Hola vaqueros,

The Beatnik Cowboy is an incredible thing. And as a transcendent publication worthy of deep reverence and awe we here at the Cowboy would like to unveil our latest worthy ploy to get everyone on board. Forget the other rags. Written by hacks on toilet paper and edited by egg-heads bound to reject; your poetry suffers no such ignominious fate here. Our new motto and T-shirt we feel sum up the loving care with which we cradle each poem than arrives with us and deserves its share of widespread exposure. The words in which we reverently enshrine our magazine comprise the following: “All The Poems That Are Unfit To Print”. Emblazoned on the back of a luxurious rye colored short sleeved body vessel (i.e. T-shirt), the smoking Beatnik Cowboy himself girds the front of this groundbreaking couture. The roll-up himself rests cool and positive emboldened by our calligraph company name. Boasting sizes all the way to 5X, and lilliputian as S, this bold statement of poetry excellence wipes the floor with all other similar products of all kind. This shirt, like the influential publication which it absorbs and reflects is a wardrobe accouterment supreme. Coltrane pre-ordered one before he died.

Suffice it to say, it is apparel sublime. The sanctuary of kings, queens, beggars and thieves, like J.J Kale and the reputed health benefits of his “Cocaine”, this statement of poetic supremacy tangles the “facts” up in blue. Just like our singular poetry/short story publication. As they say, when your work has graced the pages of the Cowboy, especially the selective (and rarefied) print version, you have finally led your bronco, bucking, out of the Corral. All the Ramones are dead. Yet here you can be part of a live culture. So like flavored yogurt have taste. Write, submit, reap, and buy a shirt and a subscription. We’ll work on sowing your seeds, separating the nutrient nuggets from empty calories, getting the threads and quarterly print copies out to you. For all other concerns you can see the online version and hip updates at BeatnikCowboy.com For all practical purposes each less fabric size to 2XL comes to 27$ with shipping and handling (included in this price) and each larger shirt to 5Xl is 35$ (shipping and handling included in this price). Overseas shipments add ten dollars ($10) to these prices. As for subscriptions, to receive the multiple yearly print versions of Beatnik Cowboy send a check or money order for $30 ($45 for overseas subscriptions) to:

Beatnik Cowboy c/o Randall Rogers

3410 Corral Dr., Apt. 208

Rapid City, South Dakota

57702 USA

For both subscription and shirt domestically send either $57 or $65. Don’t send cash and please specify shirt size. To order both shirt and subscription overseas (foreign) send check or money order for $67 or $75 or equivalent in your currency.

Thank you, and rest assured this is a homespun Midwest Dakota USA venture hoping for your artistic and keen creativity to fly. To continue rising and proudly soar. And not have the wings melt when we go past the sun.

Sincerely,

Your Editor,

Randall