FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Shadd Piehl

Riding Song

I sit my horse in circles on a hill of half-buried stone hoops, the forgotten remains of nomad lodges. Impatient he stamps a red flowered cactus.

whispers, forever, heart, live, old, scatter

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Shadd Piehl

Dakota Highways

Midnight grins a wide open moon. they sky glows on another night spent cramped in a car, going down the road. To a rodeo on the reservation

race, Missouri, celebration, lights, clouds

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Shadd Piehl

My Grandfather's And Father's Horses

The two old-timers stand out west of town with maybe a few cows to share a bale and ground feed each morning. King, over thirty, is swaybacked, slow and still impossible to catch

tricks, shadows, shy, pasture, sale

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

James K. Woodbury, Sr.

Crow Eyes

It's spring again and from 'neath the snow, crystal clear, the freshets flow. As under scudding clouds I ride where shy, mud-spattered crocus hide amidst the tender fresh green shoots

hillside, past, pillow, sky, saddle

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Sue Wallis

Throw Back The Gates Contemporary Cowboy Poetry

A creative and literary movement possessing vitality and power the likes of which the world has seldom seen resides in the American West.

phenomenon, book, competition, promise, debate, wind, letters, honorable

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

J.B. Allen

Sandin The Ruff Spots

While thumbin thru this magazine of ropers and their ilk the pictures spread before me made it seem as smooth as silk. Them ropers all stepped lightly

queen, trouble, blame, famous

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

J.B. Allen

Fissures

layin snuggled in yore soogans on some frosty winter's eve with the cavvy grazin quietly 'cross the fence, brought a plumb relaxin feelin knowing "Bob" was out on guard and, for once, the boss's IDY made some sense.

reckless, life, berserk, symptom, work

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

J.B. Allen

Kings And Slaves

Fierce as grizzlies in the springtime proud a sage hens caught in rut tough as rawhide cured in season hard as granite shavins-but insde

farmer, perspective, wagon, boss

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

J.B. Allen

New Trails

hard old shells protectin feelins lay in shambles at our feet as the lancets pierce the armor grown immune to club or sleet

Mavrick, emotions, poultice, fortress, wounds, bleed

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

C.E. "Rusty" Fryer

Coming Yearling

Last fall when I was ride'n with them outfits over East, I stopped at young Bill Miller's he has the home place leased. You see he married old Scott's daughter, the one that used to sing,

vaccinate, calf, spring, smiles

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Ron Chappell

Cliff Dwellers

Shy...they hover in the shadows along the broken ledges still as idols in the twilight as they contemplate the scene from their dwellings in the darkness

sunset, soul, mystery, breeze, ghost, mind

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Ron Chappell

Red Feather

Below the Devil's Staircase on the Ruby-Anthracite i was tracking run-off ponies in the early evening light I was just a young man

bow, cry, seldom, drunk, awful, die

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Tom Sharpe

Changes

Pulling calves, feeding hay, very seldom time to play. Patching up Pickup truck, Pulling out bull that's stuck. Mowing down summer hay, winter time fed away.

poor, town, money, ranch, thin, cold

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Ed Brown

I'm Teaching school, Not Dead

Some well-intentioned people ask, knowing I pursue new tasks, about the years I spent on those old ranches. And if I carry some regret Or is it something to forget?

conversation, dreams, bless, promise, target, good folks, partner, forever

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Wayne Nelson

Snowville

Snowville was an albino bull, a legend in his time, his two eyes glowed like cinders, and his horns spread sharp and wide. Had a hide of pure white satin, shined like Texas hail,

rules, fight, clown, rodeo, whiskey, beer

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Ed Brown

Town Noise

How do people sleep in town? Commotion lasts all night. Sirens squeal, tires screech, tomcats squall and fight. Lights come on at hint of dusk,

alone, acquired, nervous, tired, quiet,

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Virginia Bennett

Temporarily on the string

There's a dog lyin' chained in someone's yard downtown he's a black and white stock dog shiny coat, but dull of eye with nose on paws, he watches

past, refrain, escape, backyard, butterflies

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

John C. Dofflemyer

Chagoopa Plateau

Where the pine twists short with knotted roots below bare Mt. Kaweah, flows eroded sandy deserts linked in landscapes with the moon, where the snow and shade have squatted

planet, trackless, meadows, heaven, hunting, W.E. DeCarteret

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Virginia Bennett

Guillermo

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, bound for their summer domain

heaven, bike, highway, plastic, flowers

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

John C. Dofflemyer

More Horse Sense

Mediocre horses have taught me great vocabularies not necessary to enlightening conversations but sulled-up nags routinely bore with egocentricity

horses, vocabularies, bore

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

D.W. Dutton

Bonita

We cursed the drought and thirst dust had blown and mesquite pods burst preserving desert brown and summer death we preserved the worst

sky, rain, windmill, baked, cry, flowers

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Jay Dusard

Goose

Silent, cottony flakes accumulate into a thick blanket on the brown mare. The whiteness clings halfway down her barrel and a third of the way down her hip.

shelter, water hose, snow, pattern, flexed, spooky, ropes, mud

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Peggy Godfrey

My Neighbor, Vogal

Vogal is my neighbor he's nearly twice my age I heard when he'z a young man he drew a cowboy's wage. I can see he's might puzzled

ranch, wedding vows, frozen days, station, pickups

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Peggy Godfrey

I Tried

Seven barely yearlin' bulls was chasin Punkin 'round she didn't "take" on her second half I'd have to haul her to town. Ralph and Vogal worried 'bout ole Punkin's sorry plight

trailer, zoo, truck, mud, duties, rest

Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992

John C. Dofflemyer

FC 11 D-20

Peggy Godfrey

In Forth-Five-Years

I've learned to see the mountains as more than stone and mud come to know my neighbors as more than flesh and blood I've grown to see the work I do as more than passing time

rhyme, mom, wife, muscle, love, light