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Poetry: Out West

out west

west of the Pecos

west of the Mississippi

the landscape wide

the landscape tall

unbound by eastern convention

western mountain

western canyon

west toward the setting sun

harsh alkali

raging snowmelt

the shock of the wild elemental

pastoral prairie

sentinel mesa

the surprise of the blooming desert

the height of the continent's spine

out west

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  • 1 of 78

    by Bobby Coles

    Heeding the call out west

    Leaving your world behind

    Seemed to be a noble quest

    Uncertain of what you would find

    Spirit

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  • 2 of 78

    by Bridget Webber

    Far out west is where my heart was won

    next to a pickling cactus in the midday sun.

    It was a day when not a lizard stirred

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  • 3 of 78

    by Eileen Brodie

    out west

    west of the Pecos

    west of the Mississippi

    the landscape wide

    the landscape tall

    unbound by eastern convention

    western

    read more

  • 4 of 78

    by Sid de Knees

    Before the west was won.

    When forty-fives, were law to men,
    and fastest pulled was rule of day,
    and open flames provided warmth,
    for

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  • 5 of 78

    by Sarah Parrish

    Out west we have
    A history all our own
    We took this land
    (Some say stole)
    And made it our home.

    It started with "Manifest Destiny"
    Chasing

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