FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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West of East
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Harry Elmore Hurd
Patterns
There is a certain symmetry in hills.
cloud, shroud, pattern
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Harry Elmore Hurd
Pantheism
The earth is old.
age, God, belief
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94
Harry Elmore Hurd
A Dirge to Dead Mirth
I shall not dance again beneath the trees!
Bacchus, satyr, Pan, autumn
West of East
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95
Harry Elmore Hurd
Fall Dandelions
One day proud Croesus walked this way.
flowers
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96
Harry Elmore Hurd
Dogology
Some men is mighty queer about a dog.
dogs, canine, women, naming, names, pet, training
West of East
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97
Harry Elmore Hurd
Mackerel Sky
The sky.
clouds
West of East
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99
Harry Elmore Hurd
A Gray November Day
Gray is the world in November.
seasons, autumn, love
West of East
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100
Harry Elmore Hurd
Ducks in the Moon
The world is topsy turvy in the dusk.
evening, night, nightfall, death, life
West of East
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100
Harry Elmore Hurd
The Killer
I crouched within a blind of drying reeds.
duck, hunting, morning
West of East
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101
Harry Elmore Hurd
An Armistice Dispatch
A maple flung a leaf at me.
dispatch, leaves, autumn, death, war, France, WW I, soldiers, battlefield
West of East
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102
Harry Elmore Hurd
C'est LaGuerre
O you who hate beauty and love real estate.
elm tree, city, pruning, trees, cut, cutting, prune
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102
Harry Elmore Hurd
The Immortality of Germ Plasm
Today the ferns no longer wear their green.
plants, winter, seasons, autumn, change
West of East
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103
Harry Elmore Hurd
Winter Horseman
God pity any horse with heartless rider.
winter, seasons
West of East
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105
Harry Elmore Hurd
Open Fire
There is something in an open fire.
fireplace, heat, spark
West of East
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107
Harry Elmore Hurd
Wood Chopping
I would not lay my axe against a tree.
nature, dead wood, pain
West of East
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108
Harry Elmore Hurd
Firelight Reveries
There is something about a fire running out its tongue.
winter, storms, north wind, family, house, home, reverie, hearth
West of East
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110
Harry Elmore Hurd
Sonnet to Mary
You, over whom the silver swan.
Jesus Christ, god, belief, savior, cross, Christianity
West of East
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110
Harry Elmore Hurd
Death in December
Low are the sands in the glass.
God, belief, snow, winter, cold
West of East
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111
Harry Elmore Hurd
Birdlore
O, why should any flower trust the Winter.
seed, seeds, bird, birds, winter
West of East
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113
Harry Elmore Hurd
Bounty in Winter
The junipers are tarnished by the winter.
snow, seeds, wildlife
West of East
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114
Harry Elmore Hurd
Snowshoe Song
I love the woods when the ground is white.
nature, winter, snow
West of East
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Harry Elmore Hurd
Metempsychosis
Hail, solitary crow.
bird, flight, wings, human, winter
West of East
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116
Harry Elmore Hurd
Octogenarian
A man, whose hasty hours were almost run.
aging, old-age, trees, pines, winter, change, growth, longevity
West of East
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Harry Elmore Hurd
Death in Winter
Softly the feathery snow is cloaking the earth.
storms, life, death
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Harry Elmore Hurd
Between Heats
The earth is steaming like a weary sorrel.
winter, February, season