https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/8c61c9179e5afc38f906859077fb96ff.pdf 5dbc4c94947d47c350b1b32707b639c5 PDF Text Text POETRY Chad Hanson White Lupine I climb through fields of purple flowers on the side of a ridge in the Wind River Mountains. At the top, I pause to look back over the terrain. The land tilts up at me in every direction. Treetops melt together forming a blanket of green, arching up from the lowlands, reaching onto the rock ledges guarding the rim of the valley. Pillars of granite burst through a wash of pine needles, declaring victory over time and erosion. At my feet, I see a white lupine and I cannot go home. �POETRY The Bitterness of Rodeo From a speaker in the rafters, an announcer asks, "How many of you travelled here from California?" A hundred people hoot from their seats in the stands. The aimouncer counters that with, "Welcome to America." The crowd busts into laughter. Cowboy hats nod approval. Belt buckles jiggle up and down from their positions on the topsides of Wrangler jeans. It's a win for the bull riders and barrel racers. But the joke belies the knowledge that the tide already rose. The old West sank into the surf of history. Words Are What We Have in North Dakota He spent the decade of his twenties in the Sierra Range. His mother called on the first of October. She needed his help. A week later, he stands in his mom's yard with a suitcase in his hand. When he looks into the distance, he feels like he is standing on the top of a bubble. His eyes miss the peaks that line his home in the Owens Valley. "Oh, well" he says, "We'll make mountains out of the stories that we tell. We'II build peaks out of our past. Words are what we have in North Dakota." He doesn't notice his mother behind the screen door on the porch. She says, "Words are all we ever have. It doesn't matter where you go." Chad Hanson teaches Sociology at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. His poems and essays have appeared in REED, Matter, Flyway, Third Coast, The Chariton Review, and North Dakota Quarterly, among others. A collection of his work. Trout Streams of the Heart, was recently published by the Truman State University Press. 54 WEBER A THE CONTEMPORARY WEST FALL 2Q14 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Print Journal Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "White Lupine," "The Bitterness of Rodeo," and "Words Are What We Have in North Dakota" Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <div id="dublin-core-rights" class="element"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div id="dublin-core-rights" class="element"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div id="dublin-core-rights" class="element"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text"> <div class="element-text"> <div class="element-text"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text"><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chad Hanson Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Chad Hanson Journal Publications, CCA 04.ii.e.2025.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 04.ii.e.2025.01_ChadHansonPapers_39 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Searchable PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <em>Weber - The Contemporary West</em> is published by Weber State University