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Find information about all levels of support here.   You and your friends can make tax-deductible donations by mail (PO Box 695, St. Helena, CA  94574) or by a secure, on-line credit card payment through PayPal (a PayPal account is not required):   CowboyPoetry.com is a project of The Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry, a tax-exempt non-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Act. The Center seeks grants and donations from individuals, corporate entities, foundations, and private sources. Contributions to the Center are fully deductible for federal income tax purposes. The BAR-D Roundup fair market value is $15 and that amount is not deductible as a charitable contribution. As in all professional journalistic endeavors, no editorial preference is given to financial sponsors or supporters.   The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Seven The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Seven is the Center's seventh annual cowboy poetry compilation CD. The BAR-D Roundup CDs are compilations of vintage and contemporary recordings of some of the best cowboy poetry. A wide range of voices present tales that express this venerable art form, words that uncover "the heartbeat of the working West." Among the many highlights are Wallace McRae's "Reincarnation," in a recording from the 2012 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering; Joel Nelson's recitation of Stephen Vincent Benét's "The Ballad of William Sycamore"; and Benét's own 1940 recitation of his poem. Find a narrative description of all of the selections, with poem excerpts, here. This seventh annual edition of The BAR-D Roundup includes the works of three National Endowment for the Arts Fellows (the late Buck Ramsey of Texas, Wallace McRae of Montana, and Joel Nelson of Texas); two recipients of the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Andy Wilkinson of Texas and John Dofflemyer of California; past Montana Poet Laureate, Crow elder Henry Real Bird; and the voice of American man of letters, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) in a vintage recording from the Library of Congress. There are other fine selections of original works by Gary McMahan (Colorado), Amy Hale Auker (Arizona), Jay Snider (Oklahoma), Elizabeth Ebert (South Dakota), Rod Miller (Utah), Yvonne Hollenbeck (South Dakota), Ken Cook (South Dakota), Carole Jarvis (Arizona), Andy Nelson (Wyoming), Diane Tribitt (Minnesota), Rodney Nelson (North Dakota), Deanna McCall (New Mexico), DW Groethe (Montana), and Doris Daley (Alberta). Outstanding reciters present classic cowboy poetry, including Randy Rieman of Montana (a poem by Bruce Kiskaddon), Andy Hedges of Texas (a poem by Buck Ramsey), and Keith Ward of North Carolina (a poem by S. Omar Barker). Contemporary poems of others are recited by Jerry Brooks of Utah (a poem by Andy Wilkinson), Pat Richardson of California (a poem by Jess Howard), and Jess Howard of Montana (a poem by Pat Richardson)—Jess Howard and Pat Richardson are brothers. A 1955 photo of Pat Richardson is on the cover of The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Seven.   Seventh-generation Texan, poet and writer Linda Kirkpatrick delivers a radio public service announcement about the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry. The BAR-D Roundup cover images are vintage photos of poets or their forebears. This year's cover features California poet, humorist, artist, cowboy, and Pro Rodeo Sports News cartoonist Pat Richardson, in 1955 at age 21 in Kansas where he rode polo colts for Polo Hall of Fame honoree Willis L. Hartman. The photo is by Pat Richardson's brother, Jess Howard. photo by Jess Howard Inside each year's CD, a contemporary ranch photo is featured. For 2012, it is Montana poet, picker and ranch hand DW Groethe working on the Granley ranch near Bainville, Montana, June, 2009, in a photo by Jessica Brandi Lifland (www.jessicalifland.com). photo © 2009, Jessica Brandi Lifland, www.jessicalifland.com   Poems and permissions were generously donated by poets, musicians, families, organizations, and publishers. Wyoming's Andy Nelson, poet, humorist, popular emcee and co-host of the award-winning Clear Out West (C. O. W.) Radio show is the CD's engineer and co-producer (with Margo Metegrano).   Find more on The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Seven (2012) here. Find a narrative description of the CD's contents with poem excerpts in here.   The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Seven (2012) is available, postpaid, for $20, and is offered to new and renewing supporters of the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry at the $40 level and above. Proceeds from The BAR-D Roundup support the Center. CowboyPoetry.com is a project of the Center.  You can order by mail using the form here or send $20 (check or money order in U.S. funds) per copy to: CowboyPoetry.com PO Box 695 St. Helena, CA 94574 Postage is included for the U.S. and Canada. Add $5 US for other countries. You can also pay by a secure, on-line credit card payment (a Paypal account is not required): CowboyPoetry.com is a project of the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry, Inc. a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Act. Contributions are fully deductible for federal income tax purposes. 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