FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Harry Tales: Volume I
FC 11 H-23
38
Les Harry
The Flag
When I survey this flag of ours.
nation, America, USA, United States, country, patriotism, patriot, nationalism
Harry Tales: Volume I
FC 11 H-23
40
Les Harry
Sunshine and Sorrow
It was a beautiful day, that second of May.
Sunshine Mine disaster, mining, 1972, silver, fire
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
1
Alma Hanson
Winning the West
The fair western terrain was not won in a moon.
settlers, settlement, history, past
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
1
Phyllis Chapman
Sacajawea at Three Forks
There rise the mountains of my home, at last.
Charbonneau, Lewis and Clark, Shoshone, Indian, explorers
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
2
Marguerite M. Mulberry
Sagebrush Saint
The swaying trees, the starts, were one with him.
Chief Joseph, Indian, Native Americans
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
2
Cleo Carley Harris
Quondam Wagon wheels
All dry, white-bleached, you lean against the fence, alone.
change, history, wagon, wheels, past
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
3
Jennie Brown Rawlins
The West
The west is a rugged young giant.
history, past
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
4
Asel B. Brodt
The Desert Sun
The old Prospector, called a Desert Rat.
night, heat, creatures, wildlife
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
5
Margaret Munk
The Cost of Calamity
No one can say for sure what there was between the big lumberjack and Miss Blue's carriage horse.
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
14
Saul Fullmer
Nester's Courtship
It was morning in mid April.
epic, Idaho, wind, wheat, farming, baseball, Camas, golden girl, male, female, farmer
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
28
Edna Hickman Day
Women Must Weep
Disaster's whistle loosed its strident tongue.
miners, mining, cave-in, mine disaster, rescue, wives, wife, tears, crying
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
29
Edna Hickman Day
Ching Chong Chinaman
Old Lady Ling washed in a wooden tub.
Chinese, west, laundry, mining, miners, youth, boy, tease
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
30
Alberta Deans
Stately Jewel Box
Idaho is a majestic jewel box.
state, gemstones, gems, land
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
30
Alma Hanson
The Tragedy at Wilson, Wyoming
"Wilson Branch, Jackson Hole," called the clerk as he finished the roll-call of Sunday schools in eastern Idaho and Jackson Hole
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
34
Agnes Just Reid
Medicine Lodge
Medicine Lodge where the Indians went.
nature, out-of-doors, outdoors, health, Indian, Native Americans
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
34
Margaret R. Weeks
Reprieve of the Chief
I saw him first upon a wooded hill.
stag, deer, wildlife, hunting, rifle
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
35
Adah Lempke
Trumpeter Swans
Once thunderous flocks of swans winged high.
birds, hunting, feathers, endangered species, wildlife, preservation, Idaho
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
35
Lola Guderjohn
Western Grandeur
I stood where all the world lay at my feet.
wind, nature, valley, peace, memories, birds, wilderness
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
36
Claire Trussell Bowling
Her Darling Cooking Failures
"Nothing to do but work."
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
40
Phyllis Chapman
Young One's First Hunt
Bored with baby sitting, Chief goes hunting moose.
babysitting, hunting, baby, child, Indian
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
41
Marguerite M. Mulberry
Polly was Won in a Poker Game
Now Johnny Bemus was a gambling man.
Chinese, woman, female, marriage, couple
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
41
Afton Dale
Thus was Carved a State
Idaho 1966 -- State of great sketches of green forests.
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
43
Afton Dale
A Monument Behold
From heroic past, reflected in glory.
Idaho, state, Snake River valley, west
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
44
Adah Lempke
The Governor's Murderer Speaks
My frosted breath clung to the wintered night.
Idaho, governor, murder, Christianity, conversion, baptism, prison, prisoner, crime, criminal
Our West to You
Idaho Writers League
FC 11 I-01
44
Margaret Brown
The River Snake
Please listen, as I travel by.
water, Idaho, past, history