FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse

FC 11 M-43

160

Larry McWhorter

The Tooth Mogul

Proverbs warns us against trying to make the fast buck.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse

FC 11 M-43

165

Larry McWhorter

Toilet Training

The Panhandle weather has always been pretty unpredictable.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse

FC 11 M-43

175

Larry McWhorter

Taylor Martin

I had flat had it!

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse

FC 11 M-43

180

Larry McWhorter

Spud

Spud Hawkins was notorious for his pranks.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse

FC 11 M-43

182

Larry McWhorter

Stayin' Put

I went on my first gather and drive when I was about six years old.

Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out

Kent Stockton

FC 11 S-59

Ty Stockton

The Funeral Home

Ms. Wilson was born into money. A cultured and elegant lass.

Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out

Kent Stockton

FC 11 S-59

Ty Stockton

Rodeo Promise

I may not be ready to hang up my spurs on a rusty old nail on the wall.

Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out

Kent Stockton

FC 11 S-59

Kent Stockton

Top Hand

The West has spawned some punchers who'd shine in any group

dedicated to Tami Larsen

Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out

Kent Stockton

FC 11 S-59

Ty Stockton

Thank the Cowboy for the Ride

Written by Ty Stockton as a eulogy to Chris LeDoux, Special to the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, 10 March 2005

Cowpunchers, Sheepherders, and Plain Pig Farmers: Wild West Limericks

FC 11 P-13

Gwen Petersen and Jeane Rhodes

Tenderfoot Testaments

Said the city dude, Don't think me too silly

greenhorns

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

A Funeral Procession in Wyoming

Beat old hearse trailed by a black Cadillac.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Living in at Least Two Different Worlds

Back from the spring in the green draw.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Camping-Out Indoors

Nothing much to flare up, now days.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Mitch

My friend the shepherd.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Coup de Grace

He's seen it a thousand times.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Open Country

Can't do without it.

Cowboy Verse in the Traditional Style

FC 11 R-03

C. L. Rawlins

The Line Rider's Lament

This line shack ain't a mansion, but the walls hold up the roof.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Hoo-Rah in Cowtown

Minutes go down in drink.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Portrait of the American Cowboy

I look the part.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

FC 11 R-04

C.L. Rawlins

Warren

Three tries.

Now and Then: The Heart of a Cowboy

FC 11 R-16

Phillip Ryan

To My Best Friend and His Best Girl

True beauty is the joining of those two that just naturally fit.

Now and Then: The Heart of a Cowboy

FC 11 R-16

Phillip Ryan

My Little Sweet Lamb

Your faded pink blanket.

Now and Then: The Heart of a Cowboy

FC 11 R-16

Phillip Ryan

A Wish

I slumped.

Now and Then: The Heart of a Cowboy

FC 11 R-16

Phillip Ryan

A Special Prayer

Hear me Father, For I am weakening.

Now and Then: The Heart of a Cowboy

FC 11 R-16

Phillip Ryan

Mom

She's like a rock my mother.