Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SATURDAY NIGHT, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poet's Biography First Line: Out from the ranch on a saturday night Last Line: If every night I was ridin' your way. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Horseback Riding; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Out from the ranch on a Saturday night, Ridin' a hawse that's a shootin' star, Close on the flanks of the flyin' daylight, Racin' with dark for the J L Bar. Fox-trot and canter will do for the day; It's a gallop, my love, when I'm ridin' your way. Up the arroyo the trippin' hoofs beat, Flingin' the hinderin' gravel wide; Now your light glimmers across the mesquite, Glimpsed from the top of a rocky divide; Down through a draw where the shadows are gay I'm comin', my darlin', I'm ridin' your way. West, where the sky is a-blushin' afar, Matchin' your cheeks as the daylight dies, West, where the shine of a glitterin' star Hints of the light I will find in your eyes, Night-birds are passin' the signal to say: "He's comin', my lady, he's ridin' your way." Hoof-beats are measurin' seconds so fast, Clickin' them off with an easy rhyme; Minutes will grow into months at the last, Mebbe to bring us a marryin' time. Life would be singin' and work would be play If every night I was ridin' your way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING A BORDER AFFAIR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A BAD HALF HOUR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A COWBOY'S PRAYER (WRITTEN FOR MOTHER) by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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