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Old Cowboy Poetry Poems

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He Died With A Smile, Part I
Dalton lived in the north Texas plain,
working a ranch he owned for five years,
a small spread, but it brought some money in,
some solace after all...

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Categories: abuse, anger, children, dark,



Forgive This Old Cowboy
I’ve run long and hard down this trail we call life
it’s been filled with heartache and been filled with strife
I've taken some things with my...

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Categories: poems, poetry,

Campfire Nights
By the time the sun's faded o’er the prairie
well I’m just about as tired as tired can be
My horse has been fed and all the...

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Categories: poems, poetry,

What Is Cowboy Poetry
A friend and I had a rousing argument
around the supper table the other day
He said when them old fashioned poet would write
‘twas hard to understand...

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Categories: poems, poetry,

A Wannabe Cowboy
Well, I’ve lived in this Montana country
guess it's been pert near fourteen years 
I call myself a cowboy though I ain't
punched no cows or branded...

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Categories: humor, life, poems, poetry,



Memory of Muriel
Memory of Muriel 


When the big wave crashed ashore on the rocky side of the bay
seven white stallions, silky manes flying galloped ashore to seek
freedom...

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Categories: august, blessing, color,

Ridin' Drag
When your ride’n drag through the swelterin’ heat,
and you've bout had all the dust one-man can eat.
When the sweat’s running down from collar to boot,
just...

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Categories: poems, poetry,

Wishin' I Was a Real Cowboy
I am not quite a genuine cowboy,
but I know that somewhere deep down inside.
If I had only been born way back when,
I could surely punch...

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Categories: horse, jobs, poems, poetry,

The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part V
V.
Reg did nothing but embrace her,
it seemed like the right thing to do,
she said, “Let’s just go back to bed,
it’s much nicer lying with you.”

The...

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Categories: history, lost, love, myth,

The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part Iv
IV.
An awkward silence fell on them,
Reg felt bad, and looked at his feet,
“I didn’t mean to pry,”he said.
she laughed and said, “Don’t look so meek.

“There’s...

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Categories: history, lost, love, myth,

The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part I
I.
He was riding south from Boise,
having split from the other men,
they’d got together for this job,
would not see each other again.

It was much safer doing...

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Categories: history, lost, love, myth,

Premium Member The Last Roundup
An old cowpoke from Cheyenne, Wyoming
Got a hankering and set out a roaming.
He got as far as Montana,
Choked on a banana,
And returned in a box...

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Categories: western,

Our Peoples' Values, Part Ii
...Todd was surprised by his stern eyes,
he seemed serious about it.
Todd said, “There’s a town two days on,
my horse can take double a bit.

“But I...

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Categories: culture, friendship, history, hope,

The Sherriff's First Day, Part Iii
...“My mother said he did it to survive,
the farm was failing, the crops wouldn’t thrive,
he had to find money, so rode with them,
so desperate he’d...

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Categories: conflict, emotions, father, history,

The Sherriff's First Day, Part I
When Sherriff Connolly came to Red Flat’s town,
Tte citizens came in from all around,
they had hotly anticipated this,
for too long they felt they had been...

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Categories: conflict, emotions, father, history,


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