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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SOUTHWEST Matches Found: 186 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: There's no problem with Last Line: And he was a traveller / like mercury Subject(s): God; Creation; Odin (norse God); Southwest; Pacific States 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 MAXIMUM OSTENTATION, by EDWARD DORN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Hyattecture is all strut and stage Last Line: Launched themselves as if from cape canaveral Subject(s): Southwest; Pacific States 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 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 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 Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Along this spine of dragoon mountains Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Southwest; Pacific States 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
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