FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Linda Hussa

The Weir

Tonight I open the ditch through the calf lot. Ice breaks into puzzle pieces.

calves, winter, plains

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Unknown

Buck Ramsey

There was a time when he'd be riding Before the sunrise, before the dawn; To greet the birds, with knowing tiding, Both horseback king; and day-slave pawn.

death, riding, song

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Mary Dalton Crump

Elegy To Buck Ramsey

Though hidden pain could blur his eyes, they still were bright as western skies.

memory, life, elegy

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Bob

And As We Walked Back In The Morning

Dear Buckaroo, how've you been keepin'? It ain't the same now that you're gone; There's been a river's worth of weepin', Though we all know you've just moved on.

cowboy, alchohol, house

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Shirley Gordon Jackson

Ode To Buck Ramsey

After Rolling Uphill From Texas, Buck Ramsey has danced his last Christmas Waltz, said farewell to the Maid of Argenta rode through the Red River Valley, and had his last Border Affair.

memory, sing, poetry

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Shirley Gordon Jackson

On Hearing Buck Ramsey Singing "Rolling Uphill From Texas"

Be still, you wind! Roam no more free, your cattle! Howl, coyote, howl! And let your cry Be heard in shivers of moon, In shivers of spine.

plains, nature, death

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Phil Martin

"And In The Mornings I Was Riding" A Eulogy For Buck

The thing I hate most about growing old is losing friends. Maybe I shouldn't blame it on age because I've been losing friends for a long time now.

death, memory, article

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Pat Langwell Weaver

Fields of Forever

Perhaps life on this earth is To learn certain lessons in love And when we have completed them We graduate to Heaven above.

field, eternity, death

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Pat Langwell Weaver

Remember Him Well

We were fortunate to share with this one A portion of life's time and space. Then, his life was done And he was taken from this place.

remember, life, sadness

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Badger Clark

A Cowboy's Prayer

Oh Lord, I've never lived where churches grow. I love creation better as it stood That day You finished it so long ago And looked upon Your work and called it good.

prayer, church, help

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Peggy Malone

He Won His Race

Today I Heard the News, The Passing of a Friend.

race, memory, death

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Jon Messenger

Unnamed

Into the sunset he's ridden off, Into that vast domain, The man who blazed the trail for us, Out through the breaks of his solemn plain.

sunset, death, horseback

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Roy Dee

Rich or Poor Big or Little This Guy was Everyone's Friend

Everyone's idea of what a good, honest person is varies somewhat, from person to person, state to state, nation to nation.

essay, memory, friendship

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Jenny Joseph

Unnamed

When I am an old lady I shall wear purple With a red hat, which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.

age, fashion, crazy

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Buck Ramsey

Buck's Scribbles

Not a soul here on earth knows our creation as I lie here alone tonight, fat moon?

creation, space, earth

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Laura

Unnamed letter

Dear Mrs. Rammsy I'm so sorry that your hosbon past away.

letter, teachers, child

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Kylie Dunn

Unnamed

You give me a song In the midst of the night. For I trust You only In this hour of fright.

song, psalm, prayer

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Kylie Dunn

Unnamed

The details of my life I commit into Thy Hand, From beginning to end The details You understand.

song, psalm, prayer

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Paul Zarzyski

Putting the Rodeo Try into Cowboy Poetry

Let's begin with the wildest landscape, space inhabited by far more of them than our own kind and, yes, we are talking other hearts, other stars.

poetry, love, life

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Joel Nelson

Rhymesman/ Reinsman (Buck Ramsey)

And though there came a time when he no longer could saddle with crew on still frosty mornings there also came a time when he could ride with abandon

rhyme, wilderness, cowboy

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Molly Ivins

He's a Nguyen(er)

AUSTIN - New Texans and old Texans. Naturally all good Texans spent part of New Year's Day rooting for the Aggies, who played quite a game.

vietnam, conflict, texas

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

Various

Featured at the Bar-D Ranch

We learned by look and feel, not studies - Unless it was the moves of pards Ahouseback, eloquent as bards. It was a spark, and we would fan it While riding favored by good winds With favored ancients, proper ends. The owners merely mined the granite; We were sculptors of the herd. Yes, ours the poetry; theirs the word.

magazine, poetry, profile

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

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Buck Ramsey

Tendrils

Shy and Tuffy, Fred and Tybo Nursed the wounds that scarred his soul Anchors set against the riptide of despair Storms of anger and frustration Surged around his battered hulk Tendrils formed in friendships furnace Held him there.

dream, boat, storm

Buck Ramsey, Texas Spirit

David Kelley

FOLK COLL 11 R-47

154

Buck Ramsey

Remembering Buck

Retrofitted by a culture Scorned in pompous lecture halls Sails and rudder held a course with fresh intent Seas of "life" are seldom tranquil Voyages often come to grief Trouble shared restores a compass sorely tent

college, life, trial

Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory

Buck Ramsey

FOLK COLL 11 R-48

Buck Ramsey

A Primary Rejection

Late in winter my old neighbor Stood stooped and still among his elms, Awaiting, staining for, signs of spring.

winter, livestock, flower