FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Saddle For A Throne

FC 11 O-13

317

Will Ogilvie

The Bushman Abroad

There are snow-white mists on the mountain side, there are wild flowers wet with rain, but my heart goes back where the old loves guide to the big bare plains again.

bridge, ridge, flower, smile, careless, island mob, funeral job

Saddle For A Throne

FC 11 O-13

319

Will Ogilvie

The Verandah

Though far is that home that our memories environ and dim is the picture it faintly recalls of sun-dazzled roofing of galvanised iron surmounting a straggle of weatherboard walls.

lagoon, moon, stars, ghosts

Saddle For A Throne

FC 11 O-13

320

Will Ogilvie

Station Ponies

Seventy miles since morning! Hooked up as the magpies woke and the last star left the sky; Home at night with their traces tight and the lean brave heads held high;

sun, perfect, sandhill, luxury car, perfect team, whip

Saddle For A Throne

FC 11 O-13

321

Will Ogilvie

The Cracker

Someone-I take it some old bush-whacker-has sent me a birthday gift to-day: 'Tis a simple thing, just a silken cracker twisted-you know!-in the old bush way...

homestead, kiss, thunder, heart, wing

Saddle For A Throne

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322

Will Ogilvie

After The Horses

Have they ever waked you early while the shadows lingered yet, Ere the grey light gathered fairly and the drowsy stars had set?

limber, fortune, sunrise, timber, string, gold, thunder

Saddle For A Throne

FC 11 O-13

324

Will Ogilvie

A Lay Of Lost Horses

Where are the horses we loved of old, the brown, the bay and the grey, with their limbs of steel and their hearts of gold to tackle the longest day?

patient, regret, blaze, hitch, God

Saddle For A Throne

FC 11 O-13

325

Will Ogilvie

St. Clair

Back in the station days I loved there was a horse, St. Clair! Bred to be good and a good one proved king of the creek, St. Clair! Courage and heart of him undenied.

stockman, swore, race, horseman, dead

Saddle For A Throne

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327

Will Ogilvie

The Border Gate

Dawn gilds the spiders' bridges; Morn mocks the shadows' rout; A mile back on the ridges they put the headlights out; A red-topped coach from Nor'ward

stars, river, Queensland, dense, Jimmy Tyson

Saddle For A Throne

FC 11 O-13

329

Will Ogilvie

My Hat!

The hats of a man may be many inthe course of a varied career, and some have been devilish dear; But there's one that I always

forgotten, fire, desire, wish

Saddle For A Throne

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331

Will Ogilvie

The Flickering Fire

The day long dreaded is with me now, and the blood in my veins runs cold and slow, for the lustiest spirit to Time must bow when the flickering fire of Life burns low.

desire, flame, beauty, hope, flare

Saddle For A Throne

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332

Will Ogilvie

From-"Hearts Of Gold"

I have woven a verse from the glory Australia sheds on her plains; I have stolen her heart for a story and crossed it with rowel and reins;

battle, camps, reels, mystical spell

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Is She Country?

What makes a woman country? Is it all in how she preens with rhinestones on the pockets of those clingy tight-fit jeans, or turning country music

paradise, impatient, pool, rest, icy grip, Emma Ehmann

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Saturday Specials

Carl Wilke owns a grocery store. He has more money than most and can afford to hire help. His customers grudgingly co-exist with the Depression

barefoot, lake, edible, drone, farm

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Little Shadow

She loved fresh air and sunshine while escapin' household chores and tagged along behind her dad while he did work outdoors. An errand had her runnin',

Harry Ehmann, comfort, skeletons, mother, father, memories

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Picking Up The Pieces

The wet spring showed up wearing black four-buckle overshoes. Dry winds mopped up the ground and now the planting can be done.

pedigree, determination, North Dakota, church

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Marriage Counseling

I'll admit that free advice on matrimonial success breeds much faster than the barnyard cats that frolic to excess. But I've got a word of caution for you

alarm, refrigerator, guarantee, manual, acquired

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Slow Burn

"You ain't doin' nuthin', are ya?" were the words she loathed to hear blarin' from her husband's lips atop his horse so cavalier. He sits ser' ous on his gelding that stands sixteen hands or

superior, indoors, unkind, ditch, twitch

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Looking For Sunshine

The bruised complexion of the morning sky matched Maynard's mood. Persistent worry sought him our and sideline quietude. The count from yesterday was forty short.

family, chore, destroy, disease, pity, a Utah cowman

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Rodeo

A lazy Sunday afternoon rests in the summer sun. Nine juvenile siblings hope to rustle up some fun. No adult supervision will determine what they do.

sport, toys, skills, stealth

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Phantom's Lure

His four feet pound the thirsty dirt that paints the fence posts gray. The wind weaves fingers pullng through his mane and tail's display.

motivates, fearlessness, liberty, desert, past

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Tenderfoot

He throbbed with pain in places that he didn't know he had. His days of steady straddlin' that ol' jughead had him clad in saddle sores that stung and sent him seekin' some relief.

spice, mice, fire, homicide, hell, spell

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Saddle Shop

The heavy scent of leather, light on nostrils, fills the air and drifts like fog outside the open doorway, unaware it beckons to the passers-by with smells of luxury

Holyoak Saddle Shop, perfume, radio, decor, chores, butterfly

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Bakken Bovine Beauty Spa

As red ruminatin' Ruthie roams the pasture rich and green it is twilight in the Bakken and it's not a peaceful scene. Oil crews are workin' nonstop

spa, finance, beauty, stress, frame

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Choice

The morning sun has painted rouge upon the canyon walls, neglecting deep dark crevices and secrets they could hide. A red tailed hawk surfs

lazy breeze, footprints, lair, slab, Wickenburg, Arizona

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Cowboy's Handbook

The saddle creaks in rhythm to the gelding's steady gait. The sun sends soothing warmth as horses slowly ambulate descending copper mountain on a chilly,

danger, fear, mortal eyes, flee