FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
11
Everett Brisendine
Out of the West Comes a Booger
The morning was sunny, the weather was mild.
horses, truck, trailers, pickup, chew, square jaw, dress, gear, arena, roping, rodeo, brahma bulls, calf roping
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
12
Everett Brisendine
My Chocktaw
I've rode a lot of Horses.
horse, Chino Valley, pinto, colt, daughter, ringbone, limp
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
13
Everett Brisendine
The Mighty Pitchfork
This show was two horse average.
luck, show, score, judge, Henderson, second place, buckskin, Pitch fork, bronc riding, spur, rared up, fall, bronc busting
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
14
Everett Brisendine
Just Me
I see you look me over.
cowboy, occupational lore, occupation
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
15
Everett Brisendine
These Old Hands
These old hands may be big and ugly.
hands, work, Arizona, home
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
16
Everett Brisendine
The Buckskin with a Stripe Down His Back
I rode out on a ridge.
harem, mares, stallion, buckskin, remuda, stud, wild horses
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
18
Everett Brisendine
The Sleepered Bull of Beaver Canyon
In Arizona's rugged mountains.
Beaver Creek, Arizona, Beaver Canyon, wild cows, Sleepered Bull, calf, bull, branding
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
19
Everett Brisendine
A Tool of the Trade
Don't condemn this old saddle.
saddle, gear, Flagstaff, Navajo, hock, pawn
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
20
Everett Brisendine
The Orajana Bull
I was ridin one morning.
riding, Old Stranger, maverick, rope, Orajana Bull, roping, charging, bull
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
22
Everett Brisendine
A Cowboy is Going to Town
In the mail I got a letter.
East, mail, letter, invitation, rawhide, Smithsonian, Washington D.C., women, West
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
23
Everett Brisendine
The Big Roping
I went into the Big Roping.
roping, Corrientes, competition
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
24
Everett Brisendine
Life is Like a Game of Poker
I went to church on Sunday.
Sunday, church, preacher, God, poker, life, game, luck, belief, deal, cards
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
25
Everett Brisendine
A Cowboys Thinkin'
The Good Book says there will be a great roundup.
Bible, Judgment Day, heaven, afterlife, angels, belief
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
26
Everett Brisendine
Signs of the Times
Seems like everybody going crazy.
confusion, progress, modern day, politicians, politics, political parties, vote, taxes
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
27
Everett Brisendine
The Subdivisions
I rode back into some Country.
memories, progress, mobile homes, development, modern times, landscaping, dam, subdivisions
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
28
Everett Brisendine
All Kinds of Cowboys
I could tell you a lot of stories.
cowboys, story, windies, Dutch ovens, memories, occupational lore, occupation
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
30
Everett Brisendine
Never Give Up
There are times everything goes wrong.
luck, trouble, despair, hope, disappointment, quitters, winners, tenacity
One Man of a Kind
FC 11 B-17
31
Everett Brisendine
Farewell to the Festival in Washington, D.C.
Now folks I want to tell you.
Washington, D.C., story, Arizona, memories, experience, East, West, folks, adios
Ballads of the Book Cliffs
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
FC 11 B-18
5
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
To: A Slightly Wonderful Old Gentleman--My Father
Who used to hold me on his knee.
father, childhood, parent, tribute, devotion
Ballads of the Book Cliffs
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
FC 11 B-18
6
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
Her Porch of Screen
She was so small, barely five foot two.
housework, wife, death, love, fragility, woman
Ballads of the Book Cliffs
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
FC 11 B-18
7
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
The Rim rocks
There is a land called Utah...a land sunburned and dry.
Utah, land, dry, rim rock, canyon, bunchgrass, Bitter Creek, children ,barefoot, play, memories, bittersweet
Ballads of the Book Cliffs
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
FC 11 B-18
8
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
Brewer's Rock
She towers a top her pedestal encircled by the sage.
nature, prehistoric, rock, ranch, Brewer's Rock, time, aging, memories, life
Ballads of the Book Cliffs
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
FC 11 B-18
11
Frank A. Brewer
Gusty Winds
My name is Gusty Winds.
wind, breeze, tornado, thunder, lightning
Ballads of the Book Cliffs
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
FC 11 B-18
12
Frank A. Brewer
Old Horse
Old horse your days are numbered.
horse, Buck, lame, grass, companion, friendship, companionship
Ballads of the Book Cliffs
Frank A. Brewer and Frances Brewer Steiner
FC 11 B-18
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Frank A. Brewer
Don't Feed Your Chickens Meat
Mother nature made her chickens to thrive on corn and wheat.
chickens, poultry, chicken feed, meat, meat-eaters, eagle, disposition