FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Luna-See

A risin' moon in thin and passin' clouds illuminates in part, like lantern light, and wide, reflectin' best what it enshrouds a darkened way of goin' missed at night.

disk, moment, choked, tears, perceive

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

My Song

Coyotes and cowboys tend to howl at the moon, either lonely or peaceful or a plain rowdy tune and to not hear the music nor sense what they feel

chords, sing, alone, voice, choice

Legacy Of The Land (1995 Second Printing)

FC 11 B-74

Virginia Bennett

Seduced By The Hunt

The mad race along a timber-lined ridgetop with a scarcely-seen steer out in front. When, blindly, he dives into a rock canyon, you are helpless..you're seduced by the hunt.

instinct, race, success, fear, resist

Legacy Of The Land (1995 Second Printing)

FC 11 B-74

Virginia Bennett

As You Ride

As you ride the high sierra with your packstring and your pony and your heart beats strong and lonely like the waves upon the sea, does that eerie pull that drew us

moonrise, campfire, flame, twilight sky, unforgotten

Legacy Of The Land (1995 Second Printing)

FC 11 B-74

Virginia Bennett

Evil Are The Eavesdroppers

He lifted his voice to the spider-webbed beams, then his tune would turn lazy and slow. As he combed the long manes of his work-horse teams, He'd sing songs that

curry, grain, empty, clay, patch, chorus, remain

Legacy Of The Land (1995 Second Printing)

FC 11 B-74

Virginia Bennett

Valued Hours

The daylight hours have barely begun, when from the trailer, saddled horses bound salty girths are drawn up snug scarves adjusted and gingerly knotted.

elevation, canyon, watershed, hillsides, channel

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Lost Legends

In talk, you travel far and venture wide, in fact, you've quite enlarged your simple space, from where I sit it's been a longer ride jess keepin' things together 'round this place.

past, company, ranch, retired, sight, view

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Mounted

If a man is mounted long enough an' dodged his last demise, he gravitates to magic stuff, to myst'ry and surprise; where reason rests in timin' an'

separate, flavor, rider, outsider, computer, trust

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Trouble Trustin'

I have trouble trusin' a man who ain't profane who wears thet holy look, reborn naive again, who's quick to tip his halo so clean 'n pure, it's plain,

exclamation, punctuation, obeys, pose, trust, angel

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Drought

The ridgetops lay like ribs of a carcass clean where oaks stand leafless now, old sentinels, jess roosts for vultures solemn left to glean what coyotes leave of other animals.

mild, whisker, drought, daily, dloven, domestic, wild

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Christmas List 1990

If Santa read my list, a single word, and has the time to spare on christmas eve and runs across some storms thet he can herd-I'll be the first to say thet I believe!

improve, entertain, steady, rain, soak, elves, reindeer

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

1.75

A gray may day with rain on short dry feed cattle shipped and gone. She returns as if there's some plan to her infidelity the five short springs

sycamores, seed, storm, climate change, ignorance

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

The Gate

It sags an' it drags before four mounted men, his foot hits the leather this time an' again, as they know without lookin' what the boy has to learn

earn, spoke, proclaim, eliminate

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

The Scent

The scent of cow's cud hung with flyless dung in blades matted and fading and the smell of a calf could be proved by the track last laid on larger ones leaving.

sulphur, cigarette smoke, wild, flush, traffic

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Old Ladies

I've followed old ladies the long way around protectin' their babies and stoppin' to sound off to me, my dog or my horse

dust, fuss, dog, calf, mother, path, baby

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Goddamn Clothes

The hillside's bare and short of hair, clay-red instead of blond, and damn few trees still with green leaves upclose or there beyond.

The Animal Rightists of the '50's, flies, puzzles, packed, shed, torn

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Waterholes

Drought is no arena ride you can turn out, the draw is dry for men thet you've forgot about. The waterholes are cracked 'neath leafless trees,

survive, fortune, lifeless, shrunked, heart, mind

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Wood And Steel

The steel trap's sprung in a buckeye tree and the bark's grown tight 'round its jaws; how many men been here before me, how many men without laws?

crust, rust, strong, designs

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Explain

I find thet man don't understan' much more than a shallow word an' poetry will always be a feelin' escapin' the herd. It's in the child and in the wild,

street, mystery, canyons, random, language, bars

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Shepherd's Song

When shepherd's song so stills the silent air beyond the sounds the politicians sell, I'd like a ticket close so I could hear the cowboys sing 'em all,

hell, money, folks, poet, delayed, fade

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

The Blame

A pretty rotten way to treat a cow, to blame her for the way thet cities grow in spaces where more profit does allow ranchettes and septic tanks

repair, ride, bigger, despair, Bob Budd, Wyoming Stock Growers Assoc

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Treaties

A mass of muscle shaped and bred to freely move as one instead, where impulse cues with legs and hands the graceful dance the work demands beyond the street,

bloody, fear, trust, choke, dust, jars, danger

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Disgustin' Stuff

I've seen the best intentions in men head'd to the trough turn soft an' damn near foolish 'cause they nev'r get enough, jess forgettin' how to live without

politics, manure, quite, traits

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

The Trail

The coyote track in haste to keep in sight pursues the cloven hooves thet move ahead behind a bobcat print thet's slowed when bucks begin the fight,

erase, chase, pieces, meat, worst, cursed

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Some Spot

I only ask thet you might leaves us be and save the pure for your own sweet behind, refrain from huggin' bark off ev'ry tree and tryin' to make Ma Nature fit your mind.

cement, rare, survive, share, beast