FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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The Ranch: Poems of the West
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Gray Butte
Thick brush and fallen timber blocked the way.
The Ranch: Poems of the West
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Visitin'
I kin stand my own relations, an' my wife's relations, too.
Sunday visiting
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Reward Offered
None of us folks on Antelope Flat.
N-Bar, quadrille, Handsome Bill, New Year's Day, dance
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Mail Day
There's a bow-legged boy with his shoulders swinging.
Silver Dollar
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Elliott C. Lincoln
The Craftsman
He fashioned canes from diamond-willow wood.
sheep herding, willow canes
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Aftermath
"Kill me? I tell you, dad, I'd rather die."
war, Blue Dan, blue-roan
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Adventure
The wind blew warm last night, and tempted me.
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The Drummer
Ol' Reb Jones had a house on the hill.
Ol' Reb Jones had a house on the hill.
log cabin, Civil War, Gettysburg
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The Blizzard
Down the land between the ranges there's a mighty wind blowing.
snow
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Elliott C. Lincoln
The Meadowlark
Howdy, Mister Meadowlark!
springtime, song
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Riding Weather
Sing if you want to, nobody minds
riding, prairie
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Two Houses
At night an ancient house where men have died.
gloom, dark, doom, tomb, outdoors
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Paradise Trail
Wildflower blooms of myriad dyes.
riding, life, winds, love
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The Contest Rider
With slouching ease he strolls before the stands.
Joe Blake, Thunder
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Waiting
That steak'll be like leather in a minute.
supper
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Job, 39:18
(What time she lifted up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.) Lemuel Keno Birch, that's him.
range-bred colt, Baptist church, Mint Saloon
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Wireless
This "miracle of wireless" stuff.
cayuse, gossipy neighbor
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Charity
The very nicest way I know.
soul, beggar, gratitude, selfish generosity
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Meet My Friend
I've such an awful lot of friends.
unpleasant truths, pleasant lies
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Some Hawse
That Man-o'-war, he's a runnin' fool.
sorrel horse, Carter's Butte, racing
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Chuck Baker
It ain't what some folks call a treat.
sing, steers, mournful, happy
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Omens
I'd been a-settin' up with Lou.
raising steers, wedding bells
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Elliott C. Lincoln
"Interesting People"
I'm off them up-lift magazines.
hopeful, self-made man, fairy tales
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Elliott C. Lincoln
The School ma'am
Almost every sort o 'lady has been written up in rhyme.
schoolhouse, ranches, cayuse
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Elliott C. Lincoln
Night
I did not mind the storm that swept the hills.
dreams of spring, winter