FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Rhymes Along the Way

FC 11 L-39

Robert L. Laumeyer

1980 The Rounder's Prayer

Making mistakes breeds forgiveness, and sinners are often more kind than those who live by righteousness and a hell of a lot easier to find.

Rhymes Along the Way

FC 11 L-39

Robert L. Laumeyer

Twilight Reflections

My book of poetry I lay away. The click of the switch marks the close of the day. Alone in the dark, with time to think, as if of life to take one long drink. And savor the flavor, so eminently brewed, for thought and reflection are life's food.

Rhymes Along the Way

FC 11 L-39

Robert L. Laumeyer

Think

If any of my poems got you to think, then you have filled my heart with glee. The objective was to inspire thought not to make you agree with me.

Rhymes Along the Way

FC 11 L-39

Robert L. Laumeyer

1987 Courage

You know you can fail and yet not a failure be. When a leaf falls. It does not kill a tree.

Rhymes Along the Way

FC 11 L-39

Robert L. Laumeyer

The End

You have made it to the end. I have nothing more to say. I hope you enjoyed my rhymes along the way.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Electric Fence and the Brahma Bulls

Now fences aren't all made the same. There's lots of different kind. And I can think of quite a few that instant come to mind. Some fences are still made of rails. Red cedar that will last. But mostly, those split out by hand's a relic of the past.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Wonders of the World

You can rave about the Pyramids, the wonders of the nile. Or sing about the Danube, or of Erin's emerald Isle. No doubt this old world has its many wonders to be seen.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Mother and Son - or a Horse Named Moon

This old horse was sure high headed. Leggy, too, and build to run. She'd been raced before I got her. And the most of them she's won. On her head she had a crecent. She went by the name of moon.She's brought in a lot of money.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

She Wasn't Wild

This bunch a wild horses in the B L M corral had some mares with colts, some yearlin's and a blue roan stud as well. I was simply there a-lookin'. Didn't want none for my own. But my fancy sure was taken by that scarred up old blue roan.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

The Bottom Line

Big thunderheads for days build up. But not a drop of rain. Where grasses lush and tall once grew became a dusty plain. When winter came, but little snow. And in the mountains high the snowpack there was mighty small. The winder sure was dry.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

An Axe to Grind

"It seems to me this ranchin: sure is gettin' complicated. What yesterday was new, today is obsolete, out dated. It seems there's folks who seem to think our lives must all be planned by experts sayin' how to use our water, air and land."

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Wilbur's Courtship

Old Bill said, "Irecall when Wilbur was a-courtin' Nel. He prob'ly will deni it. But it's true, now what I tell. Now this all happened 'way back when Old Wilbur's young, of course. And at the time in life when romance is a drivin' force.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

A Crack Shot

The talk in Wilbur's stable always covers this and that when us fellers get together and go chewin' of the fat. We gripe about the weather. And the price of beef as well. Govermint and politicians always get a but of hell.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Through the Ring

This old boy was sure a- snortin' as he charged into the ring. He's been brought down to the auction for whatever he would bring. He was extra tall and leggy. Long of body. Built for speed. He sure weren't no good example of the white faced Hereford breed.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Silver Mounted

"This happened back when I was just a button," Old Bill said. "And I was wranglin' horses for the big, high sesert spread. This feller rode up to our herd we're camped at Hampton butte. His silver mounted saddle now, hand carved was sure a beaut.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Old Lige

Old Lige was quite a drinker. Liked his likker mixed or straight. And his alcohol comsumption was a lot more than he ate. Said weren't no use in livin' if a feller coudn't drink.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

The Greenhorn

The talk around the fire is of dudes and tenderfeet. "Some things them fellers do", said Old Bill sure has got me beat. Them fellers sometimes barge right in where angels fear to trod. A feller knowin' better would wind up beneath the sod.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Catching the Morning Sun

They stand against the rimrock on a high and grassy hill to catch the early moring sun that drives away the chill. Their colors are reflected in the sun's bright shining rays. Sorrels, blacks and pintos.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

A Cautious Man

Old Bill said, "Smokey Jones is sure a cautious sort of guy. Except in that big car of his. He likes to make it fly. I sure have had some wild rides with him in that old car. He throws all caution to the wind. Drives like a shooting star.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

No Slicker

From here on top of Table Rock ten miles in to camp. From way the clouds are buildin' up just guess we'll sure get damp. Now maybe that's just puttin' it in words that's really mild.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

The Gypsy and the Politician

"Well, I danged," said Old Bill as he layed the paper down. "there is sure some funny notions by these folks that run the town. Just see here by the paper where they made a big arrest. Was some gypsy tellin' fortunes. and some people lodged protest.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

The City

We're there in the stable of Wilbur's one day discussin' some, how people live, work and play. "When I got my hay all up in the stack I took me a trip and I just now got back.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Country Boy at Heart

We're loafin' 'round the fire. Work all finished for the day. And smokin' that last cigarette before we hit the hay. Old Smokey Jones said, "Bill's forever tellin'of some tale. But stickin' to the truth, at times, Old Bill's been known to fail.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Little John

"This old boy was some peculiar," said Old BIll, "in some respects. Weren't no bigger than a minute. Wore a pair of rimless specs. Filed on a mountain homestead when he's gettin' up in years. Said he'd always had the hankerin's to raise a bunch a steers.

Rimrock and Juniper

FC 11 K-31

E.J. Kirchoff

Buttercup

We called this feller Buttercup. He couldn't ride at all. And any horse that humped his back would send him for a fall. He rode into the ranch one day Decked out in fancy clothes. But he's no cowboys, that's for sure, a fact that plainly shows.