FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
High Stakes
You have to be willing to risk it all beyond the point of caring. In one split second, you must dare with no thought of daring. In this play of horses,
death, skull, safest, nails
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
The Silent Hero
He'll never receive a medal of honor. You'll not see him wear a purple heart. No one will ever call him "hero". Even if they did, he'd never accpet the part. Yet, everyday,
self-denial, critter, talent, strength
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
14
Virginia Bennett
The Lure Of The Leather
There's places I've seen of which I shall not tell that magnetically draw me to the canyon once more. That lay hold on my compass
explore, trail, beckon, ignore
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
Life Goes On Dancing
She lay dying in a nursing home in an eastern room, on the first floor. My father had journeyed to visit her, and I, not having choices then, was turned away at the door. So, he stayed with his grandmother,
Fay Hovey, flowers, toenails, loss, remeber
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
The Draw Of The Wild
Something there is within the heart of man that struggles to escape. Tho' hidden, it lies dormant like a bird denied it's song. Once in a while, it takes a stand and
moon, blood, ritual, grizzly, buffalo
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
At The Quarter Circle Five
I count it a privilege that I've had the chance to ride with the crew on a big outfit ranch. To eat a big breakfast and run out the door and have horses all loaded in the trailer by four.
desert, romance, chill, photographer
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
22
Virginia Bennett
The Move
The sealed boxes are stacked by the old wooden door. I've vacuumed the carpets and put wax on the floor. I gave away my house plants and all my old hens. My fears have common true, we're moving again.
goodbyes, friend, playground, beloved, cost
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
23
Virginia Bennett
Ol' Blue
All through your life, you will notice your wants take you down different courses. As for my life, It's been guided by a weakness for them darn "blue" horses. Whenever I see one,
luck, story, advice, battle
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
His Disadvantage
A buckaroo's life is hard, but it's one he cannot discard. His work's more than his job and yes-sir-ee, Bob. His body gets battered and scarred. Ridin' after ringy old cows.
cage, badger, soul, ranch, promotion, frown, pain
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
Nice Work If You Can Get It
To: The secretary of Agriculture up in Washington, D.C. From: A guy who's been raisin' cattle since 1963. Dear Sir: My friend, Buford Tully,
payment, expert, dollars, deer, food stamps, free cheese
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
26
Virginia Bennett
The Tough Goodbye
He stood there by the windmill, and gazed out over his spread. Then, remembering the facts, he shook his grizzled head. Even tho' he felt true ownership
payroll, storm, power, strong, heifers
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
27
Virginia Bennett
On Quittin'
maybe there's a seductive pleasure for a cowboy, whenever he quits. (for it's true, they're known for quittin' whenever that travelin' mood hits) and he'll throw away a damn good job
bull, wife, ranch, boss, life, addictive
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
28
Virginia Bennett
Memory's Still
I am an old cowboy in a nursin' home surrounded by others like me. They say i'm too feeble to live on my own that this is the place i should be. Most of my time is spent in this chair
perfume, rain, memory, trembling voice, birthday
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
29
Virginia Bennett
Full Coverage
Just sitting here thinking of impendin' tax forms, BLM and A.U.M. and your best bull's family tree. A lot of things in ranching now didn't used to matter like embryo transplants
EPD, prices, soar, chances, plumb
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
30
Virginia Bennett
You Probably Know This Guy
He gets up in the mornin', way before dawn, feeds the wood heater, turns a pot of coffee on, tunes in the radio for the market report. he could stay in bed, but he's just not that sort.
scramble eggs, cold air, hay, rancher, honest
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
31
Virginia Bennett
Dally And Me
They had no way of knowin' what they were doin' that day. Those two boys outside the sale barn didn't know what they were givin' away. They had a box full of puppies,
instincts, winter, survived, faithful dog, dreams
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
The Auction
They stand there placidly at the fence hardly anyone ever looks their way. Oh, once in awhile, some little girl pets their nosees, and offers them hay. They watch the cars and trucks pull in.
witnesses, tractors, auctioneer, clover, dog
Legacy Of The Land
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Virginia Bennett
Sometimes, He Just Wonders
In the night, the pitch-dark night, as truck roll along the interstate, barbed-wire fence posts are illumined by a diesel's halogen lamp. And, two miles off the pavement,
beacons, cigarette, hired, freedom
Legacy Of The Land
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Virginia Bennett
Eduardo
He followed cows (barefoot) down the stone-walled lane and he carried along a branch to prod the ones who'd lag. Driving them up Maestas Trail,
spell, age, money, refused, heaven, flowers
Legacy Of The Land
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Virginia Bennett
Subdivision
Like a living, emerald wreath that wraps itself around a valley full of grasses where cows lie backside to the wind, the ponderosa forest stands
Spanish style, FAX, pavement, resort, spring, fall
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
Revenge In The Sangre De Cristos
Senora Baca rocks in a weathered chair that has been repaired with glue and piano wire. and stares at the rocky Sangre de Cristos, glowing in the sunset like some funeral pyre.
guiude, license, bloody, revenge
Legacy Of The Land
FC 11 B-72
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Virginia Bennett
La Empacadora
The old man look back and slips the aged "M" into neutral as the day's sun grows dim. He mutters "cabrone" as he surveys the loose hay and nest of twine trailin behind him.
trade, ball pein, cries, saints
Legacy Of The Land
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Virginia Bennett
There In New Mexico
If it's true a place can own you, can bottle-neck your memory, can funnel all your thinking into dreams of only there. And like ghosts, its people haunt you
family, wilderness, outhouse, mail, viewpoint
Legacy Of The Land
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Virginia Bennett
I Like To Think I Know
The chinook wind that always comes and exhales it's warm breath slipping down from off of Oso Ridge to brush the bottomlands to toy with naked branches,
pegeon, spy, heart, honest, El Grande
Legacy Of The Land
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Virginia Bennett
The Electrician's Nightmare
When two old friends are talking, there's no guessin' what'll be said. In the midset of their discussion, a joke might rear it's ugly head. And so, this is a true tale
heater, died, muzzle, disease, grounded