FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
28
Dean Cook
Where Do You Go When There's No Place To Go?
Where do you go, when there's no place to go, on Bright Angel Trail? When nature calls, and there's no place at all? You know it never fails.
mules, grand canyon
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
29
Dean Cook
Grand Canyon Sweet
We'll build an exhibit that's easily seen, from Toroweap clear down to Valle. From brink to brink, garments pretty and pink, from Maidenform, Olga, and Bali.
bra, art, campaign, grand canyon
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
30
Dean Cook
One Brick at a Time
They said that old hotel had outlived its day, so they've torn it down, and they've hauled it away.
brick, memory, hotel
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
32
Dean Cook
Weather or Not
A Phoenix spring is a fleeting thing, then summer swoops down like a bird, and sometimes fall doesn't come at all, and winter is only a word
heat, weather, phoenix, contest
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
35
Dean Cook
Blame It On You-Know-Who
There's a lake everywhere that the land is low, and you can't get home unless you row.
el nino, complain, water
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
36
Dean Cook
The Cryogenic Cowboy
"Oh, bury me not, on the lone prairie." These words came low, and mournfully from an old cowpoke, then I heard him say, "Though I've got to go, I don't plan to stay."
death, burial, head
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
37
Dean Cook
The Wild Man Retreat
There are things I've done that seemed downright dumb, as I made my way through life. Or even appeared to be somewhat weird, at least according to my wife.
nature, embarrassment, manhood
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
39
Dean Cook
High Country Song
Sometimes by a campfire, in the country I love, with the evening breeze rising in the trees up above, I sit drinking coffee, while the sun's going down, and try to remember why I moved to town.
nature, respect, value
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
40
Dean Cook
The Wild Rivers
Have you hiked the East Verde, where the water runs cool? Have you seen a trout rise from a Blue River pool?
river, valley, nature
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
41
Dean Cook
Toltec Truck Stop
I went rolling out of Phoenix in the boss's brand new car. I was heading down to Tucson, but I never got that far.
truck driver, patience, repair
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
43
Dean Cook
Wood Smoke at Sundown
Wood smoke at sundown, riding soft on the wind, sets my mind wandering to places I've been.
memory, fire, smoke, smell
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
44
Dean Cook
The New Cowboy's Lament
I met him on the street out in Peoria. Scarcely knew him in his jacket and his tie.
complaint, change, technology
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
45
Dean Cook
Juan Padilla's Amazing Bean Pot
Me and Bob wer both flat flat broke that fall, and so it made good sense to hire on with Tony Baca, and build some boundary fence.
cooking, camp, food
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
47
Dean Cook
Baling Wire
I was down at the feed store, just the other day. It had been a while since I 'd seen a bale of hay.
wire, useful, makeshift
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
48
Dean Cook
When the Vigilantes Ride
When the full moon's throwing shadows, up above ther Rim, where the hanging ropes once hung from a ponderosa limb,
evening, vigilante, danger
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
49
Dean Cook
Line Shack
The door's a little crooked, doesn't quite keep out the wind. The tin roof's kind of rusty , doesn't quite keep out the rain.
shack, repair, decor
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
50
Dean Cook
Sing Me a Song
Sing me a song, boys, tell me a tale, of nights by the campfires and life on the trail.
settle, town, nature, walk.11
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
51
Dean Cook
Feather Duster Cowboy
The bosss came by the other day, and this is what he said, "The markets going plumb to hell, and so is this old spread, and if you want to draw your pay, can't blame you none for that,
change, ostriches, difficulty
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
53
Dean Cook
There's Only the Valley
The sky cleared at sunset, and the wind settled down, leaving drifts lying quiet on the hills we passed through.
religion, valley, driver, hope
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
55
Dean Cook
The Sad Saga of Sourdough Sol
Most anyone who has dabbled in Arizona history has heard something about our camels, but hardly anybody knows the whle
camel, history, gold
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
58
Dean Cook
Old Charlie
Some years ago, my partner and I were camped about halfway down Sycamore Canyon.
odd, cowboy, loner,
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
62
Dean Cook
A Catron County Adventure
One fall a few years ago (actually, quite a few), when I was single and wandering around quite a bit, I ended up over in Catron County, New Mexico.
freeze, fog, ride, ice
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
65
Dean Cook
The G&HGRR
One railroad you hardly ever hear about anymore is the Gila and Hassayampa Gravity Railroad, or the G&HGRR. It was the brainchild of J. W. "Smokey" Thompson, a man of some engineering and mechanical ability who came west in the 1800s to seek his fortune.
train, porcupine, tall tale
Tracks Along the Trail
FOLK COLL 11 H-63
1
Bob Huff
Both Sides of the Fence
Up above the aspen glades, Rimmed by fir and stately spruce, There's a meadow marked by cairns And a trail grown dim from little use.
nature, world, lifestyle
Tracks Along the Trail
FOLK COLL 11 H-63
3
Bob Huff
Alterations
The good Lord made me nearly perfect. At least, all the parts were there. Like toes and fingers and knees and thighs. I even used to have some hair.
humor, horse, finger, injury