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

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.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Hermine Hahn Saar

bath time

boys hate to take a bath

bath, boys, fight, wash, dirt, washed, face.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Albert A. Hamby

Milking Days

the farmer was aromatic fool

farmer, kiss, wife, old milk cow, chased.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

James Herda

nothing to it

a nervous bridegroom was Hewitt

nervous, bridegroom, forgot, one line.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Steve Sidener

Poles, Poles, Poles

driving down the road

driving, landscape, familiar, poles, soldiers, poems, trees.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Elsie Ganskop

the farmers

we need some rain, the farmers cried

rain, farmers, drought, inch, crop, dust, grinning, million dollar rain, ark, cool, cloudy, bright, warm, dry.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Timothy O. Fugleberg

the rear end

some may say I'm foolish

foolish, fair, derriere, sitting, rumps, bumps.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Ellen L. Crawford

cat burglar

like a cat burglar, love comes,

cat burglar, love, fortress, tricks, feelings, wisdom, pain.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Nancy Broyles

passions

passions, feelings, moments.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Ellen L. Crawford

power at hand

an unknown strength unfurled

unknown strentgh, erupting volcano, guillotine.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Susan Miller

loneliness

a boy sits alone

boy, sits, empty room, friends, solitaire, comprehend, life.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Mrs. Fred Crowder

Just if

If I could have happiness

Happiness, wealth, kindness, forgiving.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Darlene Kircshoffner

Tree of life

gently fall the leaves of life

leaves, life, tree, earth, autumn, leaf, births, creation.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Steve Sidener

Remember When

Remember when...

remember, past, time passing, retrospect, loved, tenderly.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Deana Witty

life

life, experience, pain, wanting, gaining, dreaming, smiling, crying, torture.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Shelena Pope

Our garden of Yesteryear

I'm dreaming again of our garden

garden, yesteryear, past, passing time, gay, heartaches, terrace, pool, remember, free.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Nancy Broyles

remembering

remembering is like

remembering, old movie, past, retrospect, nothing, good times, beautiful, joy.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Tom Silbernagel

Christmas cheer

Well it's Christmastime

Christmas, time, old place, jolly, kids, happy, cheer.

Wild Prairie Roses: A Collection of Verse by North Dakotans

Shirley J. Mikkelson

FC 11 M-11

Ila L. Guternsohn

Our parent teachers association

Did you ever stop and think what P.T.A. is for?

P.T.A., parents, teachers, association, national organization, future, nation, free, citizens, tomorrow, home, job, love, honor, right, wrong, house, world, church, golden rule.