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Reaching far beyond its cow-country beginnings, the poetry of the cowboy West is awakening a response in mainstream America.

In our restless, confused society, there is a yearning for a connection to the land; for the sound of the human voice; for simple, natural truth. Cowboy poetry, says the Portland Oregonian, "is sort of like country music: It's straight talk, dealing with fundamentals, using images that you can touch. . . . In this beautifully presented book, Anne Heath Widmark has compiled the works of twelve Western bards who excel at the form."

These twelve poets, through biographical and photographic portraits and their own poems, acquaint us with a diverse tradition tied to the rhythms of land, animals, and seasons. Among the cowboy poets who make up this book, we meet Wally McRae, a third-generation rancher from Forsyth, Montana; Paul Zarzyski, a former bronc rider with a master's in literature; and Linda Hussa, a buckaroo who ranches with her husband in the "sagebrush corner" of northeastern California. Their poems ride free over the range of human experience.
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Kent Reeves, who lives in Santa Cruz, has photographed cowboys for over twenty years.

Anne Heath Widmark grew up on her family's California ranch and now lives in Santa Barbara.

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America's mythologies come out of the West via films and television. It is sometimes difficult either to imagine that the Wild West really existed or to comprehend what is left of it today. But in reality, much of the countryside is still wide open; the big sky is blue and deep, and between earth and sky there are cowboys-working ranches and riding herds, with songs and stories to tell. As you might expect, cowboys write about the land: a poetry of place, wind-blown and weathered, full of trail dirt and good humor. It tells of work and love, of pain and America. The cowboy poets gather each year in Elko, Nevada; it was there that editor Widmark was introduced to the work of these 12 poets. The work of each poet is complemented by both a profile and a photographic study. This interesting collection is likely to surprise the reader who thinks of cowboy poetry as little more than "Yip-pi-ki-yi-a, git along lil' doggie." Recommended for collections of all sizes.
Louis McKee, Painted Bride Arts Ctr., Philadelphia
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