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9780826350183

Begging for Vultures

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826350183

  • ISBN10:

    0826350186

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-08-15
  • Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary

The poetry of Lawrence Welsh crosses many borders, from South Central Los Angeles, where he was raised, to El Paso, where he has lived for almost twenty years. A newspaper man turned poet, a punk rock songwriter who became an English teacher, an Irishman at home in Texas, Welsh gives voice to the famous, the infamous, and the forgotten.

Author Biography

Lawrence Welsh is an associate professor of English at El Paso Community College. He has also taught at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility. An award-Winning journalist, Welsh has published in more than two hundred magazines and is the author of eight books of poetry.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. xi
New Poems
New Corn Dancep. 3
El Paso Poemp. 4
Ramon'sp. 5
Dead Coyotep. 6
Beyond Bosquep. 7
To the Stone Huntersp. 8
For Hart Cranep. 9
Coyote at Fabensp. 10
Before Mesap. 11
The Buffalo Figurinep. 12
Old Crowp. 13
Yandell's Roomp. 14
Barry Millsp. 15
Leavesp. 16
Cuchillop. 17
Easterp. 18
Raven/Taosp. 19
East of Albuquerquep. 20
Juarez-Againp. 21
Eastside's Calvariop. 23
Coal Tranep. 24
Gersh Driverp. 25
A Bosque Hangingp. 27
Preparing for Maximusp. 31
Gambler's Blendp. 32
Gambler's Guitarp. 33
Outing Vegasp. 34
Larksp. 35
'48 Plymouthp. 36
1959p. 37
When the Pogues Came to Townp. 38
South Central Serenadep. 39
Angel Dustp. 40
East Hollywood Hotdog Standp. 41
One for Prezp. 42
Blue's Beachp. 43
The King of Mountain Soulp. 44
Feed the Messenger as Wellp. 46
For Longshot O'Learyp. 47
After the Great Hungerp. 48
New Irish Whiskeyp. 51
The Death of Coolaholigap. 52
Coolaholiga Risingp. 54
Begging for Vulturesp. 56
The Birds are Flying Overp. 58
From Skull Highway (2008)
New Medicine Stickp. 63
Adobep. 64
Fallen Laddersp. 65
Paper Lanternp. 66
Gone Rattlerp. 67
Swift Horse: A Blessingp. 68
Norton Flatsp. 69
Milagrosp. 70
Skull Highwayp. 71
The Evep. 72
Reverb Machinesp. 73
The Dancing Stranglersp. 74
New Year's Eve, 1978p. 75
Culver's Endp. 76
Troubadour Westp. 77
Kiva Bonesp. 78
Penitente Morada de Taosp. 79
A Lightp. 80
For Robert Petersp. 84
The Crucifix Upstairsp. 85
Abandoned Morada, 1990p. 86
In the Desert Dead Things Go Away Quicklyp. 87
From Walking Backwards to Santa Fe (2007)
Anniversary of Another Lifep. 91
On the 15th Anniversary of My Father's Deathp. 92
Hickory Windp. 94
The Shadows of St. Francisp. 95
Mine Toursp. 96
The Elbo Room/Guadalupep. 97
El Pantalón Rosap. 98
Elegyp. 99
Been Sleeping in the Desertp. 100
Lostp. 101
Westwood Walkp. 102
J. Geils in Inglewoodp. 103
Bunny Berrigan Loses His Chopsp. 104
Santa Fe: 2001p. 105
Montez de Santa Fep. 106
For My Daughterp. 107
Letting Gop. 108
From Believing in Bonfires (2003)
Butterfly Girlp. 111
El Paso Saddleblanket Companyp. 112
Memo to Kellp. 113
Cornerp. 114
Bowen'sp. 115
Desert Ratsp. 116
New Irish Harmonicap. 117
The Doolin Dragp. 119
First Mescaline: Inglewood '77p. 120
South Central Serenade: 7p. 121
When We Were Kingsp. 122
Quarter Moon Quartetp. 124
Wolf and Skullp. 125
Playlandp. 126
Dawnp. 127
Mexican Canyon Trestlep. 128
Flying Burrito #1p. 129
Believing in Bonfiresp. 130
From New Shouts at Broken Dreams (2001)
Sweet Medicinep. 134
Desert Coyotep. 135
The Queen of Odessap. 136
La Calaverap. 137
From a Buick 6-Revisitedp. 139
Nowhere Trainp. 140
Cockfighterp. 141
Fading the White Linep. 142
Juarez Wild Cardp. 143
Mythp. 144
The Final Nightp. 145
Stalled Avenuep. 146
Dealer's Choicep. 147
The Balinesep. 148
Surf '96p. 150
Encinitasp. 151
Newport Linep. 152
From Rusted Steel and Bordertown Starts (1999)
Airstreamp. 155
El Paso the Hard Wayp. 156
Back Door Poetsp. 157
Desert Variationp. 158
When ZZ Came to Townp. 159
Droverp. 160
Peasant Hands Everywherep. 161
Maybep. 162
Gasoline Rowp. 163
Ghost of El Pasop. 164
Outside Gallupp. 165
Crazy Horsep. 166
Border Patrolsp. 167
Candyp. 168
E.P.T.p. 169
Gold on the Wirep. 170
The Canonization of Freddy Fenderp. 171
Sleepwalkersp. 172
On the Death of Townes Van Zandtp. 173
Fast Eddiep. 174
Greatest Hits: Ray Price and His Cherokee Cowboysp. 175
Night of the Iguanap. 176
Two Step the Nightp. 177
Fuelsp. 177
The Salsa of Todayp. 179
The Red Roadp. 180
Rusted Steel and Bordertown Startsp. 181
From Lenny Bruce in El Paso (1997)
Outlaw Xp. 185
Road Dogsp. 186
Inkp. 187
Lenny Bruce in El Pasop. 188
Lefty and Mep. 189
The Girls of the Wrecking Yardp. 191
The Ghosts of San Juanp. 191
About the Authorp. 195
Acknowledgmentsp. 197
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