FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Author
Poem Title
First Lines
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Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
92
Jennifer Olds
Cutting the Heard
When the new chick flopped wretched from its shell.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
94
Jennifer Olds
In The Time of the Plague
Risk as adventure; Jumping the grey mare.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
95
Barbara Shirk Parish
Reasons for Rain
We gather today on the door stone as the thunderstorm begins.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
95
Barbara Shirk Parish
Night Legacy
In the one-roomed house of the Germans the women can not retire.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
96
Barbara Shirk Parish
Grandmother's Land
Here is a land unsettled -- touched only by the sundown and the dawn.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
97
Shadd Piehl
My Grandfather's and Father's Horses
The two old-timers stand out west of town.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
98
Shadd Piehl
Storm Front
The colt noses the water; Paws, and muddies the creek.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
100
Shadd Piehl
Riding Song
I sit my horse; In circles.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
101
Shadd Peihl
Paha Sapa
Four old kings stare; Down their reign.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
102
Shadd Piehl
Towards Horses -- For Tom Mau and Kenny Thorton
Near Castle Butte, the clouds; Hang in wavy mare's tails.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
103
Thelma Poirier
Paint
Until she saw the horse, stuffed and saddled tied to a hitching post inside a bar.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
104
Thelma Poirier
Badlands
We want to take visitors to see grass.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
105
Thelma Poirier
Wild Flowers
Moving to the prairies, there are things you should know neighbors will forget to tell you.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
106
Thelma Poirier
One for the Sheep
I met a woman in Elko should have known she raised sheep.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
107
Charles Potts
Starlight on The Trail
Packing in the primitive Idaho Chamberlain Basin area south.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
108
Charles Potts
The Homestead Act
For years my sleep was tormented by dreams; Of returning to the sided log cabin I grew up in.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
110
Charles Potts
Cowboys Between Ranches
Mom and Dad auctioned the ranch in 1960.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
111
Charles Potts
Make Way for Daniel Boone
Is there anyone left unaware; That the planet has been poisoned.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
112
Charles Potts
A Monkey in the High 90's
Faced with a barrage of excited chattering.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
112
Charles Potts
Uncle Tom's Sawmill
The whine of the saw rips the heart.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
113
Lisa Quinlan
Escape
Each afternoon, the sun catches her eye and leads her.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
114
Vess Quinlan
The Stepchild
The muse visits me, As she does all her children, But I am a stepchild.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
115
Vess Quinlan
Coyotes and Watermelons
Some facts are great fun; Not useful, perhaps, or important; Except that they delight the mind.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
116
Vess Quinlan
Saint Frances 1951
Ten; And the morning saga of Nancy Drew; Continues.
Maverick Western Verse
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-09
118
Vess Quinlan
The Trophy
Each year he makes; His bed higher and deeper.