FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
120
S. Omar Barker
West
There's a wind from the West and I must go.
city, town, country, range, freedom, feeling
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
119
S. Omar Barker
The Sparkin' Plug
Give me a nervous high strung hoss, keen eyed, sharp eared an' swift.
horse, cattle pony, kissing, girlfriend, love, courtship
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
118
S. Omar Barker
Goin' Back
Don't paint me no pictures of schooners at sea.
land, city, solitude, town, country, city life, range
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
117
S. Omar Barker
Old Cowboy
Here's an old cowboy settin' in the sun.
picture books, past, aging, old men, old man, old cowboys
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
9
S. Omar Barker
New Mexico
What a God-forsaken desert!
Carrizozo, Pecos, mesquite, farm, land, dry
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
11
S. Omar Barker
The Trapped Coyote
Last night, and other nights since time began.
coyote, wild animal, howl, night, fur, pelt, stole
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
12
S. Omar Barker
Rising Trout
Oh, I've heard the Red Gods call in the summer and the fall.
fishing, hunting, spring, leave worry
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
13
S. Omar Barker
Red Magic of the Hills
Oh, I've loved the great white way, and I've watched the moon beams play.
night, light, campfire
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
14
S. Omar Barker
Little Trails
Oh, I seek no El Dorado, No distant Holy Grail.
sunset, mesa, hills
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
15
S. Omar Barker
What the Camper Hears
Sometimes I think the Demon from his inky pit.
night, moon, coyote, howl, wail
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
16
S. Omar Barker
Saddle Lure
Oh, I've sat on hard park benches and in springy Morris chairs.
chair, seat, saddle, creaking leather, saddle horse
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
17
S. Omar Barker
A Young Cowboy at College
Oh, the bloom on the sage up Horse Thief Creek.
desk, town, office, city, saddle leather, longing, desire, comrades, friendship, male companionship
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
18
S. Omar Barker
The Ballad of Cowboy Joe
'Way out on a ranch in New Mexico.
racism, prejudice, murder, justice, Chinese, chink, court, trial, judge, ethnic, bias, heathen, Chinese, shoot, gun, sheriff, law
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
20
S. Omar Barker
The Spring Song of the Cowboy
Oh, songs of spring that poets sing, Are sweet as childish prattle.
bawling, rawboned cattle, spring, roundup, melting snow, starvation, hungry cattle
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
21
S. Omar Barker
Into the West
Traced in the flicker of greasewood fire.
remuda, cowboy, boyhood, Cowboy Kid, aging, memory, memories, death, dying
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
22
S. Omar Barker
Heart's Desire
The dim gray line of camel caravans, That speed unerring over trackless sands.
nomad, travel, adventure, Ford, automobile, vehicle, transportation
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
23
S. Omar Barker
Ramblin'
Some fellers sing fer a little gray house.
flivver, car, travel, roads, dreams, rambling
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
24
S. Omar Barker
What is Spring to Youth?
What is Spring to Youth? My youth loved wistful Fall.
aging, seasons, autumn, fall, winter, old, pain
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
25
S. Omar Barker
To the Normal University
Alma Mater, this word for you.
education, college, sophistry
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
25
S. Omar Barker
The Teacher's Recompense
If I could teach just one good thought that would meet the need of some child heart.
education, teaching, cheer, student, life
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
26
S. Omar Barker
A Measure for Man
I hear folks measure up their friends.
good, bad, vices, brotherhood, friendship, love, judgment, gossip, happiness
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
27
S. Omar Barker
The Old Mill Wheel
I don't suppose that anyone has ever counted mill-wheel turns.
water, fairies, aging, dreams
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
29
S. Omar Barker
Schoolmaster
It is not for the tragedy of wispy hair.
gray hair, wrinkles, eyes, dreams, aging, learning, education, teaching, school
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
30
S. Omar Barker
Sanctuary
In pause less march the unforgiving years.
aging, life, hope, memories, memory, youth, fate, sanctuary
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
31
S. Omar Barker
Crepuscule
If I had not seen the sun when it rose.
love, tenderness, first love, young love, new love, eyes