Folklife Center
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493008420
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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Book Description
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.

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering PDF Author: Western Folklife Center
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493008420
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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Book Description
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.

Cowboy Love Poetry

Cowboy Love Poetry PDF Author: Paddy Calistro
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883318468
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
After selling more than 5000 copies in hardcover, Cowboy Love Poetry is now a trade paperback. Romantics everywhere will smile as America's most romanticized hero pours out his heart. Great for Valentine's day. Beautifully illustrated throughout with vintage photos and line drawings.

Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems

Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems PDF Author: Wallace McRae
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423609315
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Book Description
Wally McRae, a regularly featured performer at the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, has performed on a syndicated television program and at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He is the first cowboy poet to be granted a National Heritage Award. This book contains 94 of his poems, including such classics as Reincarnation, along with 40 new poems published for the first time.Paperback; 25 black & white illustrations

Cowboy Poetry

Cowboy Poetry PDF Author: Virginia Bennett
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586853495
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Book Description
In Cowboy Poetry: The Reunion we lift our lariats and salute twenty years of poetry sharing at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. Reflective and rascally, tough and fresh, clever and insightful, this book holds the history, the heritage, and the future of the vibrant voices of the West. This anthology comprises some of the best of traditional cowboy poetry predating the present cowboy poetry revival, as well as work created since 1985. It is a great retrospective, giving us a sense of where we have been and where we are going, as well as a fitting tribute to the men and women whose words reflect an authentic American West. Virginia Bennett is the editor of Cowgirl Poetry, also published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher.

Georgia Cowboy Poets

Georgia Cowboy Poets PDF Author: David Fillingim
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 0881461830
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Book Description
"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.

Between Earth and Sky

Between Earth and Sky PDF Author: Anne Heath Widmark
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393315653
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Book Description
A collection of poetry, profiles, and photographs celebrates the lives and work of twelve cowboy poets of the West

A Cowful of Cowboy Poetry

A Cowful of Cowboy Poetry PDF Author: Baxter Black
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780939343300
Category : Cowboys
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
An illustrated collection of over 100 works by the renowned cowboy poet.

Cowboy Poets & Cowboy Poetry

Cowboy Poets & Cowboy Poetry PDF Author: David Stanley
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068362
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Book Description
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.

Tall Tales of the Wild West

Tall Tales of the Wild West PDF Author: Eric Ode
Publisher: Meadowbrook
ISBN: 9781416936770
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
A collection of funny tall tales featuring cowboys, cowgirls, and other characters from the Wild West.

On the Trail

On the Trail PDF Author: Brad Curtis
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452090076
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Book Description
As a pastor of Mountain Top Cowboy Church I have discovered that there is little material designed specifically for cowboy churches or cowboy ministries. Although I have been in the ministry for 14 years I had never considered writing a book however the Lord had other plans. In October of 2009 I broke my leg while competing at a 40 and over bull riding which required surgery. I do not believe that it was God's plan for me to ride a bull at the age of 46 but this book is an example that the Lord will use every situation we are in for good if we will allow Him to use us. During my time of recovery I started writing poems and short stories about my rodeo days then it turned to cowboy poetry. In the beginning it was a way to pass the time and deal with my situation. As I continued to write I began to relate my poems to scripture and it was then that the Lord truly began to use them to reach others. After sharing a few with my church I discovered that they could be a useful tool in cowboy churches and ministries or those in the western culture. This book of poems and proverbs is just another example of the Lord's Grace and Mercy in my life; it is because of His love that I am On The Trail