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Abilene Poems - Poems about Abilene


Castle Abilene
Castle Abilene So many years ago when I was young And life was but a dream An enchanted princess came to call Upon the Castle Abilene From out the forest From out the cloud From out the living dream An enchanted princess came to call Upon the Castle Abilene And I at home among the stone Did watch her watching me Through the sloop My arrows...

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Categories: abilene, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Abilene Time Machine
A frugal inventor in Abilene has finally perfected a time machine He goes way back in time brings back beer for a dime and watches the Super Bowl on his big screen 2/7/22...

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Categories: abilene, humorous,
Form: Limerick



Dead In Abilene
There's a grave out on the Plains that holds the last remains Of a cowboy shot dead in Abilene It was a young girl they say that caused his death that day And left him in a hole that's never seen He swore with his last breath that he'd haunt this town in death - So his grave's forty miles...

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Categories: abilene,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Old Abilene
I Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: Old Abilene Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: July/2015 God is a Texas sheriff, down in old Abilene - He has pale white skin, tall in stature, brawny, with a deep voice, and a coy sly grin - He's the judge and jury - for all people of black skin. God is a Texas Sheriff down in old Abilene - "Boy! I have a...

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Categories: abilene, conflict, racism,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Gunfight In Old Abilene
Gunfight in old Abilene With his hat drawn way down, reins loose in his hands His horse sweating pints, the sun burning down The dust from the trail was choking his throat The Abilene sign, said, two miles to go He rode into town, stared the folk down He pulled up his horse at the watering trough All scuttled inside as his...

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Categories: abilene, cowboy-western, old, horse, old,
Form: Free verse




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