FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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West of East
FC 11 H-17
100
Harry Elmore Hurd
Ducks in the Moon
The world is topsy turvy in the dusk.
evening, night, nightfall, death, life
West of East
FC 11 H-17
100
Harry Elmore Hurd
The Killer
I crouched within a blind of drying reeds.
duck, hunting, morning
West of East
FC 11 H-17
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
FC 11 H-17
102
Harry Elmore Hurd
C'est LaGuerre
O you who hate beauty and love real estate.
elm tree, city, pruning, trees, cut, cutting, prune
West of East
FC 11 H-17
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
FC 11 H-17
103
Harry Elmore Hurd
Winter Horseman
God pity any horse with heartless rider.
winter, seasons
West of East
FC 11 H-17
105
Harry Elmore Hurd
Open Fire
There is something in an open fire.
fireplace, heat, spark
West of East
FC 11 H-17
107
Harry Elmore Hurd
Wood Chopping
I would not lay my axe against a tree.
nature, dead wood, pain
West of East
FC 11 H-17
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
FC 11 H-17
110
Harry Elmore Hurd
Sonnet to Mary
You, over whom the silver swan.
Jesus Christ, god, belief, savior, cross, Christianity
West of East
FC 11 H-17
110
Harry Elmore Hurd
Death in December
Low are the sands in the glass.
God, belief, snow, winter, cold
West of East
FC 11 H-17
111
Harry Elmore Hurd
Birdlore
O, why should any flower trust the Winter.
seed, seeds, bird, birds, winter
West of East
FC 11 H-17
113
Harry Elmore Hurd
Bounty in Winter
The junipers are tarnished by the winter.
snow, seeds, wildlife
West of East
FC 11 H-17
114
Harry Elmore Hurd
Snowshoe Song
I love the woods when the ground is white.
nature, winter, snow
West of East
FC 11 H-17
115
Harry Elmore Hurd
Metempsychosis
Hail, solitary crow.
bird, flight, wings, human, winter
West of East
FC 11 H-17
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
FC 11 H-17
116
Harry Elmore Hurd
Death in Winter
Softly the feathery snow is cloaking the earth.
storms, life, death
West of East
FC 11 H-17
117
Harry Elmore Hurd
Between Heats
The earth is steaming like a weary sorrel.
winter, February, season
West of East
FC 11 H-17
119
Harry Elmore Hurd
The Wood-Chopper
I came upon him in the hilltop oaks.
chopping wood, axe, age, power, strength, stove, fuel, heat, warmth
West of East
FC 11 H-17
119
Harry Elmore Hurd
Lincoln
I snow shoed down the hemlock trail.
Abraham Lincoln, president, country, influence, politics, February
West of East
FC 11 H-17
120
Harry Elmore Hurd
Sonnet to George Washington
There have been giants on this ancient earth.
president, United States
West of East
FC 11 H-17
120
Harry Elmore Hurd
Birchbrow
What man among us would make bold to say.
trees, wood, axe, cutting, chopping, birch, birches
West of East
FC 11 H-17
121
Harry Elmore Hurd
I Am Lonely
O, I am lonely as a tree is lonely on a solitary hill.
companionship, loneliness, alone, female
West of East
FC 11 H-17
122
Harry Elmore Hurd
Empty Nests
Empty nest, grayly swaying against the sky.
change, birds, home, emptiness
West of East
FC 11 H-17
123
Harry Elmore Hurd
First Thaw
All that was Winter is rust and white.
March, spring, wind, seasons