"A Hugo Ride" describes a road trip, one of Hugo's pastimes and a source for his work. They would "tour," drive around the reservation to places like Mission Falls. The two of them never talked poetry very much, but recalls how Hugo showed up at his house with a copy of "The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir," which contained that poem for Charlo.

"That was really a thrill. I didn't have a phone or anything, but somehow he knew where I lived and he just came and gave me the book and we visited for awhile and he went on his way," he said.

Many of these poems were written after he returned to Montana from travels elsewhere, including a stint teaching at the University of Utah. The title itself, "Dirty Corner," comes from a spot near Arlee where he used to live.

"I knew I'd always come back. Because this is where I grew up," he said. "It's like you get gills, right? And when you get gills, this is the air you smell, this is everything that you smell, and that makes home," he said.

He's lived in Dixon for several decades now, and the landscape plays a part in many of his works. Here's a few lines from "Job Corps Christmas, 1987":

"We got snow, finally, not that I like it

but we now have two or three inches.