The Ballad of Kansas Mcgriff

Overview:

• Title: The Ballad of Kansas Mcgriff
• Author: Bud Webster
• Year: 1997
• Type: Poem

Synopsis:

52-verse epic poem about three hobos in a jail in Spokane, one of whom isn't from around here, and how that big hole in the cell wall got there.

Notes:

Originally published in the Fall 1997 issue of "The Hobo Times", the magazine of the National Hobo Association. It won the first place in the National Hobo Association Rendezvous 2000 Poetry Contest.

Awards:

• 1998. The Ballad of Kansas Mcgriff Nebula, Short Story (Nomination below cutoff)

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