High Country Poems

Inez Hunt was a historian, short story writer, and non-fiction author, but the heart and mind of this extraordinary woman was in her poetry. She wrote hundreds of poems from short comic verse to poignant reflections of ranch life. Her poetry resonates with those who live in the shadow of the Rockies and in spirit with those she described in Mountain Cemetery: ... the men who lived by code,Compelled to play each card exactly as it fell -The unafraid - the strong - the uninsured,Who died bequeathing to us allDim trails that lead forever to a western sun.