FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Lessons From Leo

FOLK COLL 11 Q-2

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

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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

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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

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Vess Quinlan

An Astute Observation

Little brother almost five younger sister toddling after everywhere

toddler, toy, grandfather

Lessons From Leo

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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

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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

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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

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Vess Quinlan

The Translation

The leather-bound treasure, randomly opened, leafs to a Poe favorite.

high school, poetry, poe

Lessons From Leo

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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

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Vess Quinlan

Grandma's Advice

You just can't let a cowboy run a ranch, she would say.

advice, money, grandpa

Lessons From Leo

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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

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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

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Vess Quinlan

Tracks

There is a poem here printed in the soft dirt.

dirt, coyote, scratches

Lessons From Leo

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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

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Vess Quinlan

Pigs, An Awarness

I remember when Blondie, a runt my grandfather gave me had nine.

pig, bicycle, memory

Lessons From Leo

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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

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

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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

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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

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Solomon

If Solomon was so very wise, how come he had so many wives?

wisdom, wives, solomon

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Blood and Guts

Before a battle our general would always give a speech, telling us how with bayonets fixed we should charge the breech.

speech, violence, general

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

The Sailor Man

There was once a sailing man who took his veggies from a can. And after a day of sailing toil, he liked to take some olive oil.

popeye, veggies, oil

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Careful

If with a Borgia you would sup and he pours wine into your cup, it might be smart, at least I think, to tell your host that you don't drink.

caution, wine, poison

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Bad Day at the Alamo

There was grief, so much grief at the Alamo, and all the boys at the saloon were feeling mighty low.

grief, home, despair, solemnity

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Beliefs

The Chinese have a belief that I think is fine, They believe that evil spirits can't follow a crooked line.

evil spirit, drunk, line