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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: Ee—yow! 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 world—our 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