FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
13
John Sterling Harris
Progress
The old church is down.
reuse, building materials, brick, beam, service station
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
15
John Sterling Harris
Polly Sleeps
My Polly sleeps in her little bed.
child, children, daughter, father, growing up, adult, adulthood, childhood, sleep, rest, peace, knowledge
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
17
John Sterling Harris
Hay Derrick
You can see the derrick there.
work, farming, haying, hay stack, death, accident, child, son
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
21
John Sterling Harris
Daddy Long Legs
I cannot tolerate a spider.
spiders, insect, insects
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
23
John Sterling Harris
Mercur, Utah
Six thousand men sunk shafts.
mining, mine, tailings
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
24
John Sterling Harris
The Gate
She heard her brother's horse outside.
gate, fences, barbed wire, fence, prisoner, locked in, sister, brother, ranch, home, woman, man, female
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
28
John Sterling Harris
Notes on Infantry Weapons
I sing of arms and the man.
M1 rifle, gun, artillery, flame thrower, machine gun, M16,grenade, rocket launcher, war, carbine
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
33
John Sterling Harris
Tag, I.D.
Bright oval on a light chain.
dogtag, dog tag, tags, identification
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
67
John Sterling Harris
The Assassination of Emma Gray
Old Jerome, as the local story goes.
pig, slaughter, meat, pork, bacon, food, animals, affection
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
66
John Sterling Harris
Horned Toad
A reptilian rigidity that feigns death.
rattlesnake, snake, reptile, revenge
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
65
John Sterling Harris
Canticle One
Thy Word is like a date tree in the wilderness.
god, belief
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
63
John Sterling Harris
Incident in the Ice Cream Parlor
They sat there.
people, food
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
62
John Sterling Harris
Vulnerability
The underside of love.
love, insecurity
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
60
John Sterling Harris
Ice Crystals
I climbed the north slope.
nature
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
58
John Sterling Harris
Hackamore
McClovio it was who showed me how to weave the strands.
rawhide braiding, knots, equipment
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
56
John Sterling Harris
Tack Room
Wide cracks in shrunken boards let the sun into darkness.
harness, saddle, equipment
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
54
John Sterling Harris
Canticle Two
Praise unto the Lord.
god, belief
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
53
John Sterling Harris
Teleology
A solitary man lives.
god, man, belief, loneliness, virtue