FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Frontier Ballads

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Joseph Mills Hanson

Jesus Garcia

Down in Sonora's wide, white lands

Mexico, train, engineer, dynamite, fire, sacrifice, bravery, hero, saved

Frontier Ballads

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58

Joseph Mills Hanson

A Lament

Rawhide Smith's gone crazy.

marriage, husband, wife, partner, change

Horse-Thief Gulch

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9

Samuel Harkness

Ghosts of Dreams

In this deserted mining camp.

past, history, memories

Horse-Thief Gulch

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11

Samuel Harkness

Horse Thief

I lie so close to the surface.

death, dead, grave, ghost, criminal, law, crimes, outlaw

Horse-Thief Gulch

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13

Samuel Harkness

Wilderness

The young pines stand in crowded ranks.

nature

Horse-Thief Gulch

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14

Samuel Harkness

Bill and Amy Franklin

Amy Noble was born on a ranch -- nine thousand acres.

Mormon, settlers, ranch, marriage, husband, wife, life, gold, mines, mining, miner, death, ranching, character

Horse-Thief Gulch

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18

Samuel Harkness

To a Mountain Rose

I found you hiding in the shelter of a flume.

flower, rose, fragrance, fragility, nature, water

Horse-Thief Gulch

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19

Samuel Harkness

Rose Sanders

Rose Sanders, daughter of Jim and Sally.

birth, struggle, life, desert, tent, daughter, mother, baby, child, family, harlot, streetwalker, hooker, whore, prostitute, wedding, miner character

Horse-Thief Gulch

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22

Samuel Harkness

Hoods

Sally Sanders said: "Come down, there's grouse for supper."

education, degrees, midwife, birth, babies, obstetrician, delivery, doctor, professor, comparisons, letter, character

Horse-Thief Gulch

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25

Samuel Harkness

Wind

I swagger down the canons.

canyons, wind, nature

Horse-Thief Gulch

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26

Samuel Harkness

Tip Benton

There was something of the snake about Tip Benton.

character, life, marriage, husband, wife, mail order bride, death, crook, proposal, opportunist

Horse-Thief Gulch

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29

Samuel Harkness

Ella Bowen

Ella Bowen does not look exactly human.

character, woman, female, harlot, prostitute, insanity, sanitarium, crazy, life, ugliness

Horse-Thief Gulch

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32

Samuel Harkness

Shorty

Shorty has no formal name; gulch gossip ascribes him.

character, gossip, cripple, crippled, crutch, handicap

Horse-Thief Gulch

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34

Samuel Harkness

Rock Slide

Gray treachery to ancient height.

rocks, stones, mountain, nature, avalanche

Horse-Thief Gulch

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35

Samuel Harkness

Jean Batiste Lecort

The log schoolhouse.

school, student, monument, war, WWI, WW I, death, hero, medals, France, character

Horse-Thief Gulch

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38

Samuel Harkness

Pierre Lecort

Frenchy Pete came from Picardy in `75.

child, immigrant, son, miner, prospector, mining, Frenchman, custody, gold, alcohol, drink, loss, character

Horse-Thief Gulch

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41

Samuel Harkness

Imprecation

Come, fire of God!

nature, gentians, flowers, meadow, indigo

Horse-Thief Gulch

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42

Samuel Harkness

Angus Mackenzie

Angus Mackenzie never stood on the fringe of interest.

character, donkey, venison, banker, bankers, food, mill, money

Horse-Thief Gulch

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46

Samuel Harkness

Rainbow

Last word of storm and first of sun.

nature, God, belief

Horse-Thief Gulch

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47

Samuel Harkness

Answers

Angus Mackenzie, owner of the Sphinx and believer in fairies.

character, mine, question, questions, life, friendship, discussion, conversation, life

Horse-Thief Gulch

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50

Samuel Harkness

Sunset

Day dies suddenly.

thoughts, thought, memories

Horse-Thief Gulch

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51

Samuel Harkness

Martha Polk

The ticket read, "Boston to Parlin, Colorado."

teacher, school, education, community, health, giving, friendship, kindness, learning

Horse-Thief Gulch

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55

Samuel Harkness

Cascade

Tail of silver stallion.

nature

Horse-Thief Gulch

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56

Samuel Harkness

Apocrypha

Amy Franklin is eighty-two years old.

character, memory, storytelling, blind, blindness,

Horse-Thief Gulch

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58

Samuel Harkness

Boulder Creek

Your channel is a loom.

river, water