FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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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

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Country Melody

The lightning hammers edges of the mountains dim and dark. It splits the clouds with searing fingers burning bright and stark. Loud thunder rides along as sidekick

suit, breeze, spurs, bay, storm clouds

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Broken Spur Cafe

Scarred, weathered hands pull back five chairs that scrape a well-worn floor. Bent bodies slowly kiss cold seats, old age hard to ignore. The daily cafe campfire blazes

rugged men, church, hesitate, smoke

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Fence Feud

It started way back in the spring the day that he was born. His mama broke right through the fence. Her hide was scraped and torn. Her plan to get away and rop her calf far from the herd

scrub, patient, dentist, attire, career, Kalmbach's farm

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

She Was Reckless

She dazzled with her beauty and her quuick intelligence. Admired for her duty and her level headed sense she made herself at home in camp

flame, combat, bullets, whiskey, outpost vegas, reckless

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

A Spotted Past

Hooves striped and swift respond in answer to a cowboy's touch. The appaloosa's agile body spirals without much direction from the rider as his instinct moves the herd.

danger, war, bison hunt, breed, skill, kill

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Pilfering Poet

He wears a linen duster as an icon of his trade that sanctions theft and thiev'ry in his cold corrupt crusade. He bears a grudge toward business

threats, toxic, regrest, novel, rumor

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Cowboy Etiquette

Have you ever noticed how a real cowboy will tip his hat, how he takes it off his head indoors no matter where he's at? This authentic country cowpoke's codes

immune, dusty years, dead, duck, debts, disguised

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Old Joe

The sun has paid attention radiating scorching heat that coats and shrouds the landscape like a buckskin-colored sheet. A road twists through the chaparral then slithers out of view

trip, spare, disbelief, peaceful

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

White Out

WInd screamed across the high plains where the grass had browned and dried. It carried snow upon its back then spread it thick and wide.

storm, seized, collar, reins, guard, defeat

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Devil's Lair

A brazen breeze has shed the chilly coat it wore upon the San Francisco Peaks. The dust rides with it like a hired hand

forgive, mankind, peace, deceased, superstition

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

Pullin' Leather

Bronc riders pace the area as they make their deals with God. They'll learn if he was list's nin' when they give the gate a nod. Bill envies these skilled

conscious, skill, pride, Sloppy Joe, Jimm Carter, tribute

Is She Country?

FC 11 B-76

Marleen Bussma

The Outlaw

I never knew a gentle touch that nuzzled, rubbed or brushed. My fated clash with humans saw me slashed and gashed, not crushed. My spirit blazed like wildfire

drunk, caveman, buffalo, boss, helpless, rodeo