It Happened in the Old West Steven K. Ashby These are poems that sustain

These are poems that sustain belief in the power of language to reveal

readdressed and reconciled by artists

evoked with a deep understanding of landscapes

and Indian Oceans Despite its small landmass in relation to other continents

I want to stimulate the viewer to rethink mortality through this imagined path of departure onto a new landscape

It Happened in the Old West Steven K. Ashby These are poems that sustainThese are the stories of what happened in the West as the trickle then flood of Easterners and immigrants first began to flow into the plains, deserts, and mountains between the Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River and, finally, far north into The Last Frontier. While some events would have happened regardless who was there earthquakes, storms, droughts, and other natural disasters it was because of this influx of humanity that those events were