FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

Wild Raspberries

Roads, trails, cabin sites, logging areas Everywhere the soil is disturbed Nature sends her ground-keepers: Thistles, fireweed, asters-- Known to most of us as "weeds." My favorite companion of change, Wile raspberry, likes altitude.

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Peggy Godfrey

Story

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Peggy Godfrey

What Now?

A dog got in with my sheep a small bunch doing yard work in town Only two ewes remain in the pen One, head lowered, bloody and chewed on.

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Peggy Godfrey

Raising Sheep In Colorado

Story.

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Peggy Godfrey

Finding Treasures

Story.

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Peggy Godfrey

Old Dogs, New Tricks

Story

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Peggy Godfrey

Prayers of a Guard Dog

Large white guardian of my small flock of ewes Deep "woof woof" echoes across the silent valley Toby's on night watch Stay away coyote, stray dogs.

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

Shepherd Things

Story.

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Peggy Godfrey

Musings of a post-conventional resolutionary

Oh, God, Creator of ostrich and avocado Porcupine and Episcopalian Grant me The grace to appreciate Your wisdom and sense of humor. Amen.

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Peggy Godfrey

To Resolve or Not to Resolve

Can eagle speak for meadowlark Can mouse speak for ladybug Can coyote speak for frog How best to honor God?

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Peggy Godfrey

Noah Days

Some days I feel like Noah Might have felt When he started cutting trees For the ark. My life has direction But my day doesn't appear so.

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

Let's Craft Our Unity

Shall we create a vessel in which our anger and confusion Our fears and sorrows Our death and life Our praise and joy Can be prayerfully raised to God?

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Peggy Godfrey

Nectarine Meditation

I am the God of over-ripe fruit Who will teach you how to gently ease Each individual away from its soft neighbor. Never judge by appearance or blemish Instead, pare away rot and mold.

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

Who sees the butterfly fluttering Behind the slatted fence Unless one loves to glimpse truth Rather that pin it to cardboard-- Mount and frame freedom's corpse.

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

Confession

I'm tired Of not being alone Having a constant vigil Of being the always-burning candle. I'm weary Of well-doing Never having a day off.

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Peggy Godfrey

Meditations

I am the God of the 100th lamb Not with the flock and in some sort of jam I am the God of the 100th lamb.

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Peggy Godfrey

Dogies

I've lost count of how many times Some milk cow of mine Got saddled wtih the chore Of raising another cow's calf-- a twin, a hungry or poorly-mothered "orphan."

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

If God Is the Fire

Story

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Peggy Godfrey

God has Been the Woman

Who comforts me when no one else is near When pain is so sharp, breathtaking, that I can't even say where it hurts Sings me lullabies during nights when I can't rest Holds me gently in Her vast silence when I need gentleness and quiet.

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

Not Your Usual Night Light!

Story

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Peggy Godfrey

Partners

I am called to co-creation partner with God In whose likeness My spirit was made In the silen, God-ward seeking.

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Peggy Godfrey

Middle School

I love half-grown puppies Full of personality Overflowing with "try" No longer round balls of fur Now they're all leg and tail.

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

This aching in my chest These tears, this confusion And you know how poets are!! They want a name for everything. It's been chaos in my head and heart A struggle to push beyond the tears And it came to me this morning.

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FC 11 G-37

Peggy Godfrey

Story.

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FC 11 G-17

Peggy Godfrey

Story