FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Nina Haaser

Origin of a bum lamb

Besides a sage I found it

ewe, cuss words, chase, Wyoming, bum, baby.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Hermine Hahn Saar

Giving

I'm hiding behind a number

hiding, church, secret, money, taxes, charity, lord, thee.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Ruth D. Buchholz

My Teddy Bear

My name is john, I'm from the farm

John, farm, animals, Teddy Bear, friend, time passing, history, ragged, snuggles.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Alma M. Herman

Every loved spot

A dear little girl in a country school

country school, little girl, song, melody, draw, dots, work, teacher art, three buckets.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Evelyn Larson Brenno

Barns

In travels around, I chance to see,

travels, barns, wise, passing time, memories, talk, smile, frown, day, children, past.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Laura M. Osadchy

A hunting we will go

With bow and arrow did I dare

bow, arrow, hunt, rifle, deer, fantasy.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Flora Noteboom Heinle

chatter

Some are born of quiet manner

quiet, history, chatter, friends.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Ruth V. Tweed

Conversation Peace

I've never had a pain-

talk, chatter, quiet, sit.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

James Herda

Underground Movement

He was out prospecting uranium

prospecting, uranium, death, boulder.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Marty Knudson

Basketball

Forwards, guards, and centers

basketball, teams, run, score, shoot, coaches, ball, game, refs, fouls, Freddy.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Dan Landes

Bad pitch at the bottom of nine

A creamy faced bandit

ball, drew, pitched, batter, bleachers, umpire.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Ruth E. Glinz

Young man form Dakota

There was a young man from Dakota

Dakota, Toyota, young man.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Laura M. Osadchy

That spunky little kid next door

oh, that spunky little kid next door

spunky, kid, wildflowers, face, smiling, mischief, next door, score.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

R.H. Zepik

Trixie

The little pup was busy

pup, little, audience, tail.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Lois Ottmann

Our Perfect Creation

Our daughter, our treasure

daughter, treasure, pleasure, love, perfect creation.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Esther Marie Pyle

She couldn't sleep

A stout young deiter would moan and weep

dieter, hungry, sleep, snacks, wolf, ate.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Helen Mougey

Heart's desire

My heart's desire

heart, new car, girl, boy, motor, drive, garage, party, home, ordeal, ride.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Michael Simonson

The girl I always miss

Whenever I drive to the park

park, beauty, driven, girls, school, driving, girl, miss.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Pearl Teigen

Get me off the railroad track

There's a train a coming down the track

train, car, railroad track, fright.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Renee L. Dexter

Imagination

Knic-knacs on the window shelves-form row to row,

Knic-knacs, window shelves, sunshine, pretend, imagination, fading, lifeless.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Shirley Sturtevant

Form tide to tide

To the beach "newcomber":

beach, wise, flies, nude, crude, ocean, clothes.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Herman J. Bertheau

Old West Justice

An anecdote I yearn to tell, without a guiding starlet

west, life, narrative, slain, shot, gun, town, wild, Court, justice, jury, wisdom, Old Solomon, dead, grandma.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Mildred F. Dickenson

At the picnic

Hello ladies, are you going to the picnic to-day?

picnic, happy, gay, dinner, eat, pie, clown, lunch, zoo, funny, bear, good-night.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Esther Marie Pyle

Mountain of a man named Rollo

There was a mountain of man and his name was Rollo.

mountain, man, scale, bricks, hollow.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Mariana Schwehr Rumer

The color Gap

When I was growing up at home,

green, yellow, plow, hay, red, white, colors, black, hogs.