FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Failure
Flowers blooming in an unvisted bed. Beautiful poems printed in a book unread. Unique abilities that were never found. A tree falling in the forest, making no sound. Too many lives lived without effor or plan.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Never Proud
Of failure you never need be afraid. Just draw your target after your hole is made.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Faith
Oh, if faith is an optional thing accept then the comforts it can bring. When dogma tells your mind what to think you have no need for stronger drink.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Doubt
To ask endless questions when no facts can be knows are but tracks in the sand after the wind has blown. To ponder weighty thoughts when the truth is not there is to paint a picture not on canvas, but air.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Lipidary and Poetry
I don't spend all my time polishing stones. I try to do my best work writing poems. Where I see most value, I try my best. Rock work is done when my mind needs a rest.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Competitive Art
Mischief and art come from a creative mind. Who can tell when truth a fertile mind will find. Use not all your skill to make pretty rocks shine. Keep the best part back to write a thoughtful rhyme.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Bright Ideas vs. Shiny Stones
I worked to think ans write. I loved the rhyming sound. I thought it would not be long 'til my poetry books abound. I knew the work was worthwhile and I felt the need to share. I sent it to the publishers. I found the public didn't care.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Thought
Freedom to think must be the master if the thinking is to be the best. Intelligence, not dogma, must rule if you are to pass the thinker's test. To tell yourself what you must believe is to assure yourself you will deceive.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
N.M.C. College 1951 Men Of Steel
Through the talk of brawny, rugged men, one hears the anguished clang of steel. They are working on a thing for culture but to them the building is very real. College students walking through the doors will never think of what these walls must hold;
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Infinite Pleasures
An infinite source of pleasure the most tiring work we find; to work beyond our limits, use our inquiring mind. For the inquiring mind, in its insatiable quest, will have moemnts of pleasure, but it will never have rest.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
The Gift Of An Amethyst Heart
A purple heart shows the courage of one who is wounded in war. The gift of an amethyst heart says you could not be loved more. Many years ago, bright sparks burned into a brilliant blaze.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Growing Old
I say this growing old is not an easy rap for it means aching joints and an afternoon nap. Now I can't remember just where I put my pen. The lines I didn't write down I have to create again.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
A High School Teacher's Plea
Oh, God, I need patience and I need it right now. I'm teaching teenagers there's no one who knows how. Give me patience quickly! My sanity's on the line.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Valentine Sonnet
Our love is now a healthy rose for it blooms and thrives and grows. We feed and water it with care. It is the dearest thing we share. The thorns have grown both long and sharp. They keep love safe while we're apart.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
The Gardener
Oh, she can make beauty grow from soil, water, and seed. She knows by her instinct just what every plant shall need. She makes her flowers blossom, dew bright in the early morn. Carrots, peas, beans abound
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Robert L. Laumeyer
The Silence of The Night
Silhouettes outlined by orange and gray, darkness tells us it's the end of the day. When the day wil start and when it ends it's fate, not hope, the length depends. After the daylight will come dark then the silhouettes shall embark
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Robert L. Laumeyer
The Used Camel Dealer
It was a regular drinking night, Most of the boys had had a few. The feisty banker attacked schools, then he renounced car dealers, too. It seemed this "trusting" banker made a foolish teenager loan
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Moral
If the illegitimate you scorn, be sure it was in wedlock you were born.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
No Function
A writer with no pen a book not yet begun a silent sterile world a wife without a tongue. A poem without meaning a bank without a loan fruitless their existence poet without a poem.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
When To Love
As to the source of the thought I make no boast, the message is as strong as an old iron post. When your loved one is the least lovable, that is the time they need your love the most. Children, too, you will find
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Hand in Hand
Hand in hand my pretty bride we have walked side by side. Hip to hip we went alon lip to lip we've sung our song. God above blessed our day heart to heart our love did stay.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Home is The Place
Home is the place that will take you in be you a saint or full of sin, home is the place that will take you in. If you are fat or if you are thin, if you are rich or cannot win, home's still the place
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Robert L. Laumeyer
Stubbornness
Stubbornness itself is not a virtue but without it virtue cannot abide. When confronted with a moral decision, if not stubborn, it's useless to decide.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
A Spring Song
It's a beautiful morn and the sun is so warm. My mate is calling clear tra la, tra la, tra lee, a thrilling sound to hear. It's a beautiful morn and the sun is so warm. We'll build a nest of our own tra la, tra la, tra lee we'll have a happy home.
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Robert L. Laumeyer
The Lazy L Ranch
The Lazy L is a strange kind of ranch you say. "There are no horses to ride nor any fields of hay. Whatever does this ranch raise?" you ask in surprise. We answer, "It grows tall green trees and deep blue skies.