FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
203
Alfred Castner King
The Ruined Cabin
There's a pathos in the solemn desolation.
abandoned house, isolation, desolate, solitude, melancholy
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
205
Lilian White Spencer
Spring Song of Aspens
They tinkle laughter at the solemn hills.
nature, trees
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
206
Rufus B. Sage
Night on the Prairie
The sable garb of darkness clothes the land.
epic
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
209
George S. Simpson
Simpson's Rest
Lay me to rest on yon towering height.
solitude, grave, death
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
210
Rufus B. Sage
The Wanderer's Grave
Away from friends, away from home.
death, sickness, sorrow
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
211
Eugene Field
The Wanderer
Upon a mountain's height, far from the sea.
ocean, homesick
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
212
Rufus B. Sage
Summer on the Great American West
Ye drairy plains, that round me lie.
heat, summer, desert
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
214
Arthur W. Monroe
The Toll of the Desert
This is the toll of the desert.
danger, warning
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
215
Robert V. Carr
The Rattlesnake
O'er sunbaked plains he winds his way.
danger, poison, warning sound
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
215
Nellie Burget Miller
The Sun Drops Red
The sun drops red through a curtain of dust.
drought, rain
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
216
Eugene Field
The Colorado Sandstorm
See the madly blowing dust.
blowing dust
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
217
Arthur W. Monroe
The Forest Fire
Rolling clouds of greasy smoke.
flames, destruction, fear
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
218
Arthur W. Monroe
Lost in a Blizzard
Stumbling over fallen logs.
snow, danger, fear, cold
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
218
Pearl Riggs Crouch
The Snowstorm
Across the plain the wind whines through the sage.
northwind
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
219
Robert Carr
Prairie Wolves
Up where the white bluffs fringe the plain.
wild animals, cold
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
220
Vesta Pierce Crawford
Pioneer Woman
Beneath these alien stars.
homesick, courage, strength
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
221
Nellie Burget Miller
The Shack
A passing motorist glanced back.
picture, silence, isolation
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
222
John Charles Fremont
On Recrossing the Rocky Mountains After Many Years
Long years ago I wandered here.
past, reflections, fate, disillusion
A Cowboy's Forty Years of Gathering
FC 11 D-03
6
Chet Dawson
Gatherings of Forty Years
A pair of spurs, an old six gun, a pair of beat up chaps.
spurs, six-gun, chaps, boots, saddle, gear, memories
A Cowboy's Forty Years of Gathering
FC 11 D-03
7
Chet Dawson
In Memory of a Cowhorse "Croppie"
He wasn't big, not big in size.
heart, horse, ears, cow pony, broken leg, mercy killing, soul, Great Divide, broken bones
A Cowboy's Forty Years of Gathering
FC 11 D-03
9
Chet Dawson
The Brave Maker
The boys was packin' along a jug.
drink, liquor, mountain lion, bravery, cave
Cowboy's Forty Years of Gathering
FC 11 D-03
10
Chet Dawson
Cow Country Financiers
Here's a tale of a vanished cow herd.
banker, money, brand, rustlers, cattle herd, rustling
Cowboy's Forty Years of Gathering
FC 11 D-03
11
Chet Dawson
Advice and Best Wishes to Two Friends
Jack at one time was a cowboy.
marriage, husband, wife, advice
Cowboy's Forty Years of Gathering
FC 11 D-03
13
Chet Dawson
Second Chance
Powder Face Tom was a cowboy from.
second chance, death, church, reform
A Cowboy's Forty Years of Gathering
FC 11 D-03
14
Chet Dawson
ICU2
Powder Face an' Smoky Joe.
IC brand, ICU, ICU2, I C, rustling