 Yesterday—the dog and I on the long stretch between Winnemucca and Lovelock-- I fell asleep. Felt my head nod and bob… Awake!-- a moment unaccounted for. There was another moment—thought I left the dog wandering in the sagebrush wandering onto Interstate 80– loved little dog dead in a second. Made it to the place I call home, forced myself to open the curtains, “Didn’t die this time,” I reminded the dog. Poured a glass of wine and said, “Cheers.” |
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AuthorNancy Harris McLelland taught creative writing, composition, and literature for over twenty years and Conducted writing workshops for the Western Folklife Center, Great Basin College , and the Great Basin Writing Project . An Elko County native with a background in ranching. McLelland has presented her "Poems from Tuscarora" Both at daytime and evening events at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko. Her essay, "Border Lands: Cowboy Poetry and the Literary Canon" is in the anthology Cowboy Poetry Matters . Categories |
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