FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Cow Tracks on the Land

FC 11 B-66

139

Lona Tankersley Burkhart

Christmas Prayer From the Mountian Country

Dear God, who made these mountians, to which, in reverence we thrill. You, who filled the midnite sky with stars, please, make us to understand Your Will.

Cow Tracks on the Land

FC 11 B-66

140

Lona Tankersley Burkhart

Cow Country Christmas Thoughts

The price of hay sure gone sky high. The water trough has sprung a leak. The price of cows makes you sigh. Now that mud holes belly deep.

Cow Tracks on the Land

FC 11 B-66

142

Lona Tankersley Burkhart

We are not Alone

Love thy God, thy Father, and for thy sins atone. Love thy neighbor, you shall not be alone. As He suffered upon the cross, from our sins, us to save.

Cow Tracks on the Land

FC 11 B-66

145

Lona Tankersley Burkhart

No Regrets

I've loved my life, as I've loved the land, when it was open, free and grand. No matter what others might say, I would not trade for yesterday,

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

A Frog's View

Prose: Patricia and I were sitting at a window table in our favorite resteraunt located on a busy downtown intersection. We were both studying the people-zoo passing by outside.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Gatherin Strays

Ambers said, "We've got two strays to catch. In the morning we'll start before light. I'll meet you at dad's with my horse

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Cow Pies

Prose: A few years back I went to Elko, Nevada cowboy poetry gathering. It is traditionally held late January or February when ranch life slows down a bit.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Howling at the Moon

It was a full moon night all was snowy white. Sitting in the outhouse with open door for light. Breath floating on air as stars I did stare.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Shooting House Flies

Prose: Our old farmhouse sat way back off the road down a long driveway. There was clear visibility a quarter mile both directions down the road.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Hemorrhoids

Prose: While I was a police officer in 1961 working for the city of Garden Grove, my hemorrhoids became so bad I had to visit the doctor assigned by our department.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Bent Handcuffs

Prose: Andy and I were dispatched to check out a person lying on the sidewalk acting crazy. We found a big young man, 20 years old, 250 lbs, 6'4" plus

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Cockroach

Prose: Because I was broke, I decided one day to eat in the army mess hall. After going through the chow line, I sat down and dug into a big pile of cooked fresh spinach.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Randy

Prose: During the mid- 1980's, I worked in the department of public safety for a large private senior citizen community of several thousand residents.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

This Hat

This hat you see on my white hair Once had grace and form Weather, sweat and years Made it look well worn

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Carbide Gas

Prose: Calcium Carbide pellets were sold by rural hardware stores in the 1940's and 50's. The pellets looked like grey gravel about the size of pinto beans and came packaged in a silvery-painted one-pound can.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

A View of the Outhouse

Prose: Our outhouse as 25 yards behind the main house and slightly off to the side next to the fence of one of our fields.

Frank's Sampler

FC 11 T-15

Frank Thornburgh

Cowboy Wisdom

Never miss a chance to rest your horse If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.