Author Archives | Kendall McCook
Kendall McCook was born June 11, 1945 in Union County New Mexico, where his father was raised with 17 brothers and sisters on the family homestead. Kendall’s poetry and stories are mostly reflections of his northeastern New Mexico roots. He spends the summers near Santa Fe and resides in Fort Worth, Texas.
Weekly Poem: In Hobbs
Monday morning sunrise – Hobbs, New Mexico, October 25, 2010
Already the west winds blow, relentless
Rocking the pickup we huddle inside
The dogs and I
“In Hobbs,” granddaughter Lily shrugs her two-year old
Shoulders and remembers the summer green Ruidoso mountains
I am on the edge of town
Down a gravel road that runs by the ruins of a
World War II Quartermaster’s depot
Abandoned now, only concrete borders and cactus around...
04. August 2013
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