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Cowboy Poems - Poems about Cowboy

she sets 'pon shale
. for my convenance leopard ...

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Categories: cowboy, birthday, books, celebration, write,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Give Me Horses
I’ve ridden long ’cross windswept land, Seen men lie with a shake of hand. Smiles can fool, and words can bend— But a horse stays honest ‘til the end. People come with masks and games, Talk in riddles, shift the blame. But a mustang don’t play make-believe— He gives what’s real, not what you need. A horse don’t gossip, scheme, or plot, He don’t...

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Categories: cowboy, horse, hurt, peace,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



The Saddle Waits
The sunrise paints the prairie gold, The breeze still hums that tune of old, Where once I’d ride with reins held tight, Now I rock through the hush of night. My boots sit still by the old back door, Dusty dreams from days before. The saddle waits on its wooden stand— But now I hold life in my hands. No roundup calls, no...

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Categories: cowboy, baby, beauty, change, child,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
antihistamine'd
. clop clop clop clop clop clop ...

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Categories: cowboy, beautiful, best friend, blessing,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
sum'z them b!tchez
. ohh yeah i can see...

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Categories: cowboy, extended metaphor, humor,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



sweet sibling
. aight now tell me again your logic...

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Categories: cowboy, french, kiss,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
line dance'er
. i felt her soft brush 'gainst my i hear'd hern ...

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Categories: cowboy, angst, conflict,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
occidental simpatico
. 'Twere thuh finish Line "my horse and i ...

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Categories: cowboy, appreciation, hyperbole,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Carnival of Hatred
“Come one, come all!” The hawker summons Try your luck On the unmoored Ferris wheel Hurl a dart At the Kewpie dolls Win one for the lady To consummate the deal (Chorus) Intruders in the festival Outsiders at the gates Nothing like a carnival To bring up dormant hates Where the pavement meets the grass Behind the stand of funnel cakes, Someone's getting hornery Their pants down at their feet This balloon-tank...

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Categories: cowboy, allegory, america, anxiety, celebration,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
The Soft Goodbye of a Mountain Bear
He woke to the hush of a mountain thaw, Where snow gave way to pine and claw, The breath of spring in the alpine air, Stirred the long slumber of the highland bear. His coat still thick with the sleep of frost, Not knowing yet what he'd gained or lost,...

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Categories: cowboy, america, animal, cry,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Josh Moore Montana
Cheap ale pools in a Styrofoam cup. She’s barefoot in gravel, anklet flashing beneath the floodlamps. Pickup window ajar, radio blaring “Friends in Low Places.” Her jeans slung low, hips marbled violet on the porch-swing, ash winnowing across her thighs from last night’s guttering fire. I watch the buttes flatten at gloaming, a silo blinking red— a wound stitched into the earth. She speaks of leaving at...

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Categories: cowboy, adventure, africa, gothic,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
i'll still punch uh brutha out
. i felt hern pretty ...

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Categories: cowboy, allusion, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Josh Moore North Dakota II
TV news broadcasts the motel dark, she lies flat, belly soft with rabbit tattoos, ash smudged into the sheets. My boots drip clay and pesticide, fingers stained from counting nickels. Outside, a pumpjack bows to the ground, over and over, like it’s praying. She whispers something about escape. I kiss the scar beneath her jaw, taste motel soap and Marlboro light. The window rattles an oil train...

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Categories: cowboy, addiction, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
gag'er
. al'lup in'er muzzle mine trusty oil'd rag tuh slip'in i guess ya can say gag'er thuh Kool...

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Categories: cowboy, allusion,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
giddy yup
Categories: cowboy, extended metaphor, paradise,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

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