Yesterday’S Moon: A Father’S Account in Verse of Growing up in the West

By Gaynor Dawson

Yesterdays Moon, a collection of cowboy poetry, bridges the gap between modern life and simpler times. Through this anthology, author Gaynor Dawson offers a work of contemplative, insightful, and often surprisingly funny reminiscences that chronicle a lifetime of lessons learned.

Employing rhymed, free-verse poetry, Yesterdays Moon focuses on four categories: starting out in life and making choices; childhood stories and the lessons they taught; ranching life and cowboy philosophy; and closing the circle of life. Some of the pieces are built around humor, like Murphy and the Badger, while others, such as Give the Horse His Head, explore the confines of a comatose man approaching his final days. A number of the verses have been put to music by others and some are performed by folk artists who resonated with the message.

Dawson uses verse to create visual images of his setting, while telling stories and exploring the lessons that can be learned form those stories. The content and form are a reflection of life in small towns and rural areas where interaction with nature and natural phenomena are part of the daily routine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Aug 18, 2010
• ISBN: 9781450249737

Gaynor Dawson

Gaynor Dawson is a consulting environmental engineer whose career has taken him on a multi-faceted journey of discovery. This work builds on his first book, Yesterday’s Moon. Dawson divides his time between his home in Washington State, and his cattle ranch in Wallowa County, where hard work and glorious scenery provide never-ending fulfillment.

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