FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

103

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

The Chair and Crystal at Dinner

Tonight the house is empty, I'm here alone.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

104

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

And Then There's Woolly Buggars

There's a reason the good Lord said "Feed my sheep."

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

105

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

A Cowboy's Cherokee Tears

It's four days before Christmas 2002.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

107

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Wranglin' Old Lucifer

I've told a lot of stories about experiences in my life.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

109

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Had I Known You Then

Had I known you then and brought a rose.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

110

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

For Her, My Love Song

Naked in the dawn she sleeps as I watch her breasts rise and fall.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

111

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

The Greatest Strength

Softness, yes I say Softness, Lovingness.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

112

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Duty and Honor

I am Pegasus, The Horse.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

112

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Behold the Horse

Beauty and power, he moves in shadows.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

113

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Happiness by Force or Choice?

Consider these thoughts: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change."

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

114

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

What If? I Did. I Can"

What if this breath were my very last.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

116

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

State of Mind

Freedom is a state of mind.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

117

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

An Angel Passed By Me

Amid the snow flowers I saw a princess pass.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

118

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Sanctuary

There's a trail that follows the middle fork.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

119

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

A Place Called Cripple Creek

There's stories men don't tell when kids and women are around.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

122

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Ode to Mr. He

In the mist of morning I saw him there.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

123

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Some Love Left

In a world that can be ugly as a banshee's grin.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

124

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

The Keys

Any life run on Natural Man's Self Will can only end in frustration.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

125

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Still a Hero or St. Anne's Knight

Well, the circus is over and we can go about our daily lives.

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

126

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

We're the Class of '57

We are here to celebrate our 40 years.

Time Not Measured by a Clock: Cowboy Poetry from the life of a Cowboy Wife

FC 11 J-14

Carole Jarvis

I'm Glad I Still Live Where There's Cowboys

I'm glad I still live where there's cowboys.

brand, roundup, history, buckaroos, calves, hide, spurs, jeans, Stetsons, pickups, rigs, cow dogs, hay bales, West

Time Not Measured by a Clock: Cowboy Poetry from the life of a Cowboy Wife

FC 11 J-14

Carole Jarvis

Once A Cowboy, Always A Cowboy

See that cowboy there? He used to ride the rough string.

Time Not Measured by a Clock: Cowboy Poetry from the life of a Cowboy Wife

FC 11 J-14

Carole Jarvis

All's Well That Ends Well: A Day in the Life of a Mom and Pop Cow Operation

Hey Honey, gotta move those cows today.

cowboy, pasture, storm, intuition, stray, grass, fence, lightning, thunder, rain, gate

Time Not Measured by a Clock: Cowboy Poetry from the life of a Cowboy Wife

FC 11 J-14

Carole Jarvis

A Guest of Mother Nature

I watched the moon play hide and seek.

lightning, wind, storm, desert, coyote

What I Learned On the Way to Life: Insights and Concepts learned along the way..

FC 11 J-15

Hans "Jake" Jeppson

Hot Blood

Amid the mist of morning, a black dream floats adorning.