FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Boulders and Ben

Old Ben was still a button when I helped 'im gather steers from the cedars and the boulders where the Cimmarron appears as a distant line of emerald in the valley far below

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

The Crucible

Well, I never worried much about the weather ner the work tho at times it weren't too pleasuresome fer shore crystal moments settin horseback midst the birthin of the sun seemed to always keep me comin back for more.

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Dilemmas Dance

A patch work quilt of wagons waits with sleepy patient teams as laughter gilds the frosty evenin air a puncher sorrel pricks his ears as rowels strike the floor impatient for the journey yet to share

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Mosaics

One lone remaining relic left reclining on its plate rebuked us all for sissies in deciding on its fate fer since the bunch had eaten til our sides began to burst the last large piece of homemade pie had grown to be accursed

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Nothing of Value

Despair and disgust trod overgrown trace a weathered old wagon in tow

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Taller Times

It's a lonesome sorta feelin when the outfitsells the pairs fer the saddle house is empty and the vacant bunkhouse stares out across the curing gramma where the cavvy used to graze

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Divorce

He'd spent all mornin packin gear on them mules shoulda been done in a hour weren't no use to hurry this'd be th last time anyhow some syndicate had bought the place for a playground

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

The Cooks Tale

Sittin 'round after supper while swappin some lies the boys spun their tales of the past til cousie was asked how he had come to be cook and shrank from the look that he cast

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Riches

When the night winds cease their sighin' and the moon is shinin' bright

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Quirks of Life

Ol Idaho had lived alone for nigh on thirty years and seemed to be content with solitude his name was long since trampled 'neath the nooves of Texas steers and none that met his gaze had dared intrude

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Henry

The Double Mountain, Salt Fork, and Yellowhouse too knew the tracks of his horses thru fresh mornin dew

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Moil on the Mesa

Frank had shipped out all his yearlins (cept for those that got away)

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

The Namesake

Say' lead me out a pony that's been raised amongst the rocks for hooves as hard as tempered steel and tuffness in his hocks s

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Slipknots

A quiet knot of hardened men stood somber as a judge 'round the shrouded figure lain in deaths repose

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Rugged Reverence

Ol Cheyenne never made it thru the run the night before but none had missed a turn at standin guard and kept the cattle headed with their noses t'ward the north tho some would say their ways werer just too hard

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Wanderlust

I was checkin the mares in the dim light of dusk and noticed the stud horse was gone so I searched til the dark sent me packin to camp where I grumbled and fretted til dawn

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

The Usin Kind

You say that Grey's a good un what's the breedin on the scamp?

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Farce and Folly

They'd placed 'em in a corner lot where all could view their traits nicely matched in size and color weren't much difference in their weights

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Trainin Camp

We had started in to breakin on a colt that shore was takin

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Forked as they Come

You can save them gently ponies for the wimmen and the kids and ketch me one that's walleyes, tuff, and rank

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Rapport

A rider loomed from swirlin mists and broncs astandin tied

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

The Throwback

Tho the chickens do much better if they ain't a draggin ropes and calves and pigs and dogs much more content

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

The Benevolent Mare

The bay mare brought a string of colts that kept us all afoot

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Ridin for the Brand

We rode for the brand 'til they fired us when screw worms were whipped in the fall,

JB The Circle

Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner

FC 11 A-17

J.B. Allen

Practicality

We built ol Waco's coffin from a pile of fencin planks then slid 'im in and hammered down the lid it wouldn't do for folks who came to pay their last respects to see 'im naked as his Mama did