FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
139
Buck Ramsey
The Terrorist
If I were a poet, a prominent one Who might at times be asked for interviews, I would be true to the usual type And ready with answers, and if I were, As surely I would be, asked a question About what the function of poetry is, I would say, perhaps, dangerous things, say -
terrorist, history, anger
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
139
Buck Ramsey
Season Song
If I'd go back Then back I'd go On caroled air On season snow.
season, walk, bells
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Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
144
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Skysailing
Oh, God! Hawk am I, Soaring on a ground sigh And earth breath. Shunning all the horsetail wisps, Searching out the cloudswell lifts, I skyward press.
sky, cloud, plants
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
146
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"If" Poem for Another Time's Child
I'm singing to tell you the best way I can It's as hard to be a boy as to be a man; While wide-eyed with wonder you wrestle with pain Men'll yearn for the sunshine and pray for the rain.
song, life, advice
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
150
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Songdog
When young I saw a coyote spring in air And arc and tumble in a backward flip, Then chase his tail and wallow in his joy, Exalting with his private yap and yip.
coyote, desert, watching
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
154
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Symphony Notes
Bless those who toil in silence for the sound Who clothe in wood and brass the cosmic hum Who start vibrations of the last song By setting strings in order for the strum.
symphony, music, orchestra
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-47
160
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(Texas Elections and) Spring Rejections
Later in winter my old neighbor Stood stooped and still among his elms, Awaiting, straining for, signs of spriong
texas, plains, neighbors
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
160
Buck Ramsey
That Ye Be Not Angry
Now, Johnny had got him a spankin' at school for misstreatin' a little girl's pigtail, So as he was drawin' nigh home late that day, a poor chicken he kicked 'cross a cowtrail.
anger, farm animals, mother
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
162
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The Box Dinner (where Fiddle and Fair first meet)
He topped his breakfast sopping bread through puddled syrup of sorghum And mulled the problem once again -- his church, it had no organ. His parson missus hymned right in and harmonized his worry, "The Lord may see the sparrow fall, but He would have to hurry to catch the noise your whole flock makes in congregation singing, And still he'd think it jays and crows hard at their best mudslinging.
dinner auction, date, ribbon, draft
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
174
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The Christmas Waltz
Winter is here and the old year is passing, The sun in its circle winds far in the south, It's time to bring cheer to a cold snowbound cowcamp, It's Christmastree time of the year for the house.
christmas, waltz, celebration
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
176
Buck Ramsey
The Father's Lament
Bows and laces Little faces Flatter as they Frame the smiles
lace, daughters, flirting
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
180
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The Importance of Being
Had one breath of bee Forgot to join the air To longer as before;
existence, nature, reality
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
182
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The Man For Our Time
Old Dunder had been on a jaunt into town for to check on the state of the nation. It only took Dunder a short look and listen to size up the whole situation.
man, legend, cowboy
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
186
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The Sadhom Lad Gift or Phooman Connuestry
CLe Jaybob of Sadhom And Stanley of Phoo Glowed poised for a party Of louderdin hue.
poetry, crew, nonsense
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
188
Buck Ramsey
The Slipper Waltz
Kid Tybo Tremain of the old Star Cross outfit Had yet his last measure to grow, But he rode like a tick on brush country cowdog But he rode like a tick on brush country cowdog And looped the beast, head, heel or toe.
dog, cowboy crew, waltz
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
202
Buck Ramsey
The Terrorist
If I were a poet, a prominent one Who might at times be asked for interviews I would be true to the usual type And ready with answers, and if I were, As surely I would be, asked a question
terrorist, poetry, distraction
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
208
Buck Ramsey
Untitled
Shrugging at us for whom all things were made, Who are ends in ourselves, the end of all, As if we, primal, chosen, arsenalled?
creation, existence, life
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Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
210
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Poem in Arabic
unknown
unknown
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
212
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Untitled
These lover's families know for sure This beauty here would all soon pass And nothing here would long endure Without the blessed growing grass.
lovers, wedding, gift
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
214
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Two Deaths In The Spring
Men and Women both wondered about the ferocity that must have been hidden in this small young man everybody called Bear.
death, spring, youth
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
220
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Wearing Out Welcomes
Seemest thou the fucker went berserk Or aimed quietly akimbo In your perpendicular place? Seemest he did bask like like a snowman
crazy, beast, welcome
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
222
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With Regard To Stuff Dippers
Old Belvedere Botsworth was parked at a bar, fresh back from a trip down to Texas, And he was atellin' his New Yorker pals how he'd picked up some brand new complexes.
texas, condom, cowpunch
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
224
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World News Tonight With Commentary
Big Bully and Little Bully Go to mouthing of at one another.
news, commentary, baby
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
226
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Notes for a Novel
"I cannot sleep. All time passing. The old days fade like dusking light. Oh, fast awake, I want a sounding That carried sleep one long gone night."
novel, notes, farm
Buck Ramsey's Poetry Inventory
Buck Ramsey
FOLK COLL 11 R-48
240
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Unknown
Well to the leather born." Old Dunder, augering the Kid, Was brushing on the paint In strokes that made the Fiddle look A downright cowboy saint.
paint, outfit, cowboy