Views from the Saddle: Vol Viii

By Ray A. Twist

Views from the Saddle a Texas cowboys life in poetry VOL. VIII First Edition

This collection, of VOL.VIII concludes this series of eight books of story like poems taken from the life of Ray A. Twist. This first book was originally published in 2012 by Quantum in Corpus Christi, TX, is no longer in print, but available in this collection, as VOL VIII First Edition. The collection of Ray A. Twist has been a pleasure for me to assemble and get produced as a valuable contribution of literature, and I am proud to be a part of it, as the managing editor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jan 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781491757390

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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VIEWS FROM THE SADDLE

VOL VIII

Copyright © 2015 Ray A. Twist.

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Contents

A Lonesome Call

You Can’t Be Unless You Are

Don’t Let It Fall

Don’t Mess With Nature

Go Kick A Carabou!

A Boy And A Blue Windmill

A Boy And A Bird

Night Fishing

Golden Eyes

Gang Warfare

Cowboy Winters

Lean And Mean

Dream On!

Dream Power

A Cloud

A Big Nickel

The Trip

Dumb Stuff

Don’t Judge A Book

Texans Let’s Ride !

Cow Tales

The Wonder Of Horses

No Glass Windows

Untold Stories

Differences

Doors

Supper Time

Honor Dogs And Monkies

Draft The Seniors

What Time Is It?

Old Whiskey

Suddenly

A Big Blow

Life’s Quilt

Love Is

Dr. Pat’s Mother

Hold Out Your Hand

A Cold Camp

Dream Time

A Big Little Dog

1934-Oklahoma Storm

A Bare Tale Or Let The Bear Sleep

The Indian Way

A Bird In Her Tree

Don’t Go There

A Blue Mountain Calls

Thunderbird

Dreams Are Forever

Drifters

Dry Ranching

A Cowboy Is

Don’t Look Back

A New Lesson

Cactus Jack

A Bird In Her Tree

A Bad Picture

A Flower By The Trail

Empty Saddle

Final Council

A Passing Season

Our Heroes Or Another Vet

Death Of A Desert Stream

The Composer

Know This

A High Christmas

Wandering Ghost Ship

A Texas Cowboy

The Mating Call

That Christmas Feeling

Don’t Peelute Where Water Flows

God Gets Mail Too

Don’t Worry Be Happy

The Lifers

Don’t Trust Your Nose

Melting Snow

Don’t Spill The Beans

What Next?

Drifting

I’m Outa Here

A Hard Fall

Tumble Weed Freedom

Get Off The Field

My Old Kentucky Home!

The Salt Of The Earth

A Grandson’s Freedom

A Grain Of Sand

What A Life

Mother Earth

Lonesome Night Watch

Do Some Things, Worry About Others

Did They Die In Vain?

A High Christmas

A Cold Camp

1934 The Cherokee Way

Some Gave All

The Greatest Gift

Best Wishes

Come And Dine

Surgery Tomorrow

A LONESOME CALL

I was riding in the high country

Along a narrow trail

Chills ran up and down my spine

When I heard a gray wolf wail

I stopped my old horse awhile

And sat there looking back

Across the valley on a little slope

I saw seven wolves in a pack

They looked okay at first

Healthy and well fed

After watching for awhile

I could see they weren’t being led

I rode on down the valley

And there on a high plateau

I came across a cruel fur trader

That I used to know

He led a pack mule behind his horse

With wolf pelts on it’s back

One of them he told me

Was the leader of the pack

There was not to be another winter for her

Her eyes were growing dim

She did not see the hunter

And she fell prey to him

The pack will stay here for awhile

The strongest daughter will sniff into the air

And