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Pastimes : A Poetry Corner
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To: D LEE who wrote (14)8/23/1998 9:26:00 PM
From: Don Martini  Read Replies (2) of 1582
 
Magnificent Poem, D Lee! Here's one published in Arizona Highways in 1948 by Former Arizona Gov. Bruce Brockett. I memorized it as a lad of 16:

FENCED TRAILS

The trails are fenced that we used to use
In the days when I was young.
The chuck wagon's gone where the longhorns went
And the cowboy's song is sung

The roundup grounds where the dust clouds rolled
To the stamp of a million feet
Are plowed and watered and every year
Raise crops of whiskered wheat

The world will go on the same as before
And progress her motto will be
But I wonder if herds won't haunt those old trails
Like the memories are haunting me

I wonder if herds won't swing along
When mists are hanging low
Pointed by cowboys from the great beyond
Who were here so long ago

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