FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Indian

Statuesque he stands, a bronze heroic.

Indians, Indian-white relations

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Mele'wis

Loud from the neighboring forest.

Indians, spring

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To the Sunset

How the grey owl makes me shudder!

devotion, love, longing

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Passing of the Indian

The wind that moves in swiftness from the dead's low-lying mounds.

Indians, death

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I Am the Voice

I am the voice of the pioneers.

pioneers, settlers

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Self Same Song

"I know I'm one o' the scum o' earth, and the worst o' scum am I."

will, longing, mother, father, son, family, sorrow

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You Play th' Stack

Back in th' dusk o' th' Yellow Dog.

cards, poker, gambling, fight, chest

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The Crazy Sheep Herder

Th' sheep has jumped an' start to run.

sheepherder, sheep, coyote, dog

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Pioneer Song

We have wandered out over the prairies of lead.

pioneers, home, travel, tiredness

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Out in the Infinite

Have you ever been out in the Infinite.

silence, outdoors, sunset, night, alone, solitude, nature

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The Adopted Son

The town was a mother that suckled me.

adopted child, city, nature, son, solitude, crowds, clean, fate, wilderness, sight, blindness

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Whisperings

I can hear the howl of a lone coyote.

coyote, waterfall, wind, nature

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When the Glory Dies

When the glory dies on the mountain.

mountains, tears, pain, nature, rain, night

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The Cabin in the Hills

So you say I've a little to live?

bells, home, cabin, death, solitude, love lost, confession

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Parted

Form of a hundred rides!

love apart

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The Star Trail

There's a trail which leads out up the canyon.

tracks, sight, death, dying

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Reverie

When the hollow warmth of late September's sun.

autumn, love

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Queried

Why did God build these massive hills.

life, nature, mankind

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A Moonlight Rainbow

In the night a moonlight rainbow.

God, belief, dew

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Sunset Memories

Sunset seeking out a rafter.

sunset, cabin, memories, love

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Goodbye To My Cabin

Little cabin.

cabin, home, parting

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Muse of the Wild

This is what the poet said.

female

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The End

Beloved, you have made my life.

love, solitude, city

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Rolf M. Flake

Northern Arizona Spring

In Northern Arizona, beginning.

spring, Arizona, sand, wind

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Northern Arizona Summer

Northern Arizona summer, after.

summer, Arizona, rain, dry, water, grass