FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Her Dry Breath

A drought jess seems to suck the life from trees and earthy orientations, leafless; the beast is weak in man, the wind can tease the frost in dusty cakes, a powder mess.

land, churns, kiss, boil, load, moment, spirit

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

The Whiskey Rain

The whiskey rain premature for feed but timely for drought dust and the sane smells a shepherd needs the dusk thunderstorm

brilliance, truth, coffee, booze, scents, turbulence

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Hear Her Comin'

A thunder beats inside of me from clouds of doubt, the drought and dust; hear her comin'? I know it's she who hangs in waitin' jess to see me naked,

gentle, cold, disagree, trust, thunder

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Mongolian Beef

Different woks and meltin' pots find calves and wildlife dodgin' shots from refugees, the view-nam war, killin' mor'n the worst predator. In packs they roam

shoot, killed, wild, beef, car, anger, expound, dollar, Nouveau Purists of the '90's

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

The Twin

The fawn bleat terrorizes the dry canyon to silence as all size eyes search the treeless slopes of wild oats the doe blows

eagle, defiant, escape, silence, Animal Rightists of the '90's

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

No Antidote

I become confused and sometimes amused about these animals rights thet protect the dolphin when tuna they're killin' and cannin' for bigoted bites.

christmas goose, escargot, shells, kitchen, bacteria, diseases, pets, Greg Quakenbush

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Rodeo Poet

I pack a leg limpin' with dull pain, (an old habit with the cold, barometric low, a dry storm with no rain); jammed with buckin' too many bottom

dreams, beast, dare, cold, unpredictable

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

The Difference

A cowboy tends to figger things in terms he understands, and the more he learns, the less he know, as his mind expands; ain't nothin' certain in this life,

guarantees, business, soul, money

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

A Cowboy Heaven

A cowboy heaven has no bounds nor fences to repair, nor sacred scent thet surrounds the cool and crystal air. There's meadow grass thet's cut with criks

critters, rain, teases, Pearly Gates, angel

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

A Musin'

A man may wrestle within the minds of men and he may search his own for love thet's lost, but saddle'd-up he squints into the wind again and ready for some ground

lies, forever, stranger, disarm, cold, eggs

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Better Placed

The peck'rwood rots on redwood rails sunk deep thet can't corral the wild thet's left or dead, the roof has shed her worst, collapsed to keep a spot for somethin' small to make a bed.

reclaims, pride, erased, spirit, U.S. Cattlemen

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Passin' The Cup

Beneath the crust thet comes with circumstance there runs a stream of undercurrents pure thet's stepped in time with her unbridled dance but never held her fast

true, sooth, wrestle, demand, smoke

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Each New Shadow

A shepherd has no chance of choice nor cowboys change of heart and hear the only human voice within where herds depart. It speaks of senses thet survive,

innocent, randomly, gunsels, movement, perpetuates, deliberates

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Part Sonnet

And where shall men that ride find room alone but in an urn of ash turned upside down unless they find some peace in progress grown and learn to live in part,

equally, greatness, fingertips, persevere

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Motherhood

Motherhood behooves by the same degree as in the beasts less burdened by the word and here domestic worlds and wild agree: the good instincts survive

money, restrained, breed, balance, rechnocracy

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Love Affair

And it may be a love affair where the cowboy heart is true and he may find religion there despite everything' you do and she may stroke the wild in him

waste, heart, truth, dead, gone

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

My Eye

I find my eye does stray to parts unknown, a reflex borne of youthful innocence; Independent of how my wisdom's grown, I'd pluck it out, but

comfortable, gaze, finance, hire, lessons, vision

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Bottlenecks

You curse the man who lips the bottlenecks and fades to ramblin' tales thet pass you bye, who limbered from his tongue, forgets the wrecks from well-worn cowboy

weak, small, sober, outstanding, critter, fool

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Whoa There, Son

I fear I pack a cowboy's heart thet beats alone in love with pain, whoa there, son; we are not apart. He moves so free with Nat'ral art to spots,

wildness, smart, heart, unfolds, clouds

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

A Fishin' Hole

There is a fishin' hole thet time's disguised where boys and simple tackle found success, where old men might discuss in tales comprised

sacrifice, price, persist, whale, vision, reflection, lures, John E. Grant

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Damnin' A Dry Crik

It hangs in drizzlin' grey, not fog or cloud, absorbin' sound as birds and beasts retreat and warm for winter's storm, this drought's allowed with tiny tastes

undress, real estate, corps, flood, storm

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

Edison

For he thet has but stars and fire for light and moves by muscle live where few men go, finds reason with each day of some delight and confort

emotion, spills, duty, ignorance, pride

Muses Of The Ranges

FC 11 D-28

John C. Dofflemyer

"Being"

There is this business of "being" where we've been and haven't been caught, when the past is part of the freein' and the present is simply wrought.

Daniel Pearse, reversed, cursed, dead, mircles, choice

More Hilarious Happenings and Other Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 M-63

E.W. "Roy" Miller

Thank You Dear Friends

Listen up and I'll ask you a question: have you heard of the word called Friend? It's a person who's there when you need them it's their hands and their heart that they lend!

firemen, 911, compensate, slave, comfort, support

More Hilarious Happenings and Other Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 M-63

E.W. "Roy" Miller

A Temporary Brand

Have you ever had a nylon, break and hit you in the back? It comes back at you 90 per, you can't outrun that whack! I had that happen twice to me,

steer, fable, rope, stupid, miss, feedlots, fun