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Blazed Rides

Beneath dotted stars with soft moonlight As ally, lone cowboy’s pondering meanders through the sand dunes and night-salons marked by his blazed rides for pistol quests and fist thugs, as rowdy duels and women’s sighs so adored climb unto a red of greeting sunset. Recalling those dusty trails--pungent and bold-- when chivalry was born with some sense of grit, descending like a magic bat from nowhere he riddled his foes sinking down the floor, and like the old clique, rides on through sunset.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 9/27/2014 7:31:00 AM
Fantastic, especially the ending showing the rowdy cowboy as a lonely man missing home.
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Date: 9/26/2014 5:56:00 AM
What a monument for a lone cowboy! Brilliant in conception, superb in expression, incomparable in images, dear nette, you are the best!
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Date: 9/26/2014 12:58:00 AM
Gosh, this is the only NON-STEREOTYPED poem I have read on cowboys. We picture these guys as unruly, kick a$$ archetypes. But you gave this astonishing piece the real , other side of their character. In the end , they have a vulnerable heart we don't see .Nette, a fave!
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Date: 9/25/2014 7:51:00 PM
Hi Nette reads like Shakespeare cowboy style. Great Write.
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Date: 9/25/2014 1:51:00 PM
Nette, I really enjoyed your Cowboy piece here very much!! A Great Read. You probably don't know it, but I originally come from the State of Kansas in the USA. I grew up there steeped in the traditions of the Old West and all of the major events occurring in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, etc. in the 19th century as the USA was maturing as a country. Your imagery in this poem is quite impressive and very descriptive. This one is a "7." Best Wishes, Gary
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Date: 9/25/2014 12:22:00 PM
- A man of his boots and horse ... enjoy reading your description of the "Blazed Rides" - (Back home on Sunday !!!) - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/25/2014 12:10:00 PM
The classic cowboy, rough on the outside, soft on the inside! Nette, what else can I say---fascinating poem!
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Date: 9/25/2014 11:31:00 AM
Great imagery here Nette! U never fail to amaze dear!
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Date: 9/25/2014 7:55:00 AM
Beautiful descriptive write Nette you never fail to amaze me with the images you create in your poetry:-) Hugs Jan xxx
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Date: 9/25/2014 7:48:00 AM
Very beautiful Nette, so cowboy like yet so peaceful. I enjoyed reading this.
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