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My Wild West

Out here in "Colo-rah-dee" It's dry as dry can be Dustbowls do get rowdy As far as you can see Ranchers cook upon the fire Some coffee and some beans, There something to admire Have been many movie themes Buffalo Bill did travel here Many years ago Drive up to see, have no fear There's lots they have to show Travel up to the plains Where buffalo and antelope roam You will never be the same It may become your home For out here we live simply Our clothes and boots are worn Our middles may be dimply Our shirts they may be torn Mountains may surround us And blaze in summers sun Gold has caused many to fuss That's how the west was won. So come on out to see The country at its best I chose to live here for me Because I love the West.

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Tim Ryerson

Date: 3/29/2013 9:54:00 AM

I remember driving out of the Rockies and on to the plains where we saw Pronghorn Antelopes running along the highway faster than we were driving...Awesome sight!...Thanks for this, Jennifer - Tim

Funom Makama

Date: 3/23/2013 9:12:00 AM

beautiful poem, well written. In such a windy and snowy day, reading this piece just completes my relaxation. What a poem!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/23/2013 12:30:00 AM

I really like your cowboy poem. I am quite confused on this contest however. In very small print, he asks for free verse, but I am seeing almost everyone do rhymes for it. I thought of trying free verse, but only rhymes come to my mind. Maybe I should just do a rhymed one anyway. I think all you guys doing rhymed ones are doing GREAT.

Connie Gildersleeve

Date: 3/22/2013 12:51:00 PM

Nice images of a western theme you've conveyed. Good luck in the contest Jen. Warm Smiles, Connie

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 3/22/2013 10:21:00 AM

Nicely done on this cowboy theme. My husband read my cowboy poem and now teases me about liking cowboys but what the heck I live in cowboy country lol love phyl

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/21/2013 6:55:00 PM

Hi Jenifer,,, he he he..Like Roy, on the bottom this is my kind of poem... I'm a country gal,,, and I wish i still lived out in the country here in Texas...always~ Linda

Roy Jerden

Date: 3/21/2013 3:01:00 PM

My kind of poetry, too, Jennifer. Just a couple of suggestions... I couldn't find "Colorade" with a Google search, so maybe this is a typo. Also, I would change the form from "Free Verse" to "Cowboy" a form which is always rhymed and metered as this one is, and uses a Western theme, as this one does. Free Verse is not normally rhymed and does not use regular meter. I'll send you a Soup Mail. Check your Inbox.