FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
131
Martha Downer Ellis
The Bell
Whatever the sorrow.
land
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
132
Martha Downer Ellis
The River
The wild Red River has been tamed by the dam.
river, water, dam, progress, time
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
133
Martha Downer Ellis
River Bluffs
Once, from a ridge in the Perra.
phantom, city, river
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
134
Martha Downer Ellis
Tomorrow
After we are gone other men.
time, future, endurance
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
135
Martha Downer Ellis
Bill Lane
Bill Lane flew over the Bell.
land, ranch, Bell Ranch
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
136
Martha Downer Ellis
Never Let Us Think
Never let us think that Waddingham or Montoya.
Indians, past, shelter, future, land, generation
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
137
Martha Downer Ellis
Horse Trails
There beside the Bull Trap fence.
trail, future
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
138
Martha Downer Ellis
These Items
Don't tell me I must have made them up.
land
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
139
Martha Downer Ellis
Bell Ranch
There are those.
land
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
1
Martha Downer Ellis
A Rope
I saw a rope down town today.
rope, pickup, hands
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
2
Martha Downer Ellis
In Lovington Cemetery
Under the sod the ranchers lie.
rancher, grave, cemetery, windmill, water, comfort
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
3
Martha Downer Ellis
Summer Day
Today at noon.
heat, summer, sun
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
4
Martha Downer Ellis
Heading Home
I've been away much too long.
home, railroad, train, New Mexico
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
8
Martha Downer Ellis
The Map Rock
The Map Rock lies flat and square.
petroglyphs, Indians
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
14
Martha Downer Ellis
Chasing Showers
We ran to see where the rain had fallen.
rain, dirt, dust, dry, drought