Views from the Saddle: Vol. Ii

By Ray A. Twist

A letter from Ann Twist

Ray has been writing poetry for many years, but started writing more in l998, after I retired and had time to type them up for him. It has been a hobby that we both have enjoyed and loved to share with our family and friends.

I refer to Ray as my poem machine. He seldom misses a day writing at least one and many times as many as three. Its been such a joy to share them. For many years, before he retired , he would write just occasionally.

When our grandchildren were small, and would come to spend some time with us, he would always leave a poem for them on the table when he left for work. They always enjoyed his little stories that rhymed. Our dream is to publish a childrens book.

We have enjoyed compiling and sharing them. My favorite are his spiritual, but, he has some wonderful western ones. Notice that he has some written, including some cow-boys that he has named Randy, Rusty, Lefty and Slim. We do hope that you will enjoy the ones we have put together for you.

God Bless You and Your families. Ann Twist (B. 1926 D 2011)

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9781475986839

Ray A. Twist

Ray A. Twist left poems on the table for his grandchildren to read before he left each morning to work his cattle, on his lease. The poems in his book reveal life in Texas. The poetry of Ray A. Twist also paints us a picture of his cowboy life in Texas for forty years.

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Contents

1.   Stomach Growls

2.   Restless Sails

3.   My Shadow

4.   A Tiger By The Tail

5.   Seven Soldiers

6.   A Few Things

7.   Thumb Suckers

8.   A Desert Prayer

9.   It Beats Picking Cotton

10.   No Turning Back

11.   Listen

12.   Dark Clouds!

13.   Cowboy Coffee

14.   A Heart Of Stone

15.   What’s In Your World?

16.   Know And Live

17.   No Bars

18.   Give The Snake A Break

19.   Bon Voyage

20.   Another’s Shoes

21.   Yellow Fever

22.   Frontier Romance

23.   Cowboy Jokes

24.   Dysfunctional

25.   Doors!

26.   Watch Your Ducks

27.   Apache Orphans

28.   The Song Of Winter

29.   The Little Rooster Crows

30.   A Faithful Beacon

31.   A Leaning Stone

32.   Marching Leaves

33.   Distant Mysteries!

34.   Give Me Back My Horse And Saddle

35.   Catfish Jake

36.   I Love My Truck

37.   Wild Flowers And Old Blue

38.   Count The Right Things

39.   After Love

40.   Babies And Birds

41.   Wild Fire

42.   Going Up

43.   Fleeting Things Of Value

44.   The Red Hen And Jake

45.   Square One

46.   A Cowboy’s Dream

47.   From One

Cowboy In Texas

48.   Little Blue Star

49.   He Leveled The Lumps

50.   Moonlight Mystery

51.   The Cripple On The Corner

52.   True Compassion

53.   The Trojan Horse!

54.   Share Cropping With God

55.   Our Flame Flickered Out

56.   Oklahoma Dust Bowl

57.   In The Rain!

58.   The Last Pages

59.   What’s Your Season?

60.   By The Fireplace!

61.   Pages Of The Ages

62.   Stampede In The Storm

63.   A Trunk Full Of Dreams

64.   Busy

65.   Climbers And Shakers

66.   Frontier Wonders

67.   Fording Creeks And Rivers

68.   A Love Of Freedom

69.   A Golden Thread

70.   Big As Texas!

71.   Mexican Slaves

72.   Leather And Sweat!

73.   Sleep In Your Jeans

74.   The Perfect Gem

75.   Four Seasons

76.   Ole Denver

77.   Pioneer Pain Killer

78.   Something To Lean On

79.   Love Is Where You Find It

80.   Swinging On The Gate!

81.   Passing Clouds And Memories

82.   It Ain’t Bad!

83.   A Dying Whale

84.   A City Fool

85.   You Can’t Go Home

86.   Don’t Let Me Fall

87.   Our Smiling Youth

88.   Winter In The Valley

89.   Willows Weep!

90.   Hillbilly Hunt 1930

91.   Equal Halves—One Flesh

92.   Give Up Your Baggage

93.   A Little Box Of Dimes!

94.   Heaven

95.   Woody Lumpkin

96.   Goodbye Mules

97.   Happy Birthday

98.   He’s Still A Cowboy

About The Author

STOMACH GROWLS

Doctors don’t know everything

But they do know a lot.

They know a great deal about parts you have

That you don’t know you’ve got.

We walk around with these strange parts inside.

We have no idea what they do.

We bruise and abuse and sometime we lose,

And we still don’t have a clue.

A guy lost a lung from smoking,

He spent the rest of his life on his back.

He said he didn’t know they would cause cancer.

It was