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
422
Carl Sandberg
Buffalo Dusk
The buffalos are gone.
dust, old times, past
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
422
Alexander L. Posey
On the Capture and Imprisonment of Crazy Snake, January, 1900
Down with him! Chain him! Bind him fast!
traitor, outlaw, respect, condemnation
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
411
John G. Neihardt
Red Cloud
Sullenly a gale.
Bozeman Trail, Fort Laramie, Great White Father, Sioux, Missouri, Inyan Kara, Arapaho, Dakota, Cheyenne, rattlesnake, Long Knife, Ogallala, Brules, Spotted Tail, teepees, Tongue, Rosebud,, Madison, Man Afraid, Platte, Colonel Maynadier, half-breed, Utes, terror, despair, Swift Bear, Black Horse, Julesberg, Pumpkin Creek, Chimney Rock, Mitchell Post, Carrington
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
401
John G. Neihardt
The Death of Crazy Horse
And now 'twas done.
Little Powder, frontier, Sioux, Dog Creek, Inyan Kara, North Cheyenne, starvation, Dull Knife, battle, Nes Perce Joseph, Bitter Root, Big Hole Basin, Mighty Spirit, Yellowstone, freedom, bison, Custer, Little Horn, Ogalala, Spotted Tail, Indian Police, Rosebud, suffering
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
433
Eda Lou Walton
How Our Forefather Got His Wife
Our forefather once wished a wife.
tribe, yellow dog, disguise
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
434
Eda Lou Walton
Indian Death
Land of the Horizontal Yellow.
old age, Dawn-Boy, sky-road, Horizontal Yellow
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
434
Eda Lou Walton
Love Medicine (Blackfoot Indian Song)
A yellow dot on her forehead.
charm, tipi, mocking eyes
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
435
Eda Lou Walton
The Marriage Dance (Blackfoot Indian Song)
I weave my blanket red.
patience, industriousness, couple, commitment
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
435
Ned White
Apache Kid
Ye traced me on the desert wide.
trail, blood, hunted down, forest, Indian, death, man-hunters
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
439
Mary Austin
Elf Owl
Elf owl, elf owl, what do you see.
badger, animals, rattlesnake, coyote, nighthawk, horned toad, rabbit, nature, land
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
439
Mary Austin
Grizzly Bear
If you ever, ever, ever meet a grizzly bear.
beast, careful, danger
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
440
Mary Austin
Prairie-Dog Town
Old Peter Prairie-Dog.
house, underground, earth, cleverness, efficient,
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
441
Mary Austin
The Sandhill Crane
Whenever the days are cool and clear.
nature, animals, danger
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
442
J. Barber
The White Steed of the Prairies
Mount, mount for the chase!
hunters, beauty, speed, grace, majesty, unbridled freedom, Cordilleras
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
444
S. Omar Barker
To a Jack Rabbit
Lean, lanky son of desert sage.
speed, plains, prairie, Harlequin, frontier, West
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
445
William Rose Benet
The Horse Thief
There he moved, cropping the grass at the purple canyon's lip.
moonlight, lariat, night, stars, tenderfoot, mustang, Bellerophon, bandana, Centaur, Milky Way, Sagittarius
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
449
Witter Bynner
Vinegaroon
Bring your shears and clip him well.
clam, wooly lamb, forked claws
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
449
Robert V. Carr
Prairie Wolves
Up where the white bluffs fringe the plain.
demons, beasts, curse, hate
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
450
Ina Coolbrith
The Mariposa Lily
Insect or blossom?
flower, gossamer, fragile, butterfly
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
450
Glenn Ward Dresbach
Yucca in the Moonlight
Flowers of mist and silence.
nature, beauty, sand, endurance
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
451
Hamlin Garland
Massasauga
A cold, coiled line of mottled lead.
hatred, deadly enemy, death
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
452
Hamlin Garland
The Passing of the Buffalo
Going, the wild things of our land.
antelope, peace, pasture, struggle, winter, ocean current
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
454
Marilla Merrimar Guild
The Ocotillo in Bloom
A flock of scarlet birds.
silence, desert
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
455
Arthur Guiterman
The Dance of Gray Raccoon
Curled in his black-ringed tail drowsed he.
North Wind, mischief, Black Bear, magic flask, medicine dance
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
457
Arthur Guiterman
Ephraim the Grizzly
This is the tale of Ephraim.
nature, past, monster, wolf, panther, animals, beaver, wigwam, storehouse, Klamath
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