Cowboy PoetryThe Apple Seed • Season 2013, Episode 61
Nov 15, 2013 • 59m
Stories, poems and interviews included in this episode:
Ted Dennison
Poem 1: Young Gun
Teller: Ted E. Dennison
Site: http://www.mytexasmusic.com/
Notes: A father nostalgically watches his son play cowboy in their backyard.
Paul Bliss
Poem 2: Salem on the Mountains
Teller: Paul Bliss
Site: http://www.kindcrone.com/
Notes: Paul's CD Pure Bliss is nominated for the Western Music Association's Poetry CD of the Year award! This is his poem that captures the love and reverence cowboy's have for the land they work.
Waddie Mitchell
Poem 3: The Sounds a Cowboy Hears
Teller: Waddie Mitchell
Site: http://www.somagency.com/
Notes About This Episode: This poem is the musings of a cowboy as he looks back on his life.
Paul Bliss
Poem 4: There'll Never Be Another Ewe
Teller: Paul Bliss
Site: http://paulfbliss.blogspot.com/
Notes: A man tries to wrestle with a ewe (female sheep) and she runs him all around the barnyard.
Paul Bliss
Interview 1: Jeff Streeby
\*\*Notes:\*\* In the interview Sam Payne talks with and Jeff Streeby to discuss the academic treatment of cowboy poetry. They talk Jeff's book "Sunday Creek" and they also have Jeff recites a little cowboy poetry for us on the show.
Paul Bliss
Story 5: The Bust
Teller: Paul Bliss
Site: http://paulfbliss.blogspot.com/
Notes: A poem that portrays the intense relationship between man and horse.
Paul Bliss
Story 6: The Whole Load
Teller: Waddie Mitchell
Site: http://www.somagency.com/
Notes: A preacher becomes discouraged by his lack of a congregation until a lone cowboy shows up to be taught.
Paul Bliss
Story 7: Old Night Hawk