FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
30
Martha Downer Ellis
In Branding Time
From the top of the Gravelly Hills this morning.
branding, sound, cattle
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
31
Martha Downer Ellis
Morning Exercise
At the Zorra camping place I waited.
horses, running
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
32
Martha Downer Ellis
At Zorra Wagon Camp
Standing on top of the station wagon, I was.
picture, photograph
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
33
Martha Downer Ellis
At Round Top Wagon Camp
With camera and cookies I wait.
clouds, summer, sky
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
34
Martha Downer Ellis
In the Rope Corral
The older horses range themselves.
rope, horses
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
35
Martha Downer Ellis
The Horses
I know why we prize them so.
horse, cowboy, occupation
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
36
Martha Downer Ellis
Cole Younger
Cole Younger fell dead under Mark today.
pasture, horse, death, service
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
37
Martha Downer Ellis
Buster
Robert L. Taylor was killed in China Canyon.
death, branding, rope, 1957, summer
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
38
Martha Downer Ellis
Over the Ranch
The jets fly over a seemingly empty land.
dust, smoke signals, plane, view, air, signs, contentedness, sight
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
39
Martha Downer Ellis
Pete Keenan
The boys found Pete's old Baldy Roan dead today.
horse, death, drink, alcohol, cowboy, lightning, mercy
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
40
Martha Downer Ellis
Branding in Drouth
Beneath the summer's blazing sun.
drought, sun, wind, weariness, branding, summer
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
41
Martha Downer Ellis
Fall in Drouth
Summer is fading, yellow leaves are falling.
autumn, drought
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
42
Martha Downer Ellis
In 1953
Through all the hot and windy days of June.
dry, wind, clouds, hope, rain, need
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
43
Martha Downer Ellis
In Long Drouth
Have you ever been watching when those first.
drought, rain, thunder, need, desire, wind, clouds, water, wet
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
44
Martha Downer Ellis
October in Drouth
October's days are blue and fair.
drought, water. hope, despair, waiting, worry
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
45
Martha Downer Ellis
Drouth Shipping
Early this morning
truck, loading cattle, yearlings, cows, calves
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
46
Martha Downer Ellis
In a Dry Year
Don't look. Don't look.
drought, dust, avoidance, dry
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
47
Martha Downer Ellis
Rain
It's raining in the Seco.
rain, water
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
48
Martha Downer Ellis
Rain After Drouth
A cloud came by today.
drought, water, rain, appreciation, gratitude
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
49
Martha Downer Ellis
Today's Work
Breakfast is over, and I see.
work, clothing, dress
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
50
Martha Downer Ellis
1954
The brown and bitter summer has gone.
seeds, grass, hope, frost
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
51
Martha Downer Ellis
Winter Grass
Until the dry years came I never knew.
winter, grass, blue sky
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
52
Martha Downer Ellis
The Perra Corrals
The Perra corrals -- three sets of them.
corral, watering hole, materials, fencing, building techniques, mechanization, progress
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
54
Martha Downer Ellis
The Fence at the Perra Trap
Straight as a string that is taut.
barbed wire, fence, character
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
55
Martha Downer Ellis
The New Chuck wagon
The new chuck wagon doesn't have to have.
truck, modernization