FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
FC 11 G-06
107
Lysius Gough
My Picture
One day I went into a hall.
gallery, presents
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
FC 11 G-06
108
Lysius Gough
A Night in Mobeetie in February, 1883
I went to Mobeetie one night.
mules, Jim Wright, Berry's saloon, plot, tragedy, Old Trusty, gambling dens, money, travel, Ruck Tanner
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
FC 11 G-06
109
Lysius Gough
Dim Trails
The range is mighty differ'nt.
increasing population, memories, cowpunchin' days, new ways, Sam, planet Mars,
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
4
Rosemary and Stephen Benet
Western Wagons
They went with axe and rifle, when the trail was still to blaze.
prairie-schooner, California, wealth, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, settle land, West, cross the continent, fortune
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
3
Rosemary and Stephen Benet
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark.
Missouri, president, May day, St. Louis, Pacific, Portland, Oregon, Maine, Indians, dangers, buffalo, prairie-dog soup, croup, Shoshone, Sioux, Rockies, Great Falls, Northwest, empire
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
5
Lena Whittaker Blakeney
The Covered Wagon
Through amidst of tears I watch the years.
memories, youth, pioneers, phantom trains, ghosts, rattle snake, Indian drum, tattoo, war dance, mustang's feet, tears, sadness
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
6
attributed to John Caldwell
The Mule-Skinner
In readin' the story of early days, it's a cause of much personal pain.
Sioux, blizzard, Geronimo, shootings, fights, neglected
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
7
Stanton A. Coblentz
The Last Trail
Across the bison-dotted plain.
westward movement, pioneer, Danny Long, Virginia, desert, Sierra, hardship, winter, Sutter's Fort, blizzards, hunger, danger, desolation, death, solitude, delirium, endless plains, rescue, love
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
16
Vesta Pierce Crawford
Pioneer Woman
Beneath these alien stars.
courage, strength, peace, worries
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
17
Edward Everett Dale
The Prairie Schooner
When I see a prairie schooner.
west, love for the land, plains, quest, fortune, freedom
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
18
Frank French
The Pioneer
Fill up your glass, O comrade true.
toast, experience, stories, remembrances, Platte, rheumatism, martyr lives
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
19
Frank French
Idaho
They say there is a land.
idyllic land, fortune, gold
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
20
Hamlin Garland
The Gift of Water
Is water nigh?
plainsmen, desert, Navajo
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
21
Hamlin Garland
Lost in a Norther
There are voices of pain.
prairie, Ladrone, winds, bullets, cold, sleet, snow, faithful horse, silence, hunger, helplessness, spring
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
24
Arthur Guiterman
The Oregon Trail
Two hundred wagons, rolling out to Oregon.
mountain pass, East, South, North, prairie ships, Missouri, bullwhip, pioneers, Kansas, Nebraska, Indians, Platte, Snake, Great Divide, caravan, Walla Walla, Columbia, trappers, British trader, Stars and Stripes
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
27
Sharlot M. Hall
Away Out West
Away, away from city and street.
crowdedness, land, clamor, silence, solitude, peace, West, space, West, wilderness, space, pain, regret, hope, vastness
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
29
Joseph Mills Hanson
Laramie Trail
Across the crests of the naked hills.
Platte, fear, ghost trail, carbines, sabres, bison, trooper, Snelling Fort
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
31
Henry Herbert Knibbs
The Long Road West
Once I heard a hobo, singing by the tie-trail.
future, hope, sailor, travel, night herd, cowboy, landscape
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
32
Eunice W. Luckey
Babies of the Pioneers
Tired cattle stumbled on the dusty trail.
laughter, innocence, age, adulthood
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
32
James Marshall
Oregon Trail: 1851
Out they came from Liberty, out across the plains.
emigrating westward, Indians, heathens, Independence Rock, birth, death, danger, faith, Milt, Ezra, Ben, mountains, ocean, dripping fir, homestead, conquerors, freedom, new beginning
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
34
Joaquin Miller
Crossing the Plains
Crossing the Plains
What great yoked brutes with briskets low.
buffalo, bullocks, captivity, majestic, kings
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
35
Joaquin Miller
Exodus for Oregon
A tale half told and hardly understood.
Missouri, Ohio, bearded men, travelers, hope, fear, exodus, doubts, brave women, trail, track, birth, death, prophecies, danger, desert, strength
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
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Joaquin Miller
William Brown
Poor William did what could be done.
ox-whip, Mary Jane, mountains, nature
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
40
Sam L. Simpson
The Wagon Trail
Forward! The crackling lashes send.
oxen teams, rest, night, campfire, danger, exhaustion, dust, heat, desert, plains
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
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42
Walt Whitman
Western Lines
The Missourian crosses the plains, toting his wares and his cattle.
oxen, expression, feeling, deserts, Western America, smell, odor, Kansas, buffalo, prairie, emigrants, stars