FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
94
Paula Sisk
Sweet Lucille
There have been many before her and many aft'.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
99
Robert Service
The Cremation of Sam Magee
There are strange things done in the midnight sun.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
102
Verlin Pitt
Desert Rat
Way back in the eighteen hundreds men sought the yellow gold.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
103
Omar West
Friends
The stagecoach out of Abilene.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
105
French Camp Red
Dog Swamp Stranger
I remember that chilly October midnight.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
107
JK Reese
Bad Pete's Comin' to Town
I 'uz in the town of Rattler's Gulch.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
109
Debbie Burdic
The Rat Pack Mine
Uncle Raymond had this tale to tell.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
112
Leon Overbay
The Cross-Eyed Bull
While I was going to college I ran a show string of the Angus breed.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
114
Lynn Harwell
Bear Tale
Me an' Jim quit camp at dawn.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
116
Diane E. Harper
Midnight Cowboy
We signed up for the cattle drive, my city friends and I.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
117
Billy James
Who's There?
As I was layin' out one night.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
123
Gail I. Gardner
The Sierry Petes
Away up high in the Sierry Petes.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
125
Neal R. Torrey
Western Wear
The tourist looked at the cowboy, her eyes filled with curiosity.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
126
Don Tidwell
Poetic Competition
A colorful contender.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
127
Janice Gilbertson
Line Dance Lesson
I was walkin' up town past the hardware store.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
129
Michael Schroll
At the Airport
"He's got a bomb!" She yelled out loud.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
131
Bruce South
The Rough Ride
She left the big city for a much-needed rest.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
133
Ed Parrish
The Automatic Rope
Curley was a genius, though most thought he was a dope.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
135
Wild Bill Halbert
Runnin' fer 'is Life
One time out thar on tha rockin' W Ranch sticks.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
136
Jimmi Naylor
Sweet Thing
Looking through the Caller Times.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
139
Rudy Gonzales
Rudy's Handlebar Moustache
How long did it take you to grow that moustache?
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
141
Diana N. Wray
A Cowboy's Computer
A long time ago I had a job at a store.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
143
R.L. Ron Brinegar
Graduate
On a stage bound for Reno sat a Harvard graduate, beside him a cowboy.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
144
Diane Durrill
Each Line
Each line on this cowboy's face told of years and years of toil.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
145
Kay Homes Gibson
Gopher Holes
When my southern cousin came to visit.