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
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Laurie Wagner Buyer
Buffalo Days
By the time of your birth the buffalo had been gone nearly 100 years. Still, one spring in your 30's, you sharpened your lance laced with feathers and beads, and raced your new spotted stallion round and round the meadow.
summer, surprise attack, blanket, scorched ridge, disappeared buffalo
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
57
Rod McQueary
Life and Times
When they ask of Life, what will I say? Can I describe time that swirls, flits with fickle castanets, and disappear? A shrinking, self-swallowing serpent?
celebration, surviving winter, hope, intensity, trap, primitive
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
58
D.W. Dutton
Equi-Dawn
Out there on the rolling plains I saw them on a masa they were four horses crested necks and arching tails legs curled they reared against the sunrise dust
reckless, sprints, rhythm, flames, muzzle, peace, trust
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
59
Jay Dusard
Dally Ropin'
Half-ton of beef caught. Take your wraps around the horn, then count your fingers.
beef, horn, fingers, wraps
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
59
Jay Dusard
Haiku For '92
All day I faced industrial waste, without the taste of water.
water, waste, industrial, taste
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
60
Ruthie Clark
It's Time
Adolescent sweet gum models her new prom dress snowy blackberry blossoms promise sweet fruit kittens peek through half-opened eyes at a universe of feet a spangle-legged foal takes his first dance lesson
lullabies, dreams, illuminate, azaleas
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
61
Ruthie Clark
Cavalier Reborn
Young cavalier so handsome, dashing, debonair born of southern gentility educated in the classics and art of charming courting hoop-skirted,
dance, blood, captivates, cowboy, beauty, oaks
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
62
Lisa Quinlan
A Little Red Self-Propelled Baler
Four o'clock summer mornings when the dew was just right for making sweet, green hay I could hear my dad softly wake my brothers and I wished it for me too. But my legs were not long enough
farm sale, perfectly, home, awake, machines, car, crews
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
64
Lisa Quinlan
Crumbling Castles
Eager for adulthood little girls dream of perfect playhouses with the latest kitchen sets and dolls that came to life with the snap of tiny fingers.
anxious, dreams, castles, marble, spark, wine, fireplace, guests, innocent
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
66
Myrt Wallis
Love And War
For my sons and for Rod and Bill sons of my heart Young Crow warriors rode into war their hearts filled with joy wanting to live with courage and honor
danger, enemy, sorrow, eager, warriors, duty, fault
Dry Crik Review: Summer 1992
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
70
Kent Stockton
The Long Shadows Time
The greens are never greener nor clearer, the coyotes bark; The details never cleaner than int he magic just 'fore dark. Those moments just before the dusk
inspire, rhyme, love, quiet, pleasant, retires, bay
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
8
Ed Brown
In The Eye Of The Beholder
"Of course I'll come," I answered, when I got the foreman's call. I like to help the neighbors when I can. My irrigation water wouldn't miss me much at all, and there's not a better thing to do than brand.
cattle guard, outfit, target, home, calf, horn, born, fart, wasted energy
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
10
Linda Hussa
Horse Runner
He rides in darkness folding 'round. The ring of hoof on desert floor ricochets off the moon. He hears each twice and looks to see behind. He is alone. He only feels another's flesh.
desert, uncharted dunes, warning, dogs, past, German Shepherds
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
12
Linda Hussa
The Blue Filly
She is just three. Weaned again. First time form her dead mother small blue head in the flank of a still heart. Second time from a spotted burro who let her stand near as the swept files
barn, soft, relax, stinging rips, sleep
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
13
Sandra Lake Lassen
Soddy
Born in a sod house near a prairie town he talked of desolation and endless whining wind his eyes were filled with it his mother was a school marm who went mad on day
apron, cluster, dream, school
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
23
Ruth Daniels
City Cousin
In her twentieth summer she came to the farm for a visit. At ten I thought her as glamorous as any movie star. A slender girl, sparkling as a spring day, a cap of black hair cut in a wind-blown bob.
police force, sake, heaven, ice skating, promise
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
14
L.B. Doran-Maurer
Paying The Pecos Bill
Just to follow the circuit one last time. The Garden, Sydney, Cheyenne, Calgary, Pendleton, Salinas - and all the one horse one-nighters in between. You try not to notice the dry irony attached
fade, pawnshop, prison, escape, mother, wage
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
15
C. David Hay
The Call Of The Wild
The call of the wild is a restless voice of wind and sky and sea; Beckons all - both great and small with the yearning to be free. It drives snow geese in autumn skies
mountain crest, coyote's cry, mystic tune, desert, God
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
16
Elizabeth Sinclaire
1993 Elko Gathering: Some First Impressions Of Cowboy Poetry
prose
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
22
Thelma Poirier
Sitting Bull
When you led your people north across the plains and rivers to a cold wind did you ever look back see how many were following when you slipped from one ridge to another embraced the valley of the White Mud
night, Rock Creek, aware, canyon, stream
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
24
Elizabeth Bancroft
Winter Soltice
Work horses, eyes closed hair winter length falsely fluffy tailed the wind for warmth. He hailed them over the gate, cracked ice in their trough. They stood hard.
frozen clods, barn, grace, telephone
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
25
Lyn DeNaeyer
Indian Wars...A Trilogy: Throwaways
streets unroll early as this cowtown rubs sleep from its eyes. Restless, he walks the borders of this paved pasture where the aging await the last roundup.
proclaim, attire, ransom paid, church, cafe
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
26
Lyn DeNaeyer
Reservation Blues
Cold wind searches out the cracks under the door; steals across the floor to warm its icy fingers at the fire; creeps under the covers to settle in for a long night. No propane this week.
moon, shoes, cry, coyote howls
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
26
Lyn DeNaeyer
Warriors
He's at home in college classrooms teaching words their parents were afraid to speak. Secrets told only in sweat lodge or other ceremonies. At the WIC clinic, mothers listen as she explains mysteries like nutrition,
breastfeeding, fire, memory, counselor, medicine
Dry Crik Rview: Spring 1993
John C. Dofflemyer
FC 11 D-20
28
Andy Wilkinson
F.M. 168, Buffalo Lake To Nazareth
This road lay like an invitation, south from the commercial highway, straight into the Llano Estacado's rolling gut where tidees of grass rose and fell in pastel
queen, rodeo, angel wing, waitress, journey