FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Robert V. Carr
When She Goes to Get the Mail
She hain't got any dimunds nor a rustlin' lot o' silk.
complexion, mail, longing, parting, face
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132
Robert V. Carr
The Princess of Desire
Lem Scobey, of the Flying V, tells out the tale one night to me.
desire, infatuation, smitten, courting, Raltons, Sheriff Ben, duty, death, tears, epic, courtship
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140
Robert V. Carr
The Man You Couldn't Get
You can cry and you can try to the very day you die.
unrequited love, broken heart, breaking up, jilted, heartache, memories
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142
Robert V. Carr
Sary
When Sary waves her hand to me.
wave, joy, smile, goodby, parting
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143
Robert V. Carr
A Lothario of the Range
If Love won't come to me today.
love, frustration, girlfriend
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145
Robert V. Carr
Boy, Will You Care?
Onct, twilight time, we's out an' she jes' looks away -- away from me.
sunset, aging, love, future
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151
Robert V. Carr
Green Prairies
Green prairies, green prairies all drenched in the rain.
prairie, light, shadow
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152
Robert V. Carr
The Ranch House
Upon the logs a wolf hide hangs.
home, house, family, baby
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Robert V. Carr
The Spring Roundup
A world of dust peopled by strange shapes that whirl and plunge and rear.
roundup, work, occupation, rest
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154
Robert V. Carr
The Camp's Asleep
The camp's asleep and thro' the gloom.
camp, night, sleep, wagon, covered wagons
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Robert V. Carr
Twilight on the Range
To soft subdue the wide wastes to its thrall.
twilight, evening
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Robert V. Carr
The Crocus
Shadow-shapes of skulking wolves along the bluffs
crocus, hope, spring, wolves, nature, snow
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Robert V. Carr
Tiger Lilies
Warrior flowers, with tossing plumes of red.
flowers, tiger lilies, nature
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Robert V. Carr
Sage Brush
A dusty trail, a burning sky, and splotch of leprous alkali.
sagebrush, nature, landscape
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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14
Bob A. Carson
A Cowboy's Prayer
Oh Lord, I've never lived where angels grow.
belief, God, prayer
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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15
Bob A. Carson
Sell the Pony
My pony has grown too small.
growing up, pony
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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16
Bob A. Carson
The Little Runaway
When the winter snow began to fall.
thoroughbred
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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17
Bob A. Carson
Expecting Something
There's a little fellow at the corral mighty good.
children, childhood, Christmas
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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18
Bob A. Carson
Many a Slip Between Cup and Lip
Many a slip between cup and lip.
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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19
Bob A. Carson
Never Alone in the Corral
I'm never alone in the corral with horses.
horse training
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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20
Bob A. Carson
For Me, My Friends
Be for me, friends, now that I am here.
freedom
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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21
Bob A. Carson
My Journey
My journey, and the darkness of night.
encounter, attraction
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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22
Bob A. Carson
A Horse and Day
My horse and I wake upon a morning fair.
riding
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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23
Bob A. Carson
Sage Brush on the Flats
When good old days to evenings turn.
sagebrush, comfort, fire
Poems of American Cowboys & Nature
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Bob A. Carson
Schooled Horses
Schooled horses get praise.
horse training