A chapbook of cowboy poetry, flash fiction, and cowboy musings that are delightful and entertaining.
Poetry? That’s sissified! You know it ain’t fer me! No lace doilie on th dash of MY truck and don’t ask me over for tea.
I take my rhyme straight, just like my drink, delivered by Willie or Merle. With lots of guitar and fiddle strains; read yore durned old poems to a girl.
I’ll just sit over here and think about cows and those fences that need a man’s touch. You go ahead and read if you want, it sure won’t bother me much.
Say, that’s right purty, whoops didn’t mean that; no, I didn’t mean the words that you said. I was only complimenting such a fine hat as the one you’ve got on your head.
No, you go right ahead, you ain’t bothering me none as long as you’re sure that you see; that even though I don’t mind it around, Cowboys don’t read no po- e - try!
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
