Abilene Poems - Poems about Abilene

...m boots, just 'bout the purtiest he'd ever seen! He broke 'em in astraddle his faithful mule, Old Dan, on the trail to Abilene. Back on the ranch he wore 'em fixin' fences and brandin' wily steers. Hank rodeoed, throwed from buckin' ho......Read More

...y I missed the truth… And why it took so long to figure out. From Abilene to Wichita…San Angelo to Vale… We drove the herds across the arid plains. The days were long and lonely out t......Read More

...sin’ mills an’ cleanin’ out the stalls. The road that he come in on was a thirteen mile blacktop! Closest town was Abilene, so that was quite a walk! I remember thinkin’, ‘this young man is either dumb, or full o’ TRY to come ......Read More

... What I’m going to tell you now might make you think I’m loco. I hope that you’ll believe me, but I don’t care if you ......Read More

...ng strong. Hauling cars up from New Orleans Where I'm not sure I belonged. Traded whiskey for a woman At a bar in Abilene. Then a long haul up to Portland town Helped along by methredine. There’s a lady there in S......Read More

...al I've ever attended... Thelma was a waitress at the diner on the corner of 4th and Oak, across from Ron’s DX, in Abilene. They had an old brass register that rang when it was opened, which I believed to be the coolest thing I’d ever......Read More

...lady And he don't do that anymore Oh, he was born in New Orleans Traveled as far as Singapore He met a girl from Abilene And he don't travel anymore Now she was special, she was sweet He'd never seen her like before Always he h......Read More

...as the sun went down On his way out of our little town We drove all night in a hearse machine Buried his carcass in Abilene We hear that town has moaning at night A ghost can be seen before daylight They hear "You'll pay" in an eer......Read More

...hall tree. “Lordy those two are riling me; but shucks, it’s my wedding day!” Then into town rides the Domino Kid from Abilene; He’s looking to escape the screaming guillotines at Lansing. John Jupiter and Isabel drink a toast to the fu......Read More

...As dangerous as we'd ever seen "I will haunt you," he had said "I will come back from the dead." So we buried him in Abilene. 12-25-18 Contest: Let's Have Fun Limerick Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton......Read More

...d to a teen age paramour) intriguing, nattering, and wordlessly spellbinding notion all the way to Abilene, perhaps metamorphosing into a topnotch poem (ska lean), swiftly tailored harried sty......Read More

...rays. Her will was read in an unlikely scene. She had no heirs and the crowd was intent - It all went to a man in Abilene. A young cowboy with a western accent. A handwritten letter was with the will That called the young man by ......Read More

...ill get? Money, pain and broken bones Those not broken yet I've been gored by bulls in Texas Stomped real hard in Abilene But, I got my worst damn beating By my ex, named Bobbie Jean With a bull you see it coming You just get ou......Read More

...It was just a simple country barn dance On a little farm outside Abilene Her brown eyes would flash "won't you take a chance?" Her feet were smooth as a dancing machine On a little......Read More

...she could do things that I've never seen I would have wed her but she had thought better And ran off with a dude from Abilene Well I miss her still guess I always will And there are times I get nasty and mean Then I drink my beer and......Read More