When it comes to cowboy poetry, Samuel Geck has a keen sense of the ridiculous

On the surface, the poem contributed by Samuel Geck does not APPEAR ridiculous. After all, cattle and corn go well together...don't they? Yes. They do. Keeping cattle OUT of GROWING corn, though, is not always a simple proposition.

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Hi, folks. Samuel Geck here. I've been knowing Fred for just about forever. When he asked if I'd like to comment here on this page, other than just have my cowboy poetry published, I said sure. Sure, but you have to let me tell folks about you in my own words.

That made him a touch nervous, I'm thinking. Since he said okay in the end, here it is.

People, here's the deal. I don't figure anybody else in the world but Fred could have convinced me to publish my stuff. I told him, hey, you got to edit, and what will it cost me? He said he'd be glad to, and no charge. He only suggested three tiny changes. I did those, and it made Corn Fed Beef just plumb come to life.

Anyway, here's the poem. As soon as it gets out there on the Internet, we're going to print off that page and get it set up for next year's family Christmas cards.

Gotta go. Our cows in Colorado aren't surrounded by corn like back in my Iowa days, but I was crazy enough to start doing the dairy thing. It's about that time of day. Them Holsteins ain't beef, and they don't laugh much if they're late to the milking machines, either.

Samuel Geck

P.S. No, folks, I'm not the Samuel Geck who was a high school football hero, no matter how many people call looking for him!

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Corn Fed Beef
Copyright 2003 by Samuel Geck

I grew up on a ranch in Iowa
Where farms were the order of the day
Three hundred cow-calf pairs surrounded by corn
You couldn't keep them critters away

We tried good barbwire but they tore it down
Getting after that tasty green treat
To keep tempers down 'cause it wasn't their fault
We supplied half of our neighbors with meat

We were out riding fence from dawn to dusk
From the day you could see the first green
Until after harvest when the corn was all in
When we could relax until the next spring

A lot of younger people wait for school to be out
Eager for the summer to start
But when you've been a cowboy surrounded by corn
The winter is where you keep your heart

Still, karma is karma, and wouldn't you know
After college when I got my first job
It turned out to be with the Jolly Green Giant
Canning corn right off of the cob

My wife thinks I'm funny after all of these years
When she serves up my favorite meal
Which is still corn fed Iowa beef
With corn on the cob part of the deal

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Hope you enjoyed it,

Sam

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Note: We've eaten beefsteak and corn on the cob at the Geck place. Polly definitely knows how to put on a feed.

Thanks for reading,

Fred

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