FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
42
Leonard Hitz
Dodge City
Back in the late 1800s Dodge City Wasn't what you see here today She was just a frontier town on the prairie Where she caught each day's last ray
dodge, frontier, change
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
44
Don Wagner
Sunrise Serenade at the Clover Cliff Ranch
Five bulls at sunrise lay claim to a ridge Swaying high above the Cottonwood River In a Flint Hills pasture of tall prairie grasses Swirled by the sun and the new morning mist.
bull, pasture, prairie
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
44
Phyllis Macy-Mills
Come Feed Cows With Me
Bundled up in gloves and boots And caps with ear flaps down When snow is almost boot top high and covers barn and ground.
experience, food
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
45
Zenith Lindamood
The Caretaker
Each morning he makes his accustomed round to feed the cattle, loading his pickup with grain in the automatic feeder and piling bales of hay behind it.
cattle, rancher
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
45
Steven Hind
Finding the Calf
Wind breathes in the new Leaves along the creek.
calf, april, cattle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
46
Don Wagner
Feeding Time
In the earlyy morning darkness I rise, gather my clothes, and Clump down the stairs.
feeding, cattle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
47
John Markley
The Kind That Put Cash in the Bank
Some like . them red. Some like them roan. Some like a face that is white.
cattle, color, breed, market
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
49
Glenn Brunkow
The Neighbor's Bull
It's what caused most range wars since barb wire's introduction. No it isn't musk thistles I speak of, but the neighbor's bull.
breed, bull, cow, fence
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
50
Jack Hurlburt
Life on a Flint Hills Grazer: The Receiving
To the Flint Hills pastures big old Texas grassers used to come to graze, And fatten on the rich bluestem grasses through the long, warm summer days.
train, ranch, shipping
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
52
John Markley
Choosing a Bull
I had a herd of rainbow cows - Every color you could find. They came in every size and shape And every breed and kind.
cattle, breed, world, herd
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
53
Don Hurst
Spraying Cattle
Helped spray cattle the other day Neighbor bought them down Mexico way.
shipping, corral
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
53
H. Howard Hamm
Round Up
When you're riding down th' trail You're almost sure to meet A cloud of dust a' drifting high, Stirred up by the shufflin' feet.
round-up, cattle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
54
Jack Hurlburt
The Cattle Loader
We followed the drags through the shippin' pen gate, the end of a dusty trail And as soon as the cattle loader would come, we would put them on the rail.
cattle car, shipping, train
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
55
Jerry Wright
For Another Year
For another year of contrary cows, anvil headed broncs colickity colds, february floods,
paycheck, difficulty, money
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
56
Lou Hart
Springtime at Crockers
In the valley of the Southfork, Many many miles away, That is where the Crocker Brothers Have ranched for many a day.
ranch, dude, farm hands
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
57
Phyllis Macy-Mills
Out There on the Open Range
The cowboys head south 'cross the prairie Before dawn on the roundup ground; The great Flint Hills lie before them, Mist filled with daybreak's sound.
cowboy, cattle drive
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
57
Elva Schouten
Cattle Season's Done
Bluestem stands russet in maturity, Sunflowers bob, dew sprinkled in the breeze,
flowers, season, cattle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
58
Elmore Stout
How Rocky Are the Flint Hills?
"How Rocky are the Flint Hills?" "How do you mean?" I might say. If you mean, are there stones of both limestone and chert, Then the answer is, "Yes" - and they stay.
rough land, rocks, flint
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
60
Joseph Richards
The Cattleman
I'm a cattleman from the bluestem land On the edge of the Western plains. When my sale is hot, they say I got More pure luck than brains.
beer, uncertainty, cattleman
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
61
John Markley
Getting a Loan at the Bank
I was out of cubes, the hay pile was low And it was still a long time until grass. The snow was blowin', the cows getting thinner And my pickup was low on gas.
bank, money, loan, fraud
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
62
Diana Russell
The Banker's Side
The Banker sunk down in his leather chair Behind his massive teakwood desk. he suddenly felt very old and tired, God, how he needed a rest.
banker, experience, friendship
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
64
Tom McBeth
The Touch
Since back when he was just a sprout He learned he had to lean Into the weight each day dished out And sweat was something clean.
horses, family, touch, skill
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
65
Steven Hind
Bay Mare
her tail a black switch of shining hair switching the still air
mare, movement
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
66
Tom McBeth
Babies
She always arrived in the BMW slim, thirtyish, then went to catch Baby, sixteen hands, long underline, muscled, well proportioned, flat-boned and roan.
sadness, hope, love, baby
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
67
Wilber Countryman
Strawberry Roan
I got up one morning about half past four, And I kissed the cook at the ranch-house door. Then, I got on my horse with a rope in my hand, and I took a little ride towards the pastureland.
colt, tame, ride, roan, buck