Lessons from a Desperado Poet [Paperback]

There is nothing profound in saying that chickens cluck or that Baxter Black is a man of enormous talent, but readers of this book will find there is more to his success than a train-load of talent. He didnt quit when life bucked him off and stomped on his hat. He works hard. He reads and studies and thinks. He prays. He keeps his word. He doesnt write trash. He respects his audience. How rare and refreshing: an artist/entertainer who can spell integrity, and even knows what it means. - John Erickson, Author of Hank the Cowdog SeriesA mind-tickling romp through the formation, fermentation, and fruition of the authors career as a poet in a country where publishing poetry is practically illegal, Lessons from a Desperado Poet boldly injects a poem now and again when it is relevant, just to prove a point!Part memoir, part how-to, all Baxter Black, Lessons from a Desperado Poet is a humorous, witty take on making a living by doing the right thing and trying everything. According to Baxter Black, success does not require a genius; it just requires the persistence of a glacier. Remember, often it's not ability that gets you ahead, it's reliability. The world is run by those who show up. Lessons from a Desperado Poet leaves a trail of self-improvement and motivational tortilla crumbs that readers will follow with delightbefore, that is, squirreling them away in their own cerebral pockets for later use.Cowboy poet and large-animal veterinarian, Baxter Black, says I was raised with the coyotes. No, this is serious. I was raised in New Mexico, did three years at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, then four more years at Colorado State University to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. Veterinary school was hard for me. (The price of a gallon of gas was higher than my GPA!) Throughout the summers of my college years I worked at different livestock operations as 'cowboy labor.' To help support myself, among other things, I had a band and rl³’