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P-C Numbers Thirty-nine AND FORTY

                                              P.C. # 39
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                         Out in the Ranch I'm-a wranglin' words,

                               Though the cattle are gone,

                                          Not a one herd

                      The lowing and whispering wind in the sage

                      Blows softly a new year, another new page

                       
                       I chased the challenge, and I did my best

                        Under the stars in the heart of the West

                   My cowboy said "Ride," so I mounted my steed

                       Chasing the wind as I galloped with speed.

                      I'm nearing the end of this exhausting ride

                         I smile, my cowboy is right by my side



                                        
                                            P.C. # 40
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                          Changing seasons on the Ranch

                              The Paloverdes pruned

                       But some things, like true lovin' hearts

                               Are always finely tuned

                           From the settlin' in this place

                   The warmth of smiles and love's embrace

                            The desert dust is settling

                              I tie my horse to post

                     And click my heals and raise my cup

                                    To poetry I toast!

                         My muse is near, she takes a bow

                   All through this night we've galloped through

                           I kiss my darling cowboy's head

                   Let's grab some grub, Cowboy, nuff' said





                          THE END YEEEEEHAWWWW!!!!!!!

                      Happy New Year in nineteen minutes!

Copyright © Bj Legros Kelley | Year Posted 2024

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Sand Blown Date: 3/14/2025 8:18:00 AM nice way for cussin.....'wrangling words' nice write......len Login to Reply

Michael Tor Date: 3/7/2025 2:26:00 PM Love this BJ what beautiful imagery of your and your husband riding. I see the cowgirl and cowboy in you and your husband and we went along for the fabulous ride thank you for sharing... Login to Reply

Valsa George Date: 3/4/2025 7:49:00 PM "My cowboy said "Ride," so I mounted my steed Chasing the wind as I galloped with speed. I'm nearing the end of this exhausting ride I smile, my cowboy is right by my side" Love these lines dear BJ. Thus, you have been undertaking a challenging ride. You have almost reached the finishing point. Now you can take a break and bask in the sunshine of the completion of your great Odyssey. You and your 'cow boy' together can celebrate this victory! WONDERFUL ! Login to Reply

John Read Date: 1/6/2025 1:45:00 AM Happy new year BJ enjoyed reading your wonderful Cowboy poem. xx Login to Reply

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 1/5/2025 6:43:00 PM such perfect rhymes, lol, Happy New Year dear poet Login to Reply

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 1/4/2025 8:01:00 PM What a marvelous poem to welcome the New Year! I love the final two lines. Very best wishes. :) Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/5/2025 3:17:00 PM Thank you Evelyn! It was certainly a different way to bring in the New Year than I have ever done so before. I'm glad you like the poem, and the last two lines are by far my favorite too, I was finally done! I hope you are having a wonderful beginning to your new year. I am hoping to spend more time on the site this year, even if I don't write as often. I do hope I will be inspired to write again, without a challenge such as the one I finished up as 2024 ebbed. I do want to read others poetry and it is wonderful to be able to read a bit and simply relax. Happy New Year to you and your family :) I hope you are blessed in the year ahead with all goodness, joy and health <3

Sara Kendrick Date: 1/4/2025 12:52:00 AM Wow!! I guess you stayed up to see the New Year in. I was fast asleep. I enjoyed your cowboy work. Thanks for sharing. Sara K Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/5/2025 3:11:00 PM I was so thrilled to actually have a little bit of time to spare, I didn't think that I was going to be able to finish the challenge. We have often had family over in the past to bring in the new year. We use to make fun little noise makers, there would be a movie on, just having fun. This year we were sick with a flu, and didn't plan anything. My husband was watching a video or playing solitaire and encouraging me as I typed away. I slept in on New Years Day :)

Deb M Date: 1/3/2025 8:28:00 AM Hi BJ….l just read on another poem about your challenge from your husband…what an achievement and what dedication you have! Well done you!! Debx Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/3/2025 2:36:00 PM Hello! Thank you for coming over and reading, you are so sweet Deb :) That was a hard challenge! Here it is the third of January and I haven't written anything in the new year. Anyway, I am glad the challenge is over. We celebrated our New Year Day at a little restaurant and had a delicious Mexican food dinner, my favorite :) Congratulations on your grandbaby! I am so excited to have read your poem and of your joy! I will welcome a granddaughter in February! We are so excited! Hugs to you my friend. We'll see if I manage to be on here more in 2025, I do hope to be, lest hubby launch me into a new challenge ;) Happy New Year! <3

Victor Buhagiar Date: 1/2/2025 2:00:00 AM Two more poems that make up the challenge. May your relationship be blessed and wish you the best of 2025 Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/2/2025 12:43:00 PM Yes, oh that was quite the challenge and I did not think I could do it, but so happy that I did. I am exhausted but happy it is done!! Happy 2025 Victor! I hope that you are very blessed in the new year ahead :)

Sotto Poet Date: 1/1/2025 2:01:00 PM Great evaluation, BJ. You and your husband have a great connection; I love it when couples like you enjoy each other's company and stick together through thick and thin. Best wishes for the next year Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/2/2025 12:36:00 PM We have been married for forty-seven years, and we have stuck it out through thick and thin in all those years. This was our 48th Holiday season just passed! Thank you for your visit and wonderful comment Sotto. I hope your new year ahead is absolutely blessed with wonderful joys, peace and poetry :)

Beryl Edmonds Date: 1/1/2025 7:29:00 AM Dear Bj, you stood up to the challenge well, I’ve read all the poems you wrote and applaud you. What I like about all this is the wonderful relationship you and your hubby have, those that have fun together, stay together… Happy New Year… Beryl Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/2/2025 12:31:00 PM Thank you Beryl :) This was a fun challenge project that I am glad he encouraged me to accept. We really don't have too many adventures beside what a big family can present. Last year meeting headlong challenges as we continued to get home projects done, and helping with some major projects in the grown kids' lives. He knew I'd felt bad about losing the muse, to write amid the challenges left only ten poems on site last year. Well, now there are quite a few more. I feel better about fifty poems in '24 than ten, thanks to this challenge :) We had a nice dinner at a restaurant to celebrate New Year and this accomplished challenge last night, and it was so lovely. Thank you for your visits and comments. Happy New Year! May we all resolves to make more time for fun and personal passions in 2025 :)

Joe Maverick Date: 1/1/2025 1:51:00 AM Le' grosse success here B J you have shared a Little (in your jot and tittle) of the memories held Inside.' If ever I get back again where spaces are Far and wide i'll boil a billy of tea so i will and raise a toast to you there prarie-side.' Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/2/2025 12:11:00 PM Thank you, Joe, this was quite the challenge. I wasn't sure that I could meet it, but I am relieved, it is finished! Happy New Year! May our Lord bless your new year ahead with many blessings!

Tom Cunningham Date: 12/31/2024 11:43:00 PM I love the old American West, have read tons of books about it and it's inspired many poems I've written. My favourite author was Louis Lamour. I bet you feel like you're running a marathon BJ and you're heading for gold, well done. Tom Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/2/2025 12:07:00 PM You rode along as I did this entire challenge Tom, and have been so encouraging through it all, thank you so much! Happy New Year! My husband likes Louis Lamour as well, and I know that his dad was a huge fan of the author. There is still a lot to see in the wide deserts, I hope you and your wife can come and see it sometime. I love it, except for the summers. I doubt anyone loves our summer.

Anon Y'Mous Date: 12/31/2024 10:53:00 PM WOW! You did it great job and not just any poetry but cowboy poetry to boot. Glad you pulled through. Looking forward to another year of great poetry from you! Happy 2025! bj Login to Reply Bj Legros Kelley Date: 1/2/2025 12:45:00 PM Thank you for the challenge, and the lovely dinner! That was beautiful and really fun! Happy 2025! Bj Legros Kelley Date: 12/31/2024 10:59:00 PM Hey cowboy :) I love you! Thank you :) I couldn't have done it without your request. The prize in my book is YOU!!