The Teepee Book [periodical] Sheridan, WY: Herbert Coffeen, 1915-1916.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Poems & Prose by Badger Clark, edited by Greg Scott (Phoenix, AZ: Cowboy Miner Productions, 2005)


AWHILE
Badger Clark

Never think I hate my kind.
But the noises of the road—
I would often leave behind
Awhile, awhile—
I would lose them for a mile.

Give me desert stars that brood
Where the utter silence rings
Like a harp with murmurous strings
Touched by winds of solitude.
Awhile, awhile—
Leave me lonely for a mile.

All unguided let me walk.
I am not afraid to trust
To the wolf-track in the dust
Or the shadow of a hawk
Awhile, awhile—
Let me wander for a mile.