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
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
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
459
Arthur Guiterman
The Prairie Dog
The Gopher remarked to the Prairie Dog.
rattlesnake, hypocrisy, democracy, talks, animals
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
454
Hamlin Garland
The Vulture of the Plains
He wings a slow and watchful flight.
alkali, storm-clouds
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
460
R.W. Hall
The Last Longhorn
An ancient long-horned bovine.
death, cow, noble race, progress, nester, fencing, barbed wire, change
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
462
Sharlot M. Hall
Road Runner
Out of the western chaparral.
bird, roadrunner
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
462
Bret Harte
Chiquita
Beautiful! Sir, you may say so.
horse, beauty, Morgan, hoss, river, drown, nephew, judge, crossing, flood, boys will be boys, hosses is hosses
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
464
Bret Harte
Coyote
Blown out of the prairie in twilight and dew.
lazy, vagabond, Carlo, gray, outcast
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
465
Bret Harte
Grizzly
Coward, of heroic size.
strength, acorn husks, baby toes, epicurean retreats, Friar Tuck, fear
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
466
Vachel Lindsay
The Broncho That Would Not be Broken
A little colt -- broncho, loaned to the farm.
breaking horses, pride, Greek-footed figures, mules, harness, sledge-hammer
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
467
Vachel Lindsay
The Flower-Fed Buffaloes
The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring.
past, perfumed grass, wheat, Blackfeet, Pawnees, Indians
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
468
Charles F. Lummis
The Sidewinder
A lazy loop of lozenged gray.
greasewood, heat, sleep, mortal joys
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