FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Author
Poem Title
First Lines
Keywords
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
51
John Sterling Harris
Juniper Trees
They try to put on airs with the name.
cedar, fence, fencing, posts
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
46
John Sterling Harris
Fallow
She eased herself into the bed beside him.
pregnancy, heirs, children, child, baby, motherhood, wife, husband, sex, fertility, infertility, barren, childless
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
44
John Sterling Harris
Populus Tremulus
The aspen knows its place.
trees
Barbed Wire
FC 11 H-08
35
John Sterling Harris
The Whittler
Don't spoil it, I tell you.
stories, storyteller, storytelling, character, irrigation, irrigating, water, dam, dog, nickels
The Modern Cowboy
FC 11 E-07
John R. Erickson
The Modern Cowboy
not a poem or poetry, illustrations, essays on cowboy life, this copy is autographed by author
Pinto Ben and Other Stories
William S. & Mary Hart
FC 11 H-09
23
William Surrey Hart
Pinto Ben: A Story in Verse
Eastern folks called it a tragedy story, an' tragedy it rides herd on me; fer I know'd Ben, that cow-pony, an' that pink-nosed Pinto know'd me.
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
7
Gerald Hausman
Night Herding Song
Big horse in the meadow.
sleep
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
8
Gerald Hausman
Prayer for Red Meat
One night, when Old Moon was a bone awl.
dream, hunger
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
9
Gerald Hausman
The Travelers
When I arrived at his home.
friendship, hospitality, memories, regret
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
11
Gerald Hausman
For Rainey, Alone on the Farm in Autumn
When you came last fall and said.
relationships, relationship, tears, saw, trees
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
12
Gerald Hausman
Portrait of Myself in Wellman's Pond
In one eye I see my father.
father, mother, child, heredity
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
13
Gerald Hausman
Wild Geese Again
The last geese leaving.
autumn, child, baby, cry, quitting
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
14
Gerald Hausman
Leave Taking
I go around picking up.
child, daughter, sleep, evening
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
15
Gerald Hausman
Night Hike in Napa
Stones sing under my feet.
night, hiking
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
16
Gerald Hausman
Haircut
I feel you cutting my hair.
hair cut
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
17
Gerald Hausman
Hills
I get merrier and merrier.
poetry, poems, brother
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
18
Gerald Hausman
Summer at the Lake House
When dark comes and motorboats die.
cabin, alone, snake hunters, canoe, legend
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
19
Gerald Hausman
Remembering Old Town
Sitting on top of Griego's Cleaners.
poem, poetry, train, coin, penny, railroad track
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
20
Gerald Hausman
Me
Crows and jays.
self, shower
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
23
Gerald Hausman
Horse Moon
Snowy horse head.
ride, yarrow
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
24
Gerald Hausman
Chicken Poem
They wear spurs.
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
25
Gerald Hausman
Vulture
Shadow's noise.
bird
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
26
Gerald Hausman
Inside the Bird Sanctuary
Once I found three hemlocks.
trees, wildlife, warning
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
27
Gerald Hausman
Pigeons and Gulls
Two ungraceful walkers, seagulls.
bird, birds, flight, old age
Night Herding Song
FC 11 H-10
28
Gerald Hausman
Breath
Behind the horse shed.
horses, winter