FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
99
Martha Downer Ellis
Skeleton
Over in the Perra Basin.
skeleton, bones, wind, death, saddle
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
100
Martha Downer Ellis
Oat Martine
Oat Martine went to work on the Bell in 1900.
ranchland, life history, Bell Ranch, past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
103
Martha Downer Ellis
In Dog Canyon
The water in Dog Canyon.
spring house, water
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
104
Martha Downer Ellis
Names
There are names that warm the heart.
past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
105
Martha Downer Ellis
Old Camping Place
Over in the West Bronc pasture.
wagon, camp, Dutch oven, 1932
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
106
Martha Downer Ellis
As Ever
In a box of dusty records I found.
Red River Valley, 1905
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
107
Martha Downer Ellis
Horse Wrangler
I walked all through the sacaton.
death, stampede, youth, boy, grave, marker, burial, body
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
108
Martha Downer Ellis
Down in the Dining Room
Here in this room.
mementoes, relics, memorabilia, past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
111
Martha Downer Ellis
Gryphaea, the Devil's Toe Nail
How fleetingly we live on this land.
past, history, records, fossil, shell, time, ancient history
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
112
Martha Downer Ellis
Shipping from Medio--1946
The night before.
cattle drive, wagon, shipping, cattle cars
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
114
Martha Downer Ellis
Late Fall Shipping
Huddled one day in the cab of the pickup.
shipping, wind, dust, train, boots, spurs
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
115
Martha Downer Ellis
Down the Long Portal
I hear their footsteps echoing.
footsteps, feet, men, past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
116
Martha Downer Ellis
1947
Now the Bell is broken.
remuda, horses, fence, selling out
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
118
Martha Downer Ellis
Shelter
When I have snapped the lock.
shelter
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
119
Martha Downer Ellis
The Wide Board
In the ceiling of my room.
wood, board, ceiling
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
120
Martha Downer Ellis
Dead Antelope
The first of the hunters.
antelope, hunting, game, wildlife
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
121
Martha Downer Ellis
The Lonely Mule
Jack goes grieving -- onh hee, onh hee.
mule, team
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
122
Martha Downer Ellis
The Buffalo Head
There's a buffalo head on the office wall.
buffalo, head
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
123
Martha Downer Ellis
Happy Birthday
One afternoon while I was over in the office.
birthdays, present, gifts
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
124
Martha Downer Ellis
Faustin
The milkman is old.
aging, gallop, milkman
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
125
Martha Downer Ellis
The Cellar
The cellar has had its face lifted.
cellar
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
126
Martha Downer Ellis
Ah, Butane
At the end of a ride.
heat
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
127
Martha Downer Ellis
Emergency
I went down through the house.
mouse, toilet
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
128
Martha Downer Ellis
Christmas
The road up the Hill is frozen and rough.
Christmas, holiday, fireplace
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
130
Martha Downer Ellis
February 1970
And now the Bell is sold.
selling out, sadness, loss