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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2016 · 4 MIN

Think There’s No Poetry In Texas? Think Again

from Texas Standard » Stories from Texas · host W.F. Strong

A New Yorker told me that he never uses the words Texas and poetry in the same sentence. He thinks Texas poetry is an oxymoron because he doesn’t see how such a refined art form could be produced in a macho culture. But he is wrong. Cowboys and vaqueros were reciting poetry in the warm […] The post Think There’s No Poetry In Texas? Think Again appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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A New Yorker told me that he never uses the words Texas and poetry in the same sentence. He thinks Texas poetry is an oxymoron because he doesn’t see how such a refined art form could be produced in a macho culture. But he is wrong. Cowboys and...

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