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Trillium 
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA 
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Voices in the Wind Across the sage land, soft wind blows. Every ear that hears it knows The muted sounds within its air Are women's voices, calling there. Calling in hope someone will hear. Will help them fight their lonely fear! So often on a ranch alone. Or at a mine, each one has known A hunger for the sight and sound Of other womenfolk around. A chance to visit and to share The problems each one has to bear. Facing flash floods, prairie fire, Rustlers, illness, cut barbed wire. Wild stampedes and scattered herds. Each one tells in her own words, What it's like to bear a child, All alone and someplace wild! Always watching down the trail. Hoping someday there'll be mail. Or riding rangeland to fill in When cattle round up does begin. Plus doing all the house work too. Cooking for a hungry crew! When they come in from off their rides, A cheerful smile so often hides The pain they carry as they toil On rocky ground or sandy soil. Wherever men decide to roam, Their women go, to make a home! Betty Lou Hebert Published by Drury's Publishing 2002 Rocky Mountain rider Magazine, 2004 |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
I thought I had seen this before. I must have read it in the Drury Magazine. Wonderful poem of the pioneer women. love, Joyce |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
I like this alot. I wish I could say some intellegent things now, but my brain is shot. -Juju -<>-~-<>-~-<>- |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
BettyLou~ You are such an accomplished poet ... I am ever-proud to read you~ Give MY RONNIE a great big **HUGLET**  *Huglets* to you too~ ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Joyce: Thanks and you probably did see this in Drury's newsletter or one of the anthologies. Love betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Juju: Thanks for commenting. We all have spells of being uninspired! It passes! Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Marge: Thank you for that very special compliment!! Ronnie says "hi" to you! Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
a day in the life  lovely write here |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
passing shadows: I saw how hard life is for some ranch wives and miner's wives also. It prompted this poem. Thanks. Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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pegasus111 Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219ocala, fl, usa |
a lovely painting of pioneer life. you have such a gift dear lady. the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
pegasus111: Thank you so much! I spent several years in a ghost town in Nevada a long time ago and saw what the ranch women had to bear. Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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