Cow Songs
I do not doubt that he loved the long-backed cows more than me, and many mornings he bounded more lithe […]
Cowboy Poetry, Poems, Tributes
Poems
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My People
Lately, every book I pick up is about someone talking about some loved one dead or dying— Alzheimer’s, cancer, old
Poems, Tributes
The Calf in the Pantry
At the base of cream-colored cabinets, the milk of his newborn face gazing toward the kitchen, the brown rug of
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Watching The Wizard of Oz, Summer 1988
Such was the summer of repetition: I lived in a purple one-piece swimsuit. The humid slats of the painted wood
Cowboy Poetry, Poems, Tributes
When There’s Frost Upon the Ponies
When there’s frost upon the ponies an’ snow drift on the ground, an’ that yeller sun comes creepin’ through the
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Nameless Boy
1. My friends didn’t name their third child until they got to know him, far better I think than parents