FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
37
Virginia Bennett
Tapestry of Knots
In the quiet time of morning., when the moon is going down, She builds a cookstone fire with yesternews from town
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
40
Virginia Bennett
Susan's Piano
She told me it happened one Spring morning, as she sat in her house by the lake, ,With the door opened to the music of nature and a spirit in tune with the notes geese make.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
42
Virginia Bennett
Love at La Trot
Beneath a rusted roof of steel, and while clutching a calico cat, mary Ann's barn-lofty position offred her privacy not easily found.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
49
Virginia Bennett
The West had its Way With Me
Like an unruly garden given over to weeds years ago, the dream within me grew wild. Uncurbed, unleashed, encouraged to be free, seeds of discontent overtook the child.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
52
Virginia Bennett
As You Ride
As you ride the high sierra with your packstring and your pony, And your heart beats strong and lonely as the waves upon the sea, Does that eerie pull which drew us
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
54
Virginia Bennett
Upon the Leaving
Framed by knotted posts of pine and accentuated by a powdery dust, I pass into a world devoid of you, on a trotting horse, and leave, I must.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
59
Virginia Bennett
Turnin' Out Horses
There are some who buy drugs in dark alleys, and others who purchase alcohol's sting, Yet there's nothing as intoxicating as turnin' the horses out in the Spring
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
61
Virginia Bennett
Kindred Spirits
Gone is the span of time spent in guessing, Ripped, torn asunder, and cast at our feet. Stripped, we stand, with no window dressing, Such as it is, when like spirits meet.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
62
Virginia Bennett
Miraculous Moment
They can write all the books that they want to, they can shoot pictures 'til they're blue in the face. They can paint with all colors of the rainbow, or spout poetry with passion and grace.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
63
Virginia Bennett
At the Ranch Tonight
Snows fall quiet at the ranch tonight, the milkcow softly lows, A coyote trots along a cold ridge, these are things which my heart knows
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
67
Virginia Bennett
In Retrospect
Milestones stand straight and tall, casting long shadows on the grass. Marking winter, spring, summer, fall, Seasons marching as they pass.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
69
Virginia Bennett
Where Dreamers Fly
One never regrets chasing a dream, or soaring with the North Star guide, There is no fault with those who fail, the shame is never having tried.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
71
Virginia Bennett
Dad Was Like a Colt
Dad was like a colt to me, his spirit tried to be set free, I tried like Hell to hold him tight I tied 'im fast and tied 'im right.
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
72
Virginia Bennett
Grief
Folks tell you it just takes time and that all wounds will eventually heal as if a clock were a miracle salve that could numb everything you feel
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
73
Virginia Bennett
Visitation
Awakened from a blissful dream, Where you ran strong and fine, I rub my eyes and sit up in bed, Relishing the extra- sensory presence of you
Canyon of the Forgotten
FC 11 B-60
74
Virginia Bennett
Home. . .again
When the echo of a thousand thunders rolls across the barren plain, And I'm called beyond the silver dusted peaks. As lightning strikes from east to west.
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
11
Dick Warwick
The Brutal Boss
I'm gonig to get right to the point- I'll admit my nose is out of joint, And the reason that I'm chronically cross Is that I have got a brutal boss.
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
12
Dick Warwick
Secret Places
Far from the city and highway, Well removed from the traffic and crowds, Where migrating birds of the flyway Travel the wind and the clouds
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
14
Dick Warwick
Cowboy Heaven
A cowboy I am, a hard to find genre- Some might've thought we all was a goner; but out where there's grass and bunches of cattle You'll find me astraddle a cow pony's saddle.
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
15
Dick Warwick
The Bovine Systems Engineer
I'm a bovine systems engineer And I earn almost eight grand a year. My benefit package is beef and bread, A horse to ride, my own bunk bed. The size of my hat is 45 liters
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
16
Dick Warwick
Cowhands, Drifters
Cowhands, drifters- you maybe know the type, Though such as them in truth were men of every stripe. They'd show up and hire on,, then suddenly one day
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
18
Dick Warwick
The Dollar Watch
He bought it in nineteen ought and four One day when he went to town- He walked into the general store And plunked a dollar down.
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
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Dick Warwick
Once Upon a Time in Texas
Away out there in Texas, in a dusty little town, One evening as the sun began to sink, Into the one saloon a man came up and sat down, and called the barkeep, ordered up a drink.
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
23
Dick Warwick
A Western Idyll
I bought myself a mini-ranch out in the rural West- Ten acres with a view, in which I did invests A portion of my assets, and also built a home, Then fenced the whole durn spread where both my calves would roam.
Out West to Outback and Beyond
FC 11 W-34
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Dick Warwick
A Broke Cowboy
When I was a young outrider For a ranch called the T-bar-T, I fell in love with a girl from town By the name of Edna McKee.