FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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Michael Whitaker
Mountain Prayer
The beauty is vast beneath you with the colors that run deep.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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224
Michael Whitaker
Rockin' Diamond G
It was early summer. The snow was still low, a few more weeks 'til it melted away.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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226
Michael Whitaker
Them Ol' Cowboy Days
Al ol' crusty cowboy who lived of the land, my gran'daddy raised me in the state of Montana.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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229
Michael Whitaker
Lingerin' Memories
Up the side of this over-grown hill, over Scouts Pass and then down to the lake.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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233
Michael Whitaker
A Cowboy of Old
On a cool summer's evenin' by an open campfire my uncle sits all alone.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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235
Michael Whitaker
On Occasions
I've been known to simply drag up and head down my own trail.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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237
Michael Whitaker
The Carver
He digs through a pile of scrap and finds the perfect piece.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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239
Michael Whitaker
Whiskey Friday Night
His old white barn hides in the dark.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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243
Michael Whitaker
Standin' Proud and Tall
This here's a story I must share a tale of no compare.
Cowboy Poetry: The Gathering
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247
Michael Whitaker
Cow Camp
I'm usually not a sentimental man; usually not this way.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
17
Ty Stockton
The Last Frontiersman?
It's said by many the cowboy is gone, that his duties are no longer needed.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
19
Kent Stockton
Ridin' with the Poets of the Past
I throw my kack on Bomber's back an' ride the timberline, or the two of us might pace the prairie vast.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
21
Kent Stockton
The Long Shadows Time
Those moments just before the dusk inspire a man to rhyme
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
23
Kent Stockton
Poor Ol' Wyoming
Wyoming's just a Third-World State, the Eastern moguls say
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
27
Kent Stockton
A Country Boy's Trip to Yellowstone
Brief essay about Mike Miller, inverate horse packer.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
13
Kent Stockton
The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
The campfire has gone out, he said last line in his sad verse
About a poem Slim Kite recited.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
45
Kent Stockton
The Cowboy's Art
Around the turn of the century Vaqueros held sway in the west.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
31
Kent Stockton
The Golden Rope
One day while in town I was spendin' my roll and I stopped in the local tack store.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
33
Kent Stockton
Heelin' Steers is Easy
Ain't nothin' to heelin' a damned ol' steer, he said with voice deep an' steady.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
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37
Kent Stockton
The Houlihan
To rope a steer by head or heel ain't really all that tough, An' snarin' calves ain't no big deal If you've done it long enough;
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
39
Kent Stockton
Saddle Cents
A crusty ol' rancher limped into Joe's store, Packin' a worn-out kack.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
41
Kent Stockton
My Hamley
There's some mightly nice saddles that's built nowadays, Most of 'em low roper seats.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
43
Kent Stockton
Stiff
The snow was blowin' level-straight, like marbles 'crost a table.
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
25
Kent Stockton
Balancin' the Books
The shadows stretched out longer as the sun was sinkin' low,
Cowboy Poetry: The Campfire Ain't Quite Out
Kent Stockton
FC 11 S-59
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Kent Stockton
The Quick Dip
The nice folks at the Flyin' A had asked us to recite some cowboy songs an' poems for their guests one Friday night.