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
23
J.B. Allen
Kings and Slaves
Fierce as grizzlies in the springtime pourd as sage hens caught in rut
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
18
J.B. Allen
Stragglers
A trail gits long and weary driftin cattle thru the snow there ain't no way to hurry things alone
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
16
J.B. Allen
Fountain of Youth
Ain't it funny how a feller rides a horse from dawn to dusk and never says a word about his back til his missus sorta mentions that the grass is needin moved and ain't about to cut 'im any slack
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
36
Joel Nelson
Incarnation of a Medicine Keeper
Steeped in the unwritten code and thereby permeated by the mores and manners of the horseback clan he was thus assimilated by a culture few would cling to for it better fits the solitary man
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
37
Chuck Milner
There are those who study and admire the west
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
38
Jack Douglas
JB Allen was a friend of mine our friendship stood the test ot time
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
39
Randy Rieman
When Duward Campbell asked me if I would be willing to "write a little something" to be included in this new volume of JB's poetry, I quickly responded, "Yes, I would be honored!"
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
40
Jayson Jones
I think I was about eighteen or nineteen the first time I ever worked with J.B. I was still pretty green, and he was the first one to let me know just how green I was.
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
41
Dale Burson
In everyone's life there are many aquaintances, some become friends, others become good friends, and if you are blessed there might be a true friend or two.
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
42
Red Steagall
When history records the great American wordsmiths who lived during our time, J.B. Allen will be recognized as one of the great poets of his generation.
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
44
Gail Stieger
I first saw J.B.Allen in 1988 at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. He was in a session of Texas poets and you could tell right away that he knew what he was talking about. I sure admired him. Everything about him said: cowpuncher.
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
45
Tom Sharpe
J.B.'s voice resembled "some ol bull that's got the croup" but "men like him was who had set the mold."
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
46
Rod Taylor
I've been pondering for awhile now as to how to write this down for JB and Margaret. Today I rode a less travled trail to Deer Lake Mesa to prowl for our springer heifers. When I got back to the trailer, before Ioaded Dobbin and went home, here's what I wrote.
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
47
Rob Farrell
I'll never forget the first time I heard J.B. Allen. It was the Poetry Gathering in Alpine int eh late '80s. Marc Myers and I looked at each other and said, "Who is that guy"?
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
48
Frank Winters
I was asked to write down some of the things I remember about J.B., there were a lot. Okay, here goes. J.B. was a great friend. We went a lot of miles horseback together.
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
49
Waddie Mitchell
Lonesome
It's defined as unaccompanied, secluded, disavowed yet lonesome can be present even when you're in a crowd
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
50
Duward Campbell
As we had done many times before, JB and I were driving down the road together.
tribute to J.B. Allen
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
52
J.B. Allen
Bits of life
For poems as lovely as a tree don't come a lookin 'round at me I tend to write the dirt and sweat or ringy bronks I turned loose wet
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
53
J.B. Allen
Missin the Mark
With that easy way of goin four ol ponies come to town totein weary hardened hombres
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
54
J.B. Allen
Neighborin
"I shore hate to miss a workin," says McSweeny on the phone,
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
56
J.B. Allen
Small Mysterys
Ol red buck singlefooted thru the sea of prickly pear never needin spur or rein to hold the trail
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
57
J.B. Allen
Wishful Thinkin
The owl conducted seminars on usin what you've got and dancin with what brung you to each ones favored spot
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
58
J.B. Allen
Priorities
The fiddler eased his weary frame upon the nearest bench
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
59
J.B. Allen
Bunkhouse Lawyer
Just a mite too bronky yet was what ol Rooster told the boss
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
60
J.B. Allen
A Common Bond
There's a gremlin follers me around and gethers up my tools