FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
25
Laura Vernon Hamner
Her Needle an' Her Man
Em allus led a narrow life, folks said.
sewing, love, love lost, husband, wife, character
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
27
Laura Vernon Hamner
Cowman's Code
No, I won't burn that maverick, Jim; I'll wait until the big brandin'.
honesty, cowboy code, honest, branding, brand
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
28
Laura Vernon Hamner
Prairie Born
Night has no terrors for the prairie-born.
prairie, plains, fear, comfort, content
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
29
Laura Vernon Hamner
Vision
Sam Wyatt sat on the top of his dugout.
character, dreams, future, poverty
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
30
Laura Vernon Hamner
What the Snowflakes Held
This had been a hard winter.
snow, winter, seasons, cold, hope, winter wheat
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
33
Laura Vernon Hamner
My Ruts
Before me two lines converged until they met.
life, paths, path, journey, choices, freedom, confinement, aging
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
34
Laura Vernon Hamner
Prairie Pattern
The prairie pattern made no plan.
plains, Indians, buffalo, paths, progress, change
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
36
Laura Vernon Hamner
Today's Challenge
The prairie wind was victor long ago.
wind, change, progress, civilization
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
37
Laura Vernon Hamner
Song of Civilization
Upon the plain the pulse of life beat strong.
change, progress, barbed wire, law, freedom
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
37
Laura Vernon Hamner
Plane Patterns
The plodding farmer, with plow and hoe.
farmer, progress, airplane, pilot, farming, God, belief, judgment, work, toil, sweat,
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
38
Laura Vernon Hamner
Banner of the West
From the center of that prickly whorl.
yucca, plant, flower, blossom, west
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
39
Laura Vernon Hamner
Frustration
I stand on the edge of the canyon's crest.
trail, end, travel, life
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
40
Laura Vernon Hamner
Things Etched Against the Sky
It is only hard things that are etched against the sky.
power, plains, prairie, dominance, skyline
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
41
Laura Vernon Hamner
My Choice
I was born in a woodsy place.
land, home, prairie, plains
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
42
Laura Vernon Hamner
Fruit of the Vine
My grapevines by the window bring.
spring, grapes, summer, winter, autumn, seasons
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
45
Laura Vernon Hamner
Not Snakes
Sam Smedley looked across the plains.
prairie dogs, drink, alcohol, DTs, visions
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
47
Laura Vernon Hamner
Harry Ingerton's Christmas Pudding
Two LX boys, not twenty yet.
holiday, food, foodways, plum pudding, Texas
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
49
Laura Vernon Hamner
Pecos Bill
Folks used to brag--as all Texans will.
bragging, Texas
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
52
Laura Vernon Hamner
Can You Top Old Blinkie?
Come alive, cowhand; git down in your wood.
bucking bronc, bronco, horse
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
53
Laura Vernon Hamner
Brandin' Time
The brandin' was a-hummin'.
branding, cooking, food, foodways, hunger, eating, roundup, work
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
57
Laura Vernon Hamner
Spring Finds a Breach in Dallas Walls
Strong surged the tides of spring against the urban citadel.
Texas, spring, seasons
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
58
Laura Vernon Hamner
None But Fools Ask for More
Man came to the desert to seek powers long hid.
contentment, desert
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
59
Laura Vernon Hamner
Weather Wise
From Washington Ben Lipscomb went.
politics, Indians, Hopi, Indian White relations
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
60
Laura Vernon Hamner
Romany Road Through Texas
A lover of peace am I, yet I've fashioned tools to kill.
caravan, gypsy, travel
Prairie Vagabonds
FC 11 H-04
62
Laura Vernon Hamner
Autumn is a Courtesan
She strums a tune on the river-rocks.
seasons