FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
82
Arthur Chapman
The Hill-Man's Lullaby
The city's fine and purty with its blaze of 'electric lights.
coyote, howl, sleep
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
84
Arthur Chapman
An Oklahoma Reminiscence
She's standin' there, by the pasture fence, crippled and old and gray.
horse, Oklahoma, gray mare, race, reminisce
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
86
Arthur Chapman
The Rattlesnake
No craven, thou, all silently to strike.
rattlesnake, snakebite cure, snake
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
87
Arthur Chapman
The Remittance Man
Nobody seemed to know him, and nobody seemed to care.
counterfeiter, money
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
89
Arthur Chapman
Navajo
Rough are the trails we follow, hot are the winds we face.
Navajo, Indians
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
91
Arthur Chapman
The Santa Fe Trail
It winds o'er prairie and o'er crest.
Santa Fe Trail
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
92
Arthur Chapman
The Cattle Rustlers
The spirit that lived in old Sherwood's lanes.
Robin Hood, rustlers, rustling
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
93
Arthur Chapman
The Trail Bond
They have seen the storm clouds marshaled above the spire like peak.
brotherhood, bond
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
94
Arthur Chapman
At the Cliff Dwelling
Like swallow's nest, upon the wall, it overlooks the canyon vast.
cliff dwelling, child, hand-print, past
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
95
Arthur Chapman
The Seagulls of Salt Lake
The desert hush is on all things, one hears no crash of breakers wild.
seagulls, Salt Lake, dead sea, waves
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
96
Arthur Chapman
In Mesa-Land
In Mesa-Land the sand dunes stretch afar.
silence, peace, sand, mesa
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
97
Arthur Chapman
The Forest Fire
The smoke-clouds roll like an angry flood.
fire, forest fire, nature, time
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
99
Arthur Chapman
Trail Song
The lead horse bends to the task, full strong.
mountain crest, climbing, rest
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
100
Arthur Chapman
The Fire-Fighters
"Where's Smith and Hennessy, Edwards, Stowe...?"
firefighters, fire fighting
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
101
Arthur Chapman
The Geysers of the Yellowstone
What Tantalus is chained below, to sigh thus through the years.
Yellowstone, geysers
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
102
Arthur Chapman
The Dude Wrangler
Bring me some good red likker -- the kind that smokes in the glass.
dude, greenhorn, Yellowstone Pass, liquor
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
104
Arthur Chapman
The Old Yaller Slicker
The old yaller slicker's the cowpuncher's friend.
yellow slicker, slicker, gear, clothing, style, rain
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
105
Arthur Chapman
October on the Sheep Range
There ain't no leaves to turn to gold, there ain't a tree in sight.
autumn, October, sheep
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
106
Arthur Chapman
The Hermit
He watches where the wild deer drink.
hermit
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
107
Arthur Chapman
Watering the Trail Herd
The sand dunes stand, 'mid desert sheen.
water, watering hole, dry, desert
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
108
Arthur Chapman
The Cliff Dwelling
On the cold, gray wall of the canyon deep.
cliff dwelling, petroglyphs, art, past
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
110
Arthur Chapman
The Camel Ride of Arroyo Al
With an old, goat-whiskered burro, that had seen a better day.
prospector, Death Valley, burro, camels
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
67
Arthur Chapman
The Diamond Drill Man
He's cut as clean as a new-made coin.
strength, personality, gold,
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
69
Arthur Chapman
Tex
Tex was all we called him, in them days--
rope, drink, gambling, shoot, dance, governor, East
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
71
Arthur Chapman
The Traders
Cowboys is the durndest boys to swap.
change things, deal, saddle, bridle, wives, trade