FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
45
Martha Downer Ellis
In May
Red roses bloom beside my garden wall.
flowers, spring, May, grass, calves
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
46
Martha Downer Ellis
The Garden
And who will tend my tulips after I am gone?
flowers, plants, garden, gardener, seasons
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
47
Martha Downer Ellis
One of the Dauntless
Through my window I see her standing there.
woman, aging
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
48
Martha Downer Ellis
The Surgeon
Because he knew.
life, operation, skill, medical practices
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
49
Martha Downer Ellis
Husband
I asked a friend of mine.
mother, wife, children, husband, loneliness
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
50
Martha Downer Ellis
Gate Opener
The house is shelter.
sky, mesa, sight
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
51
Martha Downer Ellis
Ride Beside Me
Together we have driven through.
loneliness, companionship
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
52
Martha Downer Ellis
The Weather
I dearly love the weather.
weather, anger, outlet, emotion, words
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
53
Martha Downer Ellis
This Fall
And where have I been the summer long.
flowers, garden, observation
Rope and Pan
FC 11 E-02
54
Martha Downer Ellis
Shampooing
It's a sad day.
aging, children, grandmother, gray hair