FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
17
Martha Downer Ellis
Drouth Relief
I can hear that rifle now.
death, drought, calves, 1934
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
20
Martha Downer Ellis
July Rain
And now the ranch is green again.
rain, water, grass, relief
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
21
Martha Downer Ellis
Night Rain
A slow night rain is falling.
rain, water, appreciation, peace
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
22
Martha Downer Ellis
Sunday Clothes
Oh the green young grass is rising.
rain, restoration, earth
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
23
Martha Downer Ellis
The Southwest Wind
The southwest wind just blows and blows.
wind, weather
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
25
Martha Downer Ellis
Ranching
He who rides the rainfall.
ranching, change, weather, rain
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
26
Martha Downer Ellis
Goodbye to the Ranch
I saw him loping away alone.
goodby, farewell, town, unhappiness
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
27
Martha Downer Ellis
A Tinge of Green
It's mid-September now.
rain, grass, green, winter
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
28
Martha Downer Ellis
A Farmer in Spring
As I was nearing town today.
spring, ditch, weed burning, farming, water, hope, optimism
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
29
Martha Downer Ellis
Merry-Go-Round
Round and `round and up and down.
change, ranching
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
30
Martha Downer Ellis
Convention
From off the ranches out across the land.
convention, gathering, friendship, travel
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
31
Martha Downer Ellis
Rope and Pan
And who can say.
gender roles, woman, man, work
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
32
Martha Downer Ellis
My Dishpan
Here's to you, Old Friend!
dishes, dishpan, washing, housework
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
33
Martha Downer Ellis
Return
The trail from the upper range.
trail, path, homecoming, waiting, creek
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
34
Martha Downer Ellis
Inside
Out beyond the lamplight and the walls.
rain, winter, fire, warmth
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
35
Martha Downer Ellis
Out New Baby
At last.
baby, son, father, mother, birth
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
36
Martha Downer Ellis
Christmas Pony for a Four-Year-Old
Cow crew, cook, and foreman -- everybody on the ranch.
Christmas, gift, present, horseback, son, child, pony
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
37
Martha Downer Ellis
On an Idle Day
In the late afternoon we walked among the dunes.
Indians, past, children, sand dunes, supper
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
38
Martha Downer Ellis
Tales in the Afternoon
On a hot afternoon my sister regaled her sons.
storytelling, history, aunt, family, windies
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
39
Martha Downer Ellis
The Little White Owl
My mother wrote me that the boys were well.
children, grave, bird, death, burial, son
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
40
Martha Downer Ellis
On the Staked Plains
When I was young.
earth, wind, prairie
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
41
Martha Downer Ellis
Boarding School
I've folded your levis and put them away.
daughter, school, longing, child, parent, growing up
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
42
Martha Downer Ellis
Clothes-line
I saw today.
clothes, levis, jeans, sons, family, wash
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
43
Martha Downer Ellis
Ground-Observer
I saw her pause and listen.
children, mother, plane, airplane ,PTA, aging
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
44
Martha Downer Ellis
Mare and Colt at Branding
Down in the old picket corral this morning.
mare, colt, branding, mother