FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

Room

I figger there's little left I haven't tried, the best and worst, I pack inside and what remains I might refine;

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

thet strawberry nightmare

you've heard all about thet strawberry roan, thet Curley tried ridin' in story and song

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

One man ride

you roll out the mornin' and you saddles ole shy, down a few cups o coffee with nobody's goodbye

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

Proper poets

Nature and love seem to collide with proper poets or under hide,

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

Global warmin'

They claim the methane gas that bovine's pass contributes to global warmin; what ore dinosaur emits from regular shits, musta made the jungle charmin

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

To raise a calf

There's too many things you hafta do, most of which is planned for you, recordin' it all for governments, most of which don't make sense to even them.

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

Missin

I miss campfires where tales trail off, coffee cups with a whiskey cough, huddled men with the front side warm or under a fly amidst the storm;

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

woodpeckers

I laid my gear 'ginst a liveoak to shade me and my mount

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

cords

I've cut the vas deferens in so many brandin, pens,

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

Brandin's

I've begun to think that brandin's might be more for men than cattle, as neighbors' brand understandin's with each mark of the red-hot metal.

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

Time to go

Time to take my bedroll and pack saddles off the wall, time to find thet lonesome

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

the heart

i've been in spots i've turned to prayer cussed, raised hell, wished i wasn't there and managed to survive them all with a couple of scars and no big fall

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

the frog chorus

the fall and the winter weren't wet and the grass grew green but not tall it had all the signs of a sure bet that we'd be get little or no feed at all

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

signs

i've looked for signs of comin' rain on dusty slopes of steep terrain and find the drought has crept inside and to my brain and through my hide

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

50-51

John C. Dofflemyer

in a collar

i've not much use for politics or men well-fed and full o' tricks thet make a livin' on despair; sometimes i think they really care carefully

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

the spirit

i know at times i think a little too much and get sorta sad in light of the facts a chasin' down the "why's" that i can't touch not lettin' this poor ole mind of mine relax

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

a l ittle pride

the tools of the trade are packed with some pride usu'lly on a good hoss that he's earned to ride and thet can stand up and watch a cow close always ready to work wherever he goes

Sensin' Somethin'

FC 11 D-19

John C. Dofflemyer

the choice

there's always forks in roads and trails for folks who ponder what life entails some are asphalt with faster lanes and some are dim in steep terrains

Galloping Shoes

FC 11 O-7

3-4

Will H. Ogilvie

Hymn to Diana

Dian ! Hear us when we pray

Galloping Shoes

FC 11 O-7

5-6

Will H. Ogilvie

The Game of Our Hearts

This is the game of our hearts! Foot to the stirrup! Away!

Galloping Shoes

FC 11 O-7

7-8

Will H. Ogilvie

The Opening Run

The rain-sodden grass in the ditches is dying the berries are red to the crest of the thorn

Galloping Shoes

FC 11 O-7

9-11

Will H. Ogilvie

The First Flight

While there's one on his feet with a tale to repeat and another is sampling a drink

Galloping Shoes

FC 11 O-7

12-13

Will H. Ogilvie

The Veteran

He asks no favor from the Field, no forward place demands

Galloping Shoes

FC 11 O-7

14-15

Will H. Ogilvie

The Perfect Hat

The Bowler and the Wide-awke the Topper and the Straw The Homburg and the Helmet May be hats without a flaw

Galloping Shoes

FC 11 O-7

Will H. Ogilvie

Tom Moody

Death had beckoned with grisly hand to the finest Whip in hunting-land