Red Steagall: New and Selected Poems

by Steagall, Red

• ISBN13: 9780875653419
• ISBN10: 0875653413
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-30
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Summary

Red Steagall brings the cowboy way of life to the public through many different media, including poetry. His poetry speaks in its own right, possessing a musical, songlike quality. His lilting rhythms carry the reader through the journey that each poem represents. Steagall's poems chart the changing of the land and the passing of generations, but they rest on the solid ground of a steady faith.

Table of Contents

The memories in grandmother's trunk	p. 5
The code of the west hasn't changed	p. 7
A dusty cotton field	p. 9
Bedroll	p. 11
McCorkle and the wire	p. 13
Born to this land	p. 16
The real America	p. 18
Deacon and the dun	p. 20
The last buffalo	p. 22
Climbin' out the other side	p. 24
My best friend	p. 27
The fence that me and Shorty built	p. 28
Bright Comanche moon	p. 32
The weather	p. 35
Ride for the brand	p. 37
The song of the west	p. 40
The picture	p. 42
The maverick way	p. 44
The shank of the evenin'	p. 46
All they've changed is the guard at Fort Sill	p. 48
The bell on old blue	p. 50
Boley	p. 52
The visalia	p. 55
For J. J.	p. 58
The blue roan and the kid	p. 61
When Joseph was chief	p. 64
To an old friend	p. 66
Hats off to the cowboy	p. 69
Sourdough, beefsteak, and beans	p. 70
We're hangin' him tonite	p. 73
Paw-Paw	p. 74
The wagon tongue	p. 77
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