FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
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Vess Quinlan
The House of Hoover
The old veteran was named Tee Hee. His roommate was a pack-rat named Hoover. maybe Hoover had heard the war stories late at night and might know what happened in World War One that caused Tee Hee to fear crowds, but none of the town folks knew because the old man would not speak of it.
kindness, friendship, veteran
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
43
Vess Quinlan
Rain in May
It rains at Flagstaff and Gray Mountain at Cameron, Tuba City, Tonalea, at Cow Springs and Kayenta, at Dennehotso, Mexican Water Red Mesa, and Teec Nos Pos.
rain, spring, bloom, transform
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
44
Vess Quinlan
Leo's Crooked Cousin
I could tell he was upset when we started to the house after loading he last of our lambs in the big triple deck semi trailer. Leo was mumbling to himself and shaking his head.
nickel, trick, lamb
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
48
Vess Quinlan
Stewardship
It is fall again harvested alfalfa fields neat and trim and cared for are ready to welcome cattle home from the mountains.
harvest, cattle, care
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
48
Vess Quinlan
The Second Time Around
They share a meal at a quiet corner table.
date, love, food
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
49
Vess Quinlan
Clyde's Lament
Clyde leaned back in his rocking chair, and said "Jim Crowley took Grandma Williams and me to a Colorado Cattleman's doings in Glenwood Springs a while back.
love, genetics, regret
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
55
Vess Quinlan
A Few Simple Things
I am a humble man and don't want much, crystal clear air, a toasty house a powerful pickup to haul whatever I chose.
humility, america, simplicity
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
56
Vess Quinlan
A Truly Durable Joke
When we had been on our run down formerly bank owned ranch for a month or so, our new hired man, Leo, brought a relative to visit.
efficiency, prairie dog, simplicity
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
59
Vess Quinlan
An Astute Observation
Little brother almost five younger sister toddling after everywhere
toddler, toy, grandfather
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
59
Vess Quinlan
Horses and Cantaloupe
We listened entranced to a static prone Philco radio built into a three foot high Hardwood cabinet
radio, race horses, farm
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
60
Vess Quinlan
Bad Companions
"I had to spank him yesterday". I heard mom tell dad. "What for". "Hiding from the sheriff."
slingshot, jail, companion
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
66
Vess Quinlan
The Next Year People
The preacher picked us out of a stream of Stock Show enthusiasts walking toward the entrance gates on the icy sidewalk. He approached spraying spittle, pointed with a grimy hand, and shouted loudly. Are you a person of faith?
faith, preacher, seed
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
67
Vess Quinlan
The Translation
The leather-bound treasure, randomly opened, leafs to a Poe favorite.
high school, poetry, poe
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
68
Vess Quinlan
The Accountant's Complaint
She leaned back in her chair and said sternly, "finally!, after all these years, I know why your outfit struggles so.
farm, cows, accountant
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
68
Vess Quinlan
Grandma's Advice
You just can't let a cowboy run a ranch, she would say.
advice, money, grandpa
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
69
Vess Quinlan
A Shot Heard 'Round the County
Grandma intended to keep chickens laying all winter and that meant a lot of work building a snug chicken house with six inches of dirt packed between double walls.
chicken, eggs, buffalo gun
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
72
Vess Quinlan
ZZZZZT
"Just like a lady's zipper, the old man said, that's how it sounded following daddy's big black mules reins looped around my neck, sweating steel plow cutting through centuries of grass mat.
zipper, dust bowl, wind, hobo
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
73
Vess Quinlan
Tracks
There is a poem here printed in the soft dirt.
dirt, coyote, scratches
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
73
Vess Quinlan
Tee Hee
A favorite companion, this strange old man, who lived in a tar paper shack near the town dump.
veteran, dump, scars, role model
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
74
Vess Quinlan
Pigs, An Awarness
I remember when Blondie, a runt my grandfather gave me had nine.
pig, bicycle, memory
Lessons From Leo
FOLK COLL 11 Q-2
74
Vess Quinlan
Mountain Valley Winter
Deeper and deeper her slumber grows, until, like a great bear, she sleeps through the short days.
winter, wind, sleep
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
1
Paul Thomas Lillard
The Cowboy Movie
The cowboy ran To the edge of the roof, then took a second or so to make real sure his saddled horse was standing there below.
stunt, jump, saddle
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
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Paul Thomas Lillard
The Aborigine
To an aborigine you need not explain the clouds, the thunder, the falling rain.
nature, knowledge, aborigine
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Friends
Saw a movie not long ago, damn good movie too, where some men were going to hang a man that they once knew.
movie, friend, hanging
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
4
Paul Thomas Lillard
Solomon
If Solomon was so very wise, how come he had so many wives?
wisdom, wives, solomon