FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Poem Title

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Keywords

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

The Mark of the Beast

What was it like in the dawning back in the beginning of time?

creation

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

The Hell You Say

I've sold my soul to the Devil as I've roughed and boomed

religion, belief, God, faith

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Do You Believe?

Do you believe? I'm asked, and so I simply answer, I don't know

faith, belief, religion

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

To Elva

I'm lonely while I'm sitting in the rain.

love

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Clair

Old friend, our ways have parted and you're going down that road

death, dying, friendship

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Bull Rider

When you climb upon the bucking chute all set to make a ride

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

In the Family Circle

The path of life is steep and hard, keep us on it safely, Lord

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Our Little Neighbor, Knell

God saw fit to call a sunbeam

death, child

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

To Metta

I have not much of worldly goods to leave this brood of mine

family, death

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Compliment

I've wandered over this great land from mountain top to desert sand

travel, aging

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Freedom?

What is this thing called freedom? How do we give it a name?

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

A Prayer to Claire

A tiny girl in a baby bed

child

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

The Anchor

I once did roam to places far from here

travel, child, wife, family, home

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Bareback Bronc

The mustang horse ran down the bench, his tail streamed out behind

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

When Spring Work is Finished

Spring work is almost finished and I feel I've done my bit

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Wanderlust

When e'er I cross a highway in the fall I feel the road's insistent pull and call

travel

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Naked I Came

Naked I came to this world of men, naught did I bring with me

birth, life

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Dylan

When Dylan cries, the silver tears glisten on his cheek

child, family

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Dirty Shirt Jake

Down out of the hills came Dirty Shirt Jake

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Rain

Desert ranges parched and dry, a molten sun in a brassy sky

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Booze and Views, 1930

Now being just a rounder, a noisy sort of sounder

alcohol, liquor, drinking

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

The Fisherman

The sun sinks down beyond the hill

fishing, trout

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Weep Not for Me

Weep not for me when I am gone. Too many tears are shed

death, die, dying

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

It Matters Not

It matters not just where I like, nor when the time or where to die

death

Tumbleweeds and Corral Dust

FC 11 M-25

Vern C. Mortensen

Outlaw

I eased up to that pony, easy-like and slow

bronc riding