FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
70
Samuel Harkness
Reverend Ernest Teagarden
Brother Teagarden was a mild little man.
character, church, missionary, preacher, people, congregation, alcohol, drink, smallpox
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
73
Samuel Harkness
Gabriel Fenstermacher
When Gabriel Fenstermacher painted.
character, minister, second coming, Jesus, belief, Christ, dream, paint
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
75
Samuel Harkness
Snow Patch
Rag from Winter's cloak.
snow, winter, spring, violets, flowers, water
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
76
Samuel Harkness
James Bagby
Jim spent fifty years in the hills prospecting.
prospector, mining, poverty, welfare, coffin, mine, gold
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
79
Samuel Harkness
Stewart Martin
The first intimation that "Curly" was crooked came from Tip Benton.
thief, mine, mining, salting a mine, ore, gold, rustler, arm, blood poisoning, amputation, amputee, death, kill, shoot, shot
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
81
Samuel Harkness
Taps
The dishcloth I hung up is already dry.
wind, winter, cabin, stove, flatiron, warmth, snow
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
82
Samuel Harkness
Rebecca Chubb
Aunt Beck had dyspepsia for twenty-seven years.
alcohol, medicine, husband, wife, illness, stepdaughter, stepmother, actress, Hollywood, hag,
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
85
Samuel Harkness
Henry Clay Clark
Henry Clark had a face like a coyote.
beard, whiskers, fire, stove, spit
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
87
Samuel Harkness
Shadows
Dark fat clouds travel the sky.
mountains, nakedness, shadow, writing, poetry, nature, mist
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
88
Samuel Harkness
Isaac Watts Ford
Well, Sir, I guess I'm the only man in Colorado.
mine, mining stock, poet, poetry, writing, game warden, hunting, venison, deer, food, welfare
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
90
Samuel Harkness
John Wesley Miller
Greasy Miller was tunnel foreman at the Sphinx.
thrift, saving, bachelor, pension, gingersnaps, death, funeral, wreath, flowers
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
92
Samuel Harkness
To a Star
You are the brightest star in the sky.
Bethlehem, Christmas, Christ, Jesus, Judea, snow, life, birth, death, goodness
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
93
Samuel Harkness
Simeon Butts
Simeon Butts was a drummer and called on Ike Ford monthly.
salesman, selling, envy, service, orders, garage
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
95
Samuel Harkness
Andrew Butts
Let every man follow his own hunch.
civilization, people, character, hunch, luck, mine, mining, prospecting, Carrie Nation, drink, alcohol, gold
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
97
Samuel Harkness
Wood Box
Halfway station to the stove.
wood, fire, firewood, work
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
98
Samuel Harkness
Jacob Spicer
There is complaint about this little world.
teamster, wagon, mules, truck, progress, livery stable, team, hauling
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
100
Samuel Harkness
Timothy Cullens
Tim Cullens was the gravedigger of Horse-Thief Gulch.
grave digger, death, freeze, winter, soil, earth, dynamite
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
101
Samuel Harkness
To a Mountain Spring
Do you like to kiss the fawn.
nature, water
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
102
Samuel Harkness
John Trent, M.D.
So you've been up in Horse-Thief Gulch, eh?
amputation, doctor, operation, medicine, town, piano, surgeon, club foot, writing
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
105
Samuel Harkness
L' Envoi
The stage of Horse-Thief Gulch is set.
dreams, ghosts, past, history
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
1
John Sterling Harris
First Spring Ride
The air still chills.
horse, spring, sweat, thighs, riding, bareback
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
4
John Sterling Harris
Adaptation
The cactus shields.
desert, water
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
7
John Sterling Harris
Watering Turn
The irrigation stream.
water, dam, sustenance
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
8
John Sterling Harris
Rock Pile
On the summit of a western mountain peak.
cairn, rocks, stones, lichen, monument, marker
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
11
John Sterling Harris
Hawk
The reaching redtail hawk.
hunt, hunting, bird, nature, wildlife, rabbit