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
365
author unknown
Prairie Lullaby
Shadows slowly creeping.
nightingale, night, moonshine, stars, sandman, dreams
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
365
author unknown
Ranch at Twilight
The soothing sigh of the night wind, a whine of a coyote's call.
maverick, prairie, silence, contentment
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
366
author unknown
Red River Valley
From this valley they say you are going.
longing, love, hope, adieu, sorrow, pain, past, broken heart
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
367
author unknown
Starving to Death on a Government Claim
Frank Baker's my name, and a bachelor I am.
county of Lane, Hoyle, sod house, leas, bedbugs, grasshoppers, rattlesnakes, centipede, sorghum, blizzards, rough life, homestead, Missouri, corn dodgers
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
369
author unknown
Way Out in Idaho
Come all you jolly railroad men, and I'll sing you if I can.
Denver, Oregon Short Line, Idaho, Kilpatrick's man-catcher, Cheyenne, Pocatello, American Falls, New Mexico
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
373
Mary Austin
Caller of the Buffalo
Whenever the summer-singed plains.
ceremonial smoke, Republican River, Pawnee, Great White Buffalo
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
374
Mary Austin
The Heart's Friend (Shoshone Love Song)
Fair is the white star of twilight.
love, twilight
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
374
Mary Austin
Lament of a Man for His Son
Son, my son!
mountain, chief's robe, warrior
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
375
Mary Austin
Neither Spirit nor Bird (Shoshone Love Song)
Neither spirit nor bird.
flute, willows, music, courting, love
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
376
Mary Austin
Prayer to the Mountain Spirit (From the Navajo)
Lord of the Mountain.
cleanness, wholeness, newness, courage
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
377
Mary Austin
Song of a Passionate Lover (From the Yokut)
Come not near my songs.
love, sorrow, pain, heartache, music
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
378
Mary Austin
Song of a Woman Abandoned by the Tribe Because She Is Too Old to Keep
Alas, that I should die.
death, medicine songs, magic healing, wisdom, knowledge
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
378
Mary Austin
Warrior's Song
Weep not for me, Loved Woman.
battle, death, sorrow
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
379
Charles Beghtol
Hopi Lament Aa Mihoya (Little Buried One)
Why does it tear so at my heart?
love, mother, death, memories, grief
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
380
Charles Beghtol
Hopi Prayer
Rain, lean down.
fertility, harvest, sun, warmth, earth
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
381
Witter Bynner
A Dance for Rain
You may never see rain, unless you see.
Cochiti, Pueblo, thunder, death, strength earth, prayer, cloud, god
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
385
Harrison Conrad
A Hopi Prayer
Rain! rain!
Snake Woman, gods, clouds, grains
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
386
Alice Corbin
Buffalo Dance (Chippewa)
Strike ye our land.
wild animals, trample the earth
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
386
Alice Corbin
Courtship (Chippewa)
When I go I will give you surely.
blanket, girdle, moccasins, silver necklace
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
387
Alice Corbin
The Green Corn Dance (San Ildefonso)
Far in the east.
gods, dancers, eagle feather, rain, clouds, thunder
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
388
Alice Corbin
Indian Death
Out of blue nowhere came guns.
soldiers, invaders, Columbus
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
389
Alice Corbin
Listening (Chippewa)
The noise of passing feet.
prairie, gods, silence
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
389
Alice Corbin
Parting
Now I go, do not weep, woman.
grief, death, earth, nature
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
390
Alice Corbin
Sand Paintings
The dawn breeze.
runners, copper cliffs, female moon
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
391
Alice Corbin
Where the Fight Was (Chippewa)
In the place where the fight was.
blanket, wounds, dead
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