FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
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
FC 11 H-07
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
FC 11 H-07
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
FC 11 H-07
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
FC 11 H-07
35
Samuel Harkness
Jean Batiste Lecort
The log schoolhouse.
school, student, monument, war, WWI, WW I, death, hero, medals, France, character
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
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
FC 11 H-07
41
Samuel Harkness
Imprecation
Come, fire of God!
nature, gentians, flowers, meadow, indigo
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
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
FC 11 H-07
46
Samuel Harkness
Rainbow
Last word of storm and first of sun.
nature, God, belief
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
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
FC 11 H-07
50
Samuel Harkness
Sunset
Day dies suddenly.
thoughts, thought, memories
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
51
Samuel Harkness
Martha Polk
The ticket read, "Boston to Parlin, Colorado."
teacher, school, education, community, health, giving, friendship, kindness, learning
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
55
Samuel Harkness
Cascade
Tail of silver stallion.
nature
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
56
Samuel Harkness
Apocrypha
Amy Franklin is eighty-two years old.
character, memory, storytelling, blind, blindness,
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
58
Samuel Harkness
Boulder Creek
Your channel is a loom.
river, water
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
59
Samuel Harkness
Albert Tupper
It was a long distance from London gutters to Horse-Thief Gulch.
character, ancestry, bloodlines
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
61
Samuel Harkness
Homer Spink
When Shorty hauls my month's supplies from the county seat.
character, Sousa, band music, fame, trumpet
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
63
Samuel Harkness
Wardrobe
Lake Boulder is a wanton without a wedding ring.
lake, water, nature, Colorado, change
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
64
Samuel Harkness
Rob McDowell
Rob McDowell lived at the head of Horse-Thief Gulch.
character, molybdenum, metal, mineral, steel, friendship
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
66
Samuel Harkness
Rim Rock
Protruding bones.
rimrock, nature
Horse-Thief Gulch
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67
Samuel Harkness
Hetty Dill
Hetty Dill made analogy and golden doughnuts.
cup, kerosene, aging, old age, memories, loneliness
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
69
Samuel Harkness
Campfire
Red wound in the black skin of night.
campfire