Cowboy Poetry
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This collection of poems was chosen from among 10, 000 gathered from cowboy reciters, ranch poets and from a library of over 200 published works of cowboy verse. One third of the poems are classics that have proven their vitality by having lived in the hearts and minds of cowboys and ranchers for decades. The remaining two-thirds are new, created within the last few years.“Most cowboy poems speak of real events and people, from bucking horses and cagey cows to old Stetson hats and long winter travels. Although they focus on the ordinary stuff of life, their truths . . . seem no less eternal than those penned by William Shakespeare. Some cowboy poems are bust-a-gut funny; a few are downright dirty . . . most carry an honest, primitive power.”–Michael Riley, TIME Magazine
This collection of poems was chosen from among 10, 000 gathered from cowboy reciters, ranch poets and from a library of over 200 published works of cowboy verse. One third of the poems are classics that have proven their vitality by having lived in the hearts and minds of cowboys and ranchers for decades. The remaining two-thirds are new, created within the last few years.
Range Cow in Winter by Vern MortensenHave you listened still on a desert hill At the close of a bitter day, When the orange sun in wispy clouds Was set in a greenish haze? In a cold white world of deepening drifts That cover the land like a pall, Then the plaintive bawl of a hungry cow Is the loneliest sound of all!Have you listened still on a desert hill When the world was cold and drear, When the tinkling bells of a herd of sheep Was the nearest sound you”d hear, And the haunting notes of a lone coyote whose Evening”s hunting howl Rose wild and clear in the cold blue night, And was answered by the hoot of an owl? But when the scanty grass lies covered deep By the snow that lies like a pall, Then the plaintive bawl of a hungry cow Is the loneliest sound of all!
IntroductioAcknowledgmentsAllen McCanlessGail GardnerAnonymousAnonymousS. Omar BarkerLarry ChittendonT.J. McCoyAnonymousEugene WareAnonymousD.J. O”MalleyJames Barton AdamsBruce KiskaddonHenry Herbert KnibbsAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousCurley FletcherBadger ClarkNyle A. HendersonCarlos AshleyGeorgie SickingJon BowermanHoward NorskogWaddie MitchellErnie FanningJesse SmithBuck WilkersonBob SchildJim Hofer Baxter BlackCharles A. KortesNick JohnsonLinda AshBill LowmanRoss KnoxDon Ian SmithMelvin L. WhippleLucky WhippleGorden EastmanDuane ReeceHarold OttoVern MortensenR. O. MunnDrummond Hadley Dick GibfordBill SimpsonBarney NelsonJim BollersOwen BartonDon BellWallace McRaeVess Quinlan
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