FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Memories of Old Time Chisholm Trail: Romance in Verse by H. H. Halsell

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H. H. Halsell

Cowboy's Lament

Let him see once more the round-up.

roundup

Memories of Old Time Chisholm Trail: Romance in Verse by H. H. Halsell

H. H. Halsell

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unknown

Cowboy Lament

I don't whine because I don't have my honey.

want, desire, backward turn backward, oh time in your flight

Memories of Old Time Chisholm Trail: Romance in Verse by H. H. Halsell

FC 11 H-02

H. H. Halsell

Daniel's Lament

Helen: -- My love.

love lost, sadness

Memories of Old Time Chisholm Trail: Romance in Verse by H. H. Halsell

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unknown

Trailin' On -- Cowboy's Requiem

Ridin' that range together.

memories

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

The Panhandle of Texas

Where the azure cups down over weather-bronzed plain.

west, seasons, nature

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Prairie Stars

Prairie stars lean lovingly down.

star, sky, night

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

February

Prairie acres, waiting for the pulsing beat of spring.

snow, winter

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Herald of Spring

Winter will cease weaving on the prairies.

bluebonnets, flowers, spring, winter, seasons, snow, Texas

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Locust Time in Texas

Oh, it's locust-blossom time upon the prairie.

seasons

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Meadow Lark Hill

Meadow Lark Hill, where my loved ones lie.

death, burial, grave, cemetery

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Gus Ford's Patio

Dame Nature, careless housewife, in spring cleaning.

flowers, spring, color

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

The Garden Nun

When June returns, the hollyhock nun.

flowers, religion

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Lights from a Hotel Window

Night-gray reaches of a distant suburb are marked by softened.

night, flowers, blooming, city

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Fugitive

Shielded by a billboard.

tree, city

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Stalwart Against the Sky

Men who gather waste wood mark its growing death with proprietary eye.

tree, service, aging, old age, nature

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Prairie Wind

The wind is a sky-writer.

sky, clouds, water, tumbleweed, dust, windmill

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Home Again

But yesterday the long look from the mountain top.

plains, home, prairie, land

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Prairie Hunger

For those who love the forest, trees hold tender, shielding arms.

prairie, space, forest, trees, plains, land,

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Fickle Lover

A soft night wind glides across the high plains.

wind, flowers, scent, odor, fragrance, perfume

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Autumn Finance

Today I went forth as a miner.

memories, willow, nature

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

November on the Prairie

November is a crone.

seasons, autumn, winter

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Where is The Wind?

Wind stripped the fields of their soil.

dust, dust bowl, farm, dry, lack of water, air, clouds

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Prairie Autumn

Autumn weaves a coverlet for the earth.

leaves, flowers, seasons, nature

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Prairie Rose

A lone, flaming rose.

character

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

Prohibition in the Eighties

John Hollicott was a drinkin' man.

character, drink, alcohol, boss