The 15th Annual Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering
was held August 15 - 17, 2002

Here is the poster for that year, along with the accompanying Poster Poems.

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Each year the Gathering poets are invited to write stories in verse about what they see in the poster art. These Poster Poems are read or recited during the Gathering for an audience that usually includes the poster artist. Artists have been fascinated with the diverse interpretations the poets have found for their paintings.

Below is a sample of the Poster Poems for 2002, spun off from Bill Anton's painting, "Spellbound." Read others...
by Jane Morton,
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Out here there's space in which to think,
There's solace nature brings,
And I rest better near these rocks
Than on a bed with springs.

All my concerns don't seem so large
When measured 'gainst this space
The panoramic landscape here
Downsizes what I face.

I feel connected to this earth
A part of one great whole
I don't pretend to understand
But it relates to soul.

Earth time goes back for centuries
A million years like days.
I only have a minute here,
It's earth itself that stays

I read its past in rocks and soil.
I hear it speak to me
Of previous inhabitants
And time beneath the sea.

This land was here before I came
Will be here when I go.
Out here I find an inner peace
That makes my spirit glow.

Read more Poster Poems...

 
Spellbound by Bill AntonSpellbound by Bill Anton