Graining the Mare: The Poetry of Ranch Women - Softcover

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9780879056261: Graining the Mare: The Poetry of Ranch Women

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879056266 ISBN 13: 9780879056261

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 1994

This anthology includes a blending of nationally known authors such as Gretel Ehrlich, Linda Hasselstrom, Linda Hogan, and Luci Topahanso; performers at the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko: Linda Hussa, Thelma Poirier, Gwen Petersen, Marie Smith, Myrt Wallis, Sue Wallis and others; and some relative newcomers. Through short biographical sketches, Teresa Jordan introduces us to the poets and sets the stage for our understanding the emotions of their hearts.
Subjects of the poems are wide-ranging, and even though these women tell about events on the ranch, they are talking of experiences that are common to us all. They tell of loneliness and challenges, of sweet births and gut-wrenching deaths, of horses they have loved and livestock they have nurtured. They tell the stories of each other and draw from the strength of women who have gone it alone in the harsh seasons of life.
Woven through the poetry is a self-determined sisterhood of voices, filled with humor, passion and faith.

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Ride To The Cattle by Sally Harper Bates
For Grampa by Virginia Bennett
The Tough Goodbye by Virginia Bennett
After The Funeral by Doris Bircham
Coffee Row by Doris Bircham
Leaving by Doris Bircham
Weaning Time by Doris Bircham
I Often Wish That I Could Be by Afton Bloxham
At The Stockman Bar, Where The Men Fall In Love, And The by Judy Blunt
Josephine Hall by Judy Blunt
Sisters by Judy Blunt
When Cowboys Cry by Judy Blunt
Eight Rabbits by Laurie Wagner Buyer
Gathering Mint by Laurie Wagner Buyer
Purple Tulips by Laurie Wagner Buyer
Flowering Almond by Jane Candia Coleman
Old Pete by Jane Candia Coleman
Poor Will's Widow by Jane Candia Coleman
Sandhill Cranes by Jane Candia Coleman
The Hunt by Peggy Simson Curry
Jack Patton by Peggy Simson Curry
When Words First Spoke To Me by Peggy Simson Curry
City Cousin by Ruth Daniels
Cowpath by Ruth Daniels
Breakin' Even by Lyn Denaeyer
Reflection by Lyn Denaeyer
An Ordinary Morning by Elizabeth Ebert
Song From The Day The Pump Broke by Elizabeth Ebert
Store Candy by Elizabeth Ebert
Born In The Afternoon by Gretel Ehrlich
For David by Gretel Ehrlich
The Orchard by Gretel Ehrlich
Happy Birthday by Martha Downer Ellis
Never Let Us Think by Martha Downer Ellis
People Will Talk by June Brander Gilman
Old Vogal by Peggy Godfrey
Perfect Wife by Peggy Godfrey
Roland by Peggy Godfrey
Relapse by Audrey Hankins
Beef Eater by Linda M. Hasselstrom
Driving Into A Storm by Linda M. Hasselstrom
Planting Peas by Linda M. Hasselstrom
Rancher Roulette by Linda M. Hasselstrom
Seasons In South Dakota by Linda M. Hasselstrom
Helen by Joan Hoffman
I Remember Being Beautiful by Joan Hoffman
The Lonely, Empty, Prairie Sky by Joan Hoffman
New Ranch Wife by Joan Hoffman
Remembering Willie Mae by Joan Hoffman
Celebration: Birth Of A Colt by Linda Hogan
Left Hand Canyon by Linda Hogan
The Other Voices by Linda Hogan
The Blue Filly by Linda Hussa
Homestead In Hell Creek Canyon by Linda Hussa
Homesteaders, Poor And Dry by Linda Hussa
Under The Hunter Moon by Linda Hussa
The Widow Olson by Linda Hussa
Epitaph by Margot Liberty
Evening, Four Mile by Margot Liberty
Rain Prayer by Margot Liberty
Graining The Mare by Jo-ann Mapson
Spooking The Horses by Jo-ann Mapson
Tell Us Again by Jo-ann Mapson
Gentleman Of The Prairie by Mela D. Mlekush
The Rummage Sale by Mela D. Mlekush
Blinding The Infidel by Jennifer Olds
A Wild One Goes by Jennifer Olds
First Job by Verlena Orr
Our Mother's Mother by Verlena Orr
Prophecy by Verlena Orr
A Cussin' Woman by Gwen Petersen
A Tall Bush by Gwen Petersen
Those Damned Wire Gates by Gwen Petersen
At The Branding by Thelma Poirier
Burrowing Owl by Thelma Poirier
Grasslander by Thelma Poirier
Madame Caillier by Thelma Poirier
Old Coyote Hunting Man by Thelma Poirier
Sorting Cattle by Thelma Poirier
You Ask by Lisa Quinlan
If I Left by Penelope Reedy
Taco Sauce: 1982 by Penelope Reedy
Berry Me Not by Jeane Rhodes
Dumb Animals by Edith Rylander
The Firstborn by Edith Rylander
Out To Grass by Edith Rylander
Reaching In by Edith Rylander
Watching The Stuff On The News by Edith Rylander
Catalogs by Marie W. Smith
The Diagnoses by Marie W. Smith
Finding by Marie W. Smith
Via Satellite by Marie W. Smith
In 1864 by Luci Tapahonso
Raisin Eyes by Luci Tapahonso
Sheepherder Blues by Luci Tapahonso
Yes, It Was My Grandmother by Luci Tapahonso
Bittercreek Women by Myrt Wallis
Fear by Myrt Wallis
Thaw by Myrt Wallis
Coyote Bitch by Sue Wallis
Lead Mare by Sue Wallis
Mama Lessons by Sue Wallis
Timothy Draw by Sue Wallis
To The Gauchas Of Salta by Sue Wallis
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder�

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