FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cowboy Poet
FC 11 W-03
33
Stephen R. Wilhelm
Yannigan Bag
In his yannigan bag th' cowboy stows
Cowboy Poet
FC 11 W-03
34
Stephen R. Wilhelm
The Line Rider
Th' line rider's job is th' hardest
Cowboy Poet
FC 11 W-03
35
Stephen R. Wilhelm
Train Whistles
When th' cowboy's herdin' cattle
Cowboy Poet
FC 11 W-03
36
Stephen R. Wilhelm
The Last Dance
When city folks go to a fancy dance
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
1
Buck Wilkerson
Ranch Odors
The sweetest aroma around the ranch (Especially in rainy weather), was the musty smell of a board corral, new mown hay and leather. How odors have changed around the ranch
clutter, diesel oil, clothes, sweat, chemicals
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
2
Buck Wilkerson
Conestogas
Standing yoked are fresh shod oxen, restless, waiting their command from the burly wagon master that would send them overland. Oxen hitched to "Conestogas"
trains, plains, adventure, echos, courage, dreams
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
3
Buck Wilkerson
Settlers
With wagon teams and golden dreams they crosed the lonely plains, thru summer heat and winter sleet they came to stake their claims.
elbow, homesteads, illfated, doubt, modern, premium pay
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
4
Buck Wilkerson
Memories
In fancy I hear coyotes wailing as memory takes me back to roam near the ruins of a premise that was once a family home. I'll set it down as I recall it
sketch, image, repair, bugs, forgotten, courage
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
5
Buck Wilkerson
The Pioneers
Ten thousand cheers for the pioneers that settled our Old West, they braved hardships on long cold trips that put them to a test.
dream, succee, trust, neighbors, labors, gem
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
6
Buck Wilkerson
Phantom Herd
Trail dust is settling over the valley held down by evenings damp I can smell the beans and the bacon from the fire of the "trail herd" camp. My bones are weary-
river, dream, valley, echo, pasture, refrain
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
7
Buck Wilkerson
The Homesteader
He homesteaded a "hundred and sixty" and then started "busting the sod," he had nothing much to support him but the faith that he had in his God.
windmill, labor, snowbanks, livestock
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
8
Buck Wilkerson
Saddle Tramp
Trail dust settled behind him stirred up by the horse that he rode, he was headin' back to a "line camp" that was his temporary abode.
sunup, purpose, cruel, fade, memory, aeroplanes
Day Dreams and Memories of the Old West
FC 11 W-04
9
Buck Wilkerson
The Author
I never had much education (Thats my own fault I would say) I never had too much religion Altho I have took time to pray. I've stayed on the outer fringes
society, barn, land, drift, luxuries, anxiety, dream
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
7
Maude Wenonah Willford
Westward Ho!
Into the golden West the prairie schooners go
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
9
Maude Wenonah Willford
Out on the Trap Line
As a great serpent springs up from its lair of leaves and dead brush
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
12
Maude Wenonah Willford
No Thoroughfare!
"Why, I've used this road for more'n forty year!"
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
17
Maude Wenonah Willford
Two Arms and a Leg
Burly and shapeless in his great dog-skin coat
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
20
Maude Wenonah Willford
The Missouri Kid from Kansas
"Who's that pink and white feller with down on him like a duck?
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
25
Maude Wenonah Willford
The Phantom of the Plain
Resting his rifle, butt down, against a tree,
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
33
Maude Wenonah Willford
Rooster
I've come all the way from Bitter Creek
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
51
Maude Wenonah Willford
The Squatter
Unless I'm off my guess, hostilities have begun
short story
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
95
Maude Wenonah Willford
Cowboy and His Dog
I rolled up in my blankets
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
97
Maude Wenonah Willford
My Cabin in the Hills
When the wings of velvet darkness
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
99
Maude Wenonah Willford
The Cowboy's Soliloquy
"The Cowboy and the Knight"
Over the Hills and Prairies of Wyoming: Stories & Poems of the West by a Pioneer
FC 11 W-05
101
Maude Wenonah Willford
The End of the Rainbow
"When you come to the end of a rainbow