Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Winter Dream


Orange willows and a fuzzy day
Fields of white where hay once lay,
Sundogs watch on western shore
Winter camps on our back door.

Try and shovel her away
She’ll be back that very day
Try and plow her up the lane
She’ll be back with frozen rain.

Orange willow and a fuzzy day
The sun is coming back our way
Fields of white where hay once lay
How long can winter stay?

Why not rake in long wind rows
A crazy dream to bale the snows
Roll it up in round bale ton
Stack like hay in noon-day sun.

When May’s sun comes shinning
Nothing left but round bale twinning
Only if we could some how
Feed these snow bales to the cows.




 

 

Monday, June 20, 2011

The Coyotes Ball

Across the meadow I hear them call
Yawning their ancient moan
Then answer from a cedar draw
Coyotes call from home

We’re dancing in the twilight
Come join us from the hill
We’ll dance into the moonlight
Come join us for the kill

In the meadow below the cedars
After dusk I hear them call
They play their haunting music
Down at the coyotes ball

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Dead Horse Point



Wild horse desert
Sagebrush dusty air
Equine shadows vanish
Thundering hooves once there
Race to the rim rock
Wild mustangs on the tare
Canyon of Green River
Horse thieves never care
Up against the sand stone
Red rock jagged air
Natural gates behind them
Horse thieves never care
Run them to the edge rock
Colorado river stair
Reita on the blue roan
Horse thieves never care
High sagebrush desert
Red rock dusty air
Equine shadows vanish
Wild horses were once there