{"id":4789,"date":"2011-05-26T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2017-07-11T12:35:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:35:22","slug":"shortytowers-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/shortytowers-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Time Shorty Towers Fetched the Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong><br \/>\n\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\"      controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/shortytowers-markup.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4><em>The Last Time Shorty Towers Fetched the Cows<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">In the only story we have<br \/>\nof Shorty Towers, it is five o\u2019clock<br \/>\nand he is dead drunk on his roof<br \/>\ndeciding to fetch the cows. How<br \/>\nhe got in this condition, shingling<br \/>\nall afternoon, is what the son-in-law,<br \/>\nthe one who made the back pasture<br \/>\ninto a golf course, can\u2019t figure out. So,<br \/>\nwith an expression somewhere between shock<br \/>\nand recognition, he just watches Shorty<br \/>\npull himself up to his not-so-<br \/>\nfull height, square his shoulders,<br \/>\nand sigh that small sigh as if caught<br \/>\nonce again in an invisible swarm<br \/>\nof bees. Let us imagine, in that moment<br \/>\njust before he turns to the roof\u2019s edge<br \/>\nand the abrupt end of the joke<br \/>\nwhich is all anyone thought to remember<br \/>\nof his life, Shorty is listening<br \/>\nto what seems to be the voice<br \/>\nof a lost heifer, just breaking<br \/>\nupward. And let us think that when he walks<br \/>\nwith such odd purpose down that hill<br \/>\njagged with shingles, he suddenly feels it<br \/>\nopen into the wide, incredibly green<br \/>\nmeadow where all the cows are.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12174\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12177\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12175\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3375\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12176\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-nbp3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12178\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/shortytowers-ovrly3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4789\" data-postid=\"4789\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4789 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image and audio objects for teaching the poem &#8220;The Last Time Shorty Towers Fetched the Cows&#8221; 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