FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Ranch Reveries

Oscar Herem

FC 11 H-21

Al Herem

Try Smiling

The years have slipped past on wings much too fast.

hospital, VA, veteran, laughter, sense of humor

Ranch Reveries

Oscar Herem

FC 11 H-21

Al Herem

Ode to an Enema

When day is finally over, and the sun slides past the hills.

veteran, VA hospital

Ranch Reveries

Oscar Herem

FC 11 H-21

Al Herem

Wrangler's Lament

I got twenty bones broke, and what do I get.

wrangler, bossman, work, job, employment

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Medicine Man's Recipe for a Happy Birthday

We tried to send you smoke signal, but somehow didn't work too well.

Indian, birthday cake

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Lead Syndrome

December 14th, seventy-three, I had a fistulectomy.

doctor, nurse, hospital, operation, rear-end, bottom, sitting

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Because We're Friends

We find it difficult to state how much we both appreciate.

appreciation, gratitude, Indian, prayer, friendship

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

To Del -- On Her Birthday

Just checked the date -- you're twenty-nine.

aging

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Merry Christmas, Kelly

It's not the thot of Christmas or decorations bright.

commercialization, holiday, nurse, faith, Christianity, blessings

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Home, Sweet Home

My friends, today we have a man.

home, Spokane, Washington, welcome, friends, homesick, longing

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Old timer

In nineteen hundred thirty-two, when times were tough and dollars few.

saddle, memories, reminiscence, Montana, Washington, gear

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Friendship

My wife tells me she promised you.

friends, writing, poetry, preacher

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Mountain Loneliness

I'm watching evening shadows creep across our canyons, wide and deep.

loneliness, lonely, alone, coyote, restless, mate, spouse, love, husband, wife

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Remembering

Dear one, just nineteen years ago, we drove to Sandpoint, Idaho.

marriage, spouse, mate, husband, wife, love

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

The Golden One

These horns that hang upon the wall, with shrunken bleached out skull.

shorthorn bull, cattle, charged

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

To Our Valentine

We'd like to add a few more lines, to place within your valentine.

love, wife, grandmother

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Retirement

Good friend, for years you've carried mail.

mailman, friends, friendship, work, employment, job

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Ranch Style Christmas Wishes

Perhaps you think it's funny, we'd send a homemade card.

Christmas, hard times

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Gram and Gramp's Sermon on the Mountain

This photo album represents a work of love, long hours were spent.

photos, photographs, love, grandchildren, grandparents, memories

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Neighborly Thoughts

December is a special time, of winter sports, of bells and chimes.

neighbors, friends, care, Christmas, giving, blessings

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

Retirement Blessings

You've worked so hard for many years, thru ups and downs, and joys and tears.

retire, time

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

A Rose to Letha

Dear one, tonight I sat relaxed and reminisced about the past.

memories, husband, wife, love, spouse, mate, aging, family

Ranch Reveries

FC 11 H-21

Oscar Herem

To My Wonderful Wife Letha

Today we both will celebrate a happy most important date.

anniversary, husband, wife, spouse, mate, home, family, life

I've Been There Too: Real Cowboy Poetry Describing Real Wyoming Ranch Life

FC 11 H-22

Terry Henderson

Loadin' Bulls

We managed to get them all corralled.

loading, bull, chute, market, cattle

I've Been There Too: Real Cowboy Poetry Describing Real Wyoming Ranch Life

FC 11 H-22

Terry Henderson

Wranglin' Horses

Down at the barn, it's early morn.

wrangling, wrangler, horses, saddle, corral, food, morning, breakfast

I've Been There Too: Real Cowboy Poetry Describing Real Wyoming Ranch Life

FC 11 H-22

Terry Henderson

Ready for Haying

The tractor's batteries are dead.

tractor, equipment, machinery, baler, swather, rake, hay, work