Ode To Ian Tyson

Only the wind

is forever

Only a mountain

at dawn

Only the West

is my lover

Only to her

 I belong

 

Every time

  I leave her

The trail back

 stays open unclaimed

A voice in the canyon

still calling

O’er the river that christened

— my name

 

 

(13th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: January, 1997)

Elko Nevada- 2 Guitars A Mandolin & Fiddle

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