FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Still in the Mountains
FC 11 D-18
33
John C. Dofflemyer
Sulphur
You know the way they came to name Sulphur Peak
Still in the Mountains
FC 11 D-18
34
John C. Dofflemyer
Satisfied
I might have said more, put another shovelful of sand against the current another rocky obstacle to slow the tide and listen, let its friction whisper me to sleep.
Still in the Mountains
FC 11 D-18
35
John C. Dofflemyer
Last Gate
The valley pulls away in a haze, packs its orchards and hardware stores off to another time.
Still in the Mountains
FC 11 D-18
36
John C. Dofflemyer
One Moment, Please!
In these hills, a man finds space that feels familiar and friendly, and it must ask in ways where we hang empty words like ribbon just to find our way back but we stay a moment and let our horses blow.
Still in the Mountains
FC 11 D-18
37
John C. Dofflemyer
Rhymes
Pity not the poet's rumbling drum his dull anvil and brittling stirrup
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11D-19
5
John C. Dofflemyer
tennis shoes
i know a young cowboy who tunnels chemise busts manzanita jumps draws full of trees
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
13
John C. Dofflemyer
elko '89
i watched wally's hand shake as i sat ans stared in fear listened to his words quake, "what was i doin' here?"
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
14-15
John C. Dofflemyer
hands
creased hats and faces show wear in places time has used and weather worn there's seldom born any more abused
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
16-17
John C. Dofflemyer
the itinerant cowboy
it weren't no office chair he rode with his feet upon a rug nor controled atmosphere he strode without a single bug
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
19
John C. Dofflemyer
handshake
whether a man rides a horse to work or in places thet'd drive me beserk to shine a chair with polyester pants with lots of rules, fewer "can's than cant's"
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
18
John C. Dofflemyer
champagne
i've found a drink tends to unwind my tongue and lubricate my mind for fun and oft another increase my joy 'til i'm a smooth and clever boy
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
19
John C. Dofflemyer
housecleanin'
before the storm the ravens soar on the turbulent gusts of Her breath the cattle settle before the pour with their backs to the cold and wet
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
20
John C. Dofflemyer
loren
the latigo's worn in the same ole place and the salt stacked white on the leather the stamp is shallow that old knees erase and his saddle's been left in the weather
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
21
John C. Dofflemyer
herds
most dads are great for late advice and words sometimes just won't suffice but there's one rule that serves me well cowboys know and i'm here to tell
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
22
John C. Dofflemyer
truth
anyone can avoid the truth and lies seem easy in our youth but as we grow past make-believe we get stuck to the webs we weave
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
22-24
John C. Dofflemyer
bargain at farewell
when i was a lad of sixteen and took me a job packin' mules i didn't 'low much to be seen thet i learned in them private schools
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
25
John C. Dofflemyer
from california
the "g-men" are beatin' the good trails to dust with promisn' talk that's too loose to trust or leavin' a flake by the gate into town and makin' a gather for the weak ones around
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
26
John C. Dofflemyer
rainbows
when i was young and didn't know some things in life were mostly show i chased rainbows for pots of gold and believed the things that i was told
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
26-27
John C. Dofflemyer
finally one
a cowman appreciates good times feed knee deep and sound thet rhymes bugs and birds on an uneasy wind known' soon she'll come to an end.
Black
FC 11 D-19
27
John C. Dofflemyer
for haley thorn
since i am my father's child i like horses that are wild and that's the way i'd like to be runnin' loose wild and free
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
28
John C. Dofflemyer
sensin' somethin'
have you ever wondered how you come upon this trail thet you think you kinda see in the distant swale you hardly hesitate yore a pushin' right along recordin' all you see as you hum a happy song
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-17
29
willow buena
she'd break in two when she was young or on cold mornin's just for fun
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
30
John C. Dofflemyer
a hard rock driller
some men are measured by their tools with numbered meanin's just for fools i figger value in terms more fair like "can you tell when he's been there?"
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
31
John C. Dofflemyer
backtrack
i've found as i'm gettin' older lookin'back on some things thet i've tried thet life jess won't let you hold 'er without leavin' her scars on your hide
Sensin' Somethin'
FC 11 D-19
32
John C. Dofflemyer
Earl McKee
Robert Frost never built a fence between a neighbor as fine as mine, who shared more than his cow sense on both sides of the line.