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
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
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
313
Arthur W. Monroe
The Toll of the Desert
This is the toll of the desert.
bleached bones, warning, danger
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
314
Madge Morris
In the Yucca Land
The rim of the desert is the Yucca land.
mountains, moonlight, priestess, God, silence
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
315
Madge Morris
Quien Sabe?
Where do the waters go.
Mojave, Indians, wisdom, earth, water
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
316
Madge Morris
To the Colorado Desert
Thou brown, bare-breasted, voiceless mystery.
mountains, rivers, silence, solitude, loneliness, honey, God, anger, creation
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
317
Gordon W. Norris
Mi Corazon
Spanish is the tongue of lovers, Music light as fountain-spray.
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
319
Gordon W. Norris
Song of the Border
South of the Border and north of the sea.
moon, mango tree, Mexico, music, gringo, seductive woman, Corazon, love, broken heart, outlaw, lovesick
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
320
Lynn Riggs
Spring Morning -- Santa Fe
The first hour was a word the color of dawn.
mockingbird, gold, black, Alameda
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
321
Ned White
Bones in the Desert
We found him there on the Desert.
empty canteen, dead stranger, grave
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
321
author unknown
I Wanted to Die in the Desert
I wanted to die in the desert.
God, spell, fascination, grave, buzzards
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
322
author unknown
The Railroad Cars are Coming
The great Pacific railway.
California, locomotive, New Mexico, prairies,
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
328
Charles Badger Clark, Jr.
The Sheep-herder
All day across the sagebrush flat.
woollies, Spring, poetry, sheperd's songs, smell, Kansas State, Bliss Township, Section Five, rattler's den, Minnie, pastorals, Eden
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
331
Pearl Riggs Crouch
The Snowstorm
Across the plain the wind whines through the sage.
tumbleweeds, snowbirds, snowflakes, cold
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
331
Maynard Dixon
The Plains
Give me the palins -- the barren and sun beaten plains!
grass, endless skies, valley, cottonwood grove, Blackfeet
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
333
Eugene Field
At Cheyenne
Young Lochinvar came in from the West.
cowboy hat, girdle, Mariana, justice, tough guy, clean out the bar
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
333
Eugene Field
The Wanderer
Upon a mountain's height, far from the sea.
ocean, sound, mystery
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