FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
47
Wallace McRae
Grandmother's French Hollyhocks
They were probably planted there by the gate.
flowers, garden, hollyhocks, seeds, beans, beauty, beautiful value
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
40
Rod McQueary
A Joker's Pay
If you can make a week-old prolapse seem; Romantic.
B.S., western, cowboy poetry, pay, poems, jokes, entertain, folks, laughter, tears, cheap, failure, auction
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
39
Gary McMahan
The Two Things in Life That I Really Love
There's two things in life; That I really love.
love, women, horses, die, saddle, rest, between, tan, tool cowgirl
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
51
Wallace McRae
Outsiders at the End of the Trail
They contemplate their town-boot toes.
funeral, deceased, last respects, hand, death
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
52
Wallace McRae
The Yellowstone
Millions of buffalo curried her flanks.
Yellowstone, girl, she, Sacajawea, Clark, Custer, blizzard, land, campfire, drumbeats, war dance
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
54
Wallace McRae
Things of Intrinsic Worth
Remember that sandrock on Emmells Crick.
destruction, progress, technology, good old days, Earth, ravage, booming, money, dough, school, golf course
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
55
Waddie Mitchell
The Whole Load
In a western town in the days of old.
town, gold, community, church, preacher, sermon, ol' Jake, parson, Satan, religion, feed, God, hay, cow
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
57
Waddie Mitchell
Sold Your Saddle
Not so terribly well, I said, in answer to his question.
troubles, life, decisions, fenced, routine, leaving, chance, advice, life's race, running, purpose
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
59
Waddie Mitchell
Story with a Moral
Now I know there's things worse tha make cowpunchers curse.
cowpuncher, herding, stench, smell, bloated, cow, sick, drink, stream, upstream, moral, spewing
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
61
Barney Nelson
Birth of a Native Texan
I'm here to say I'm Texican from my hat down to my boot.
Texas, bragging, loyalty, bride, husband, dally man, heeler, rope, hogs, Arizona
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
65
Barney Nelson
Gettin' On
You cowboys can tell your bronc ride tales.
girl, horse, bronc, story, stump, fence, bank, women, crew, ladies, get on, watching, pastime, tight pants, cowboy
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
66
Barney Nelson
Tin Cup
Good wine should slip; From a crystal glass.
tin, cup, wine, crystal, glass
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
67
Joel Nelson
Sundown in the Cow Camp
The hoodie's washed the dishes.
evening, sunset, night, cook, foreman, horse shoe, game, eloquent, cattle, drive, guitar, time of day, chuck, fire, poems, politics, price of beef, BLM, bedroll, sleep
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
69
Joel Nelson
The Drifter and the Home guard
You say you'd like for me to give a detailed dissertation.
walk, vaqueros, cowboys, cattle, horses, drifter, cowhand, home guard, stray, settle
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
72
Joel Nelson
The Prize Possession
"What's the last thing you would part with?"
handlebar mustache, facial hair, cowboys
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
75
Rod Nelson
Good, Clean Fun!
I remember making hay with Dad.
haystack, hay, fork, ride, push off, game, trick, Dad, farmhand, tractor
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
77
Rod Nelson
A 2:00 A.M. Call
A 2:00 a.m. call is no fun at all.
rancher, rest, sleep, dead, morning
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
78
Howard L. Norskog
The Salmon River Breaks
There are days of sun and sand and stone.
my lady, home, cabin, house, River of No Return, wife, Salmon River Breaks
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
79
Howard L. Norskog
Takers
The government took all his horses.
bury, rest, graves, home, note, land, foreclose, family, shot, soldiers
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
82
Howard L. Norskog
The Black Lady Mare
There's a colt that's following my Black Lady mare.
black, mare, horse, kick, mean
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
84
Gwen Petersen
Going to Town for Parts
Whenever the tractor quits or balks.
town, parts, wife, husband, ranch,
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
85
Gwen Petersen
Woman of the Land
Her name won't be in history books.
woman, enduring, pioneer, homesteaders, wife, cowboy, widow, ranch
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
90
Gwen Petersen
Limericks
For riding way out on the prairie.
facilities, squat, bathroom, ranch, mud, bugs, manure, cowboy hat, cowboy, wake up,
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
91
Gwen Petersen
A Working Ranch
"We envy you," said my city friends.
city, ranch, working, city friends, luxury
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
92
Vess Quilan
Generations
More than casual; But less than; Constant companions?
friends, old men, funeral, chasing bull, death, father