FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

189

Robert Service

The Wedding Ring

I pawned my sick wife's wedding ring, To drink and make myself a beast. I got the most that it would bring, Of golden coins the very least. With stealth into her room I crept And stole it from her as she slept.

ring, pawn, love

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

191

Robert Service

The Hat

In city shop a hat I saw That so fancy seemed to strike, I gave my wage to buy the straw, And make myself a one the like.

hat, shop, sunday, bully

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

192

Robert Service

Normandy Peasant

They've taken all my fields of corn To make them strips of strife; They've razed the house where I was born And lived all my life.

peasant, farmer, sell, ruin

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

194

Robert Service

I Believe

It's my belief that every man Should do his share of work, And in our economic plan No citizen should shirk.

belief, heritage, work

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

196

Robert Service

Resentment

A man's a mug to slog away And stint himself of ease, When bureaucrats take half his pay To glut their treasuries.

resent, money, work

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

198

Robert Service

Moderation

What pious people label vice I reckon mainly pleasure; I deem that women, wine and dice Are good in modest measure; Though sanctity and truth recieve My hearty approbation, Of all the virtues, I believe The best is Moderation.

moderation, virtue, extremes

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

200

Robert Service

The Brusier

So iron-grim and icy cool I bored in on him like a bull. As if one with the solid ground I took his blows round after round:

boxing, mercy, draw

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

202

Robert Service

Nature Man

The happiest man I ever knew Was scarcely clad at all; He had no bath like me and you, But owned a waterfall.

nature, joy, simple

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

204

Robert Service

Mongrel

A puppy dog without a collar Annexed me on my evening walk; His coat suggested fleas and squalor, His tail had never known a dock.

dog, homeless, love

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

206

Robert Service

Dirt

Dirt is just matter out of place, So scientists aver; But when I see a miner's face I wonder if they err.

dirt, work, labor, sweat

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

208

Robert Service

My Highland Home

My mother spun the household wool, And all our kiddy clothes would make; I used to go barefoot to school, While bannock took the place of cake.

home, memory, past

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

209

Robert Service

The Butcher

They say that ruthless Robespierre, That "sea-green incorruptible," To whom the nobs of nobles were By guillotines deductible, -

robespierre, guillotine, head

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

210

Robert Service

Dark Pine

If my life-force, by death decree, Could find green haven in a tree,

death, tree, rebirth

The Best of Robert Service

FOLK COLL 11 S-77

212

Robert Service

Dauntless Quest

Why seek to scale Mount Everest, Queen of the air? Why strive to crown that cruel crest And deathward dare?

explore, everest, dare

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

El Dia De Los Muertos

On All Souls Day, we pause, turn, look out to the hills.

dead, remember, family

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

A Horse Whispers

I know a woman who smiles all the time.

smile, hore, care, fall

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

Claybank and Silverbelly

Once upon a time, I had a hat. A silverbelly hat, such a pretty dove grey.

hat, rain, horse, ride

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

Ruffian's Daughter

Still this horse runs, her bright blood pumps flames beneath a matchless skin.

child, father, attitude

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

Bad Business

In a snowy cornfield between our gate and the highway, hungry mothers have been running the fence.

winter, hunger, cattle

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

You can Lead a Horse to Water but You Can't Make him Drink

You can't smell the lion crouched above the sweet, cold spring. You don't hear him cough a quiet whiff of death.

danger, patience, alert

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

One of the best things I know is the owl calling from the ancient box elder who stands hunched near the corral, like a crooked old man.

owl, hunt, winter

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

About a Doe

Yesterday riding out on my tall horse, I came upon a doe down behind some thick brush.

doe, starving, gun

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

High Country Herd

Late at night a boy works below in the basement. A single bulb lights what he shapes.

ranch, broncs, songs

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

The Old Ones

On a hill above the river, with my friends beside me, I visited them all.

hill, horses, plants

Regarding the Others

FOLK COLL 11 E-24

Maria Lisa Eastman

Best Left Unanswered

Surely Rodin had hands like yours, broad, with long sure fingers and ropey veins.

longing, age, grace