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Badger Clark (1883-1957), South Dakota's first poet laureate, is best known for his "A Cowboy's Prayer," erroneously attributed to Anonymous and a mainstay at rodeos across the United States. After spending much of his childhood in Deadwood, SD, Badger escaped a harrowing experience in Cuba and then found his vocation as a cowboy and a poet in Arizona. He had a way of expressing that smooth, rolling, clip-clop rhythm of horse and rider.
Flood describes Badger's poetry as "Shakespeare meets Walt Whitman during a cattle drive." Badger Clark's legacy as a bard of the American West endures. For over one hundred years, Badger Clark's poems have been sung and celebrated at poetry gatherings, rodeos, and many a cowboy's final farewell. His plain and simple verses spoke of his love for the land and a deep appreciation for a life lived close to nature. Badger Clark: Poetry Wrangler tells the story of this iconic Western writer and celebrates his enduring poetry.
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