FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

100

John W. Taylor

Chipeta's Ride

From mountains covered deep with snow, Uncompahgre's clear, bright waters flow.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

107

Cowboy Jack

He was just a lonely cowboy; With a heart so brave and true.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

109

Young Charlotte

Young Charlotte lived by a mountain side in a wild and lonely spot.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

112

Herman Scheffauer

Marta of Milrone

I shot him where the Rio flows; I shot him when the moon arose.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

118

E.A. Brininstool

Suffrage in Sagebrush

She came in by stage from Cayuse; She was young and fair to see.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

120

Sweet Betsy from Pike

Oh, don't you remember sweet Betsy from Pike; Who crossed the big mountains with her lover Ike.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

122

James Barton Adams

The Transformation of a Texas Girl

She was a Texas maiden, she came of low degree.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

124

California Joe

Well, mates, I don't like stories; Or am I going to act.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

132

J.B. Allen

Sparks

You reckon why the women folks all try to change their man?

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

134

J.B. Allen

Matrimonial Martyrs

The women folk, Who came to live with "monroe."

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

136

Sue Wallis

Timothy Draw

We pause at the top of Timothy Draw; Look down the country for stray cows.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

137

Scott S. McKendrick

The End

She was not just a rancher's daughter; With a personality so fine

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

138

Scott S. McKendrick

Don't Teach That Girl to Rope

The first mistake I ever made, Or the first that I'd admit.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

140

Laurie Wagner Buyer

Thirty Nine

Thirty nine, Dawn beckons me out into a rose and mauve tumbled sky.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

141

Laurie Wagner Buyer

Sego Lily

Cowboy, the world turns too fast any more.

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

142

Henry Real Bird

Cowboy Drifter

The most beautiful woman, I ever did see; Greets me each mornin', with a star that's light

Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West

Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb, Jean Penn

FC 11 C-36

144

Henry Real Bird

Lone Star Woman

Twas half moon out, on the longest day; 'Twas rodeo in' about Oklahoma way.

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

Penetrate the graveyard ruins

Penetrate the graveyard ruins there's a root in the common rubble

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

I choose to be myself

I chose to be myself, revolving sphere of oneness in will and action

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

Fugitive

Be still, old heart, do not betray me.

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

Hill Cabin

The cabin has declined into indifferent estate. Field mice rummage among its warped shelves and chipped crockery

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

Lame oldtimers of furrowed under faces

Lame oldtimers of furrowed under faces, sit and chew before the Mercantile

aging

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

There is room enough

There is room enough in summer fields for walking among the waist high rows

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

I followed mud red riddles

I followed mud red riddles across April's whirlwind haze

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

R.J. Petrillo

I am aware of night

I am aware in the night, combustible among shingle-sided hills