FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
283
Gertrude Thomas Arnold
Desert Bloom
A glow of purples at set of dawn.
flowers, nature, beauty, life
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
283
Charles Beghtol
In Old Tucson
Within adobe wall.
desert, night bird's call, woman, hollyhocks, shadows
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
284
E.A. Brinistool
Back to Arizona
Take me back to Arizona.
moving-picture craze, chuckawalla, Gila monster, Apache, cacti, desert, poker game, centipedes, coyotes, whiskey, rough country, hanging-bee, six-gun
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
286
Charles O. Brown
The History of Arizona: How it was Made and Who Made It
The devil was given permission one day.
select land, prickly pear, mesquite, Santa Cruz, cholla, imported Apaches, poise the land, tarantula, rattlesnake, corner of hell, heaven
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
287
Richard Burton
The Old Santa Fe Trail
It wound through strange scarred hills, down canyons lone.
pioneers, rough men, quest, Saxons, Mexicans, Indians, wilderness
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
288
D. Maitland Bushby
Drifting
Out beyond the grasses growing.
desert winds, cholla, nature
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
289
Witter Bynner
An Adobe House
In a house born of the brown earth.
poems, feelings, wind, nature
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
289
Witter Bynner
New Mexican Desert
A vivid hardened ocean.
song, sounds, magic
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
290
Willa Catcher
Spanish Johnny
The old West, the old time.
mandolin, herd, moon-enchanted plain, Spain, death
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
292
Torrey Connor
The Old Casa
The moon and I a-tiptoe peer within.
women, courting, lover, serenades, sadness
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
292
Harrison Conrad
Dead on the Desert
Have mercy, God! And on the dune sun-curs'd.
thirst, dehydration, serpent, death
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
293
Harrison Conrad
In Old Tucson
In old Tucson, in old Tucson.
music, violin, women, beauty, black hair, love, separation
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
293
Alice Corbin
Juan Quintana
The goat-herd follows his flock.
desert rain, old man, muchacho
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
294
Edwin Curran
The Painted Hills of Arizona
The rainbows all lie crumpled on these hills.
colors, light, nature, beauty, lightning
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
295
Glenn Ward Dresbach
Desert Song
There's no hiding here in the glare of the desert.
silence, heat, love, hate, cedar fire, dreams, Rome
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
296
John Gould Fletcher
Mexican Quarter
By an alley lined with tumble-down shacks.
gutters, dirt, filth, stars, beautiful woman, Madonna's image, flowers, Juan, love, longing, guitar, fate, youth, age, Babylon, Samark and
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
298
John Gould Fletcher
Rain in the Desert
The huge red-buttressed mesa over yonder.
temple, altar fires, priests, prayer-sticks, sky-serpents, rain, nature
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
298
John Galsworthy
Desert Song
When I came on from Santa Fe.
rain, scent, smells, darkness, cloud, dry weather
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
299
Arthur Guiterman
Quivira
Francisco Coronado rode forth with all his train.
Spain, search for gold, Aragon, Castile, Sonora, harness, Fray Padilla, Zuni, Arizona, Acoma, Colorado, war, Sioux, camp, Compostela, convert, heathen, Christianity, gospel, greed
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
303
Shallot M. Hall
In Old Tucson
In old Tucson, in old Tucson.
chilies, desert, oleander, pomegranate, dream
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
305
Sharlot M. Hall
Two Bits
Where the shimmering sands of the desert beat.
fort, Mohave, Yavapai, Date Creek Camp, Wingate Road, Verde Trail
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
307
Henry Herbert Knibbs
The Desert
Twas the lean coyote told me, bearing his slavish soul.
water hole, thirst, prison roll, shooting, death, liar, dreams, visions, rain
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
309
Henry Herbert Knibbs
The Oro Stage
Around the bend we streaked it with the leaders swingin' wide.
El Oromines, Jim Waring, outlaw stopper, San Salvador, pinto wheeler
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
311
Jack H. Lee
Death Valley
Twas silent below on the desert.
Funeral Range, rattlesnake, Panamint peaks, lizard, skeleton, quest for gold, desert
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
313
Arthur Truman Merrill
Spring in the Desert
Like the rusty bronze of a copper kettle.
rattlesnake, cactus, medicine-men, Zuni, Chief Lone Man
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