Best Cowboy Poems
Below are the all-time best Cowboy poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cowboy poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Cowboy Life I LoveI squint my eyes from the glaring sun
As I drive cattle across the open range.
I am the youngest hand, so I ride drag
Covered by the...
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Categories:
animal, cowboy-western, horse, life,
Form:
Free verse
A Cowboy Isheartbeat of the American dream
early settlers escaped tyranny
rode West, used squatters’ rights
claimed land and turned to ranching
nights ‘neath stars and grub by campfires
from nearby hills...
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Categories:
cowboy-westernfreedom,
Form:
Free verse
Hard Times
When hard times come they sit a spell,
Like kin folk come to stay
A-packin' troubles, pets an' kids
That always get ‘n your way.
It's drought an' flood,...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, family, funny, life,
Form:
Cowboy
HeritageThe ranch on which I hang my hat, though short on most the frills,
Is thirteen sections, give or take, of rugged trails an’ hills.
We call...
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Categories:
adventure, cowboy-western, education, imagination,
Form:
Quatrain
Will ShepardThe day Will Shepard shot my dog
His barn burned to the soil;
The flames licked at the Autumn sky,
The smoke as black as oil.
I dropped the...
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Categories:
animals, cowboy-western, death, loss,
Form:
Verse
The Last RideOne tough ol’ cowboy; a strong, upright man,
He rode many years for the Lazy "H" brand.
One ev’nin, quite late, as he rode out from town
Some...
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Categories:
tribute,
Form:
Cowboy
A Well-appointed CowpokeA well-appointed cowpoke, of whom there are still a few,
Wanted to be properly clad for his first job interview.
So, to impress his potential and somewhat...
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Categories:
cowboy-western
Form:
Rhyme
Compadre
We’ve shared the trail, kicked up some dust,
An’ stood a storm or two.
We’ve rode the plains, the wide frontier,
The easy trails were few.
You’ve listened like...
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Categories:
animals, cowboy-western, death, friendship,
Form:
Cowboy
A Lonely ChristmasI walked up to the bunkhouse, beneath a cloudless sky,
searching to find the Christmas star, still shining there on high.
The bunkhouse was warm but lonesome...
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Categories:
christmas, star,
Form:
Cowboy
Angels and OutlawsCome and sit here by the fire
Watch the flickering firelight
Let me touch your lips with mine
Will you keep me warm tonight
I've been here reminiscing
Just feeling...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, life, love, me,
Form:
Ballad
Mackenzie TrailWhen doves on evenings, calm and still, call out a hollow tone,
They rouse a medley, old as time, so few have ever known.
The whispered lines...
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Categories:
adventure, cowboy-western, historyold, horse,
Form:
Quatrain
Intelligent DesignYou think you’re alone out on the range
Sittin’ silent under starry sky,
Just a marvelin’ at the universe
And wonderin’ ‘bout that ol’ question: why?
You shake your...
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Categories:
animals, cowboy-western, death, faith,
Form:
Cowboy
Frail Paper Etched With WordsWhether poets, showmen or philosophers,
Or mere cowboys who follow herds—
They all want to leave behind a lasting mark—
More than frail paper etched with words.
But the...
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Categories:
art, cowboy-western, on writing
Form:
Rhyme
This Cowboy's Done
I'll ride with you awhile, my friend
Until the wind turns cold.
I'm not as young as I once was -
Just feelin' kinda old.
I used to ride...
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Categories:
Form:
Cowboy
The Place that Shaped Me I left my
heart in
a magical
place. A
place that
holds years
of wonder...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, family, growing up,
Form:
Concrete
All Hat and No CattleThey hung around the beer joint with the finest Western wear
with thumbs tucked in their belt loops and such a studly air.
But those boots weren't...
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Categories:
humorous, old, time,
Form:
Cowboy
The Cowboy's LifeAs the pastel moon rises across the midnight blue
a lone wolf’s dark silhouette appears into view
his boast is known from Cowboy to prairie dog
fore this...
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Categories:
animal, autumn, good morning,
Form:
Cowboy
Mustang
Wind drinkers flow with strength and grace.
Thunder pounds from...
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Categories:
cowboy-western,
Form:
Rhyme
StagecoachI took my periodic stroll through the local antique store today.
There were the usual horse collars, clocks and various sundries on display.
Havin' no need fer...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, old, horse, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Beg Your PardonHere’s a short story of a cowboy I knew
Whose name was Beg Your Pardon.
He wasn’t a gun slinger in the usual way,
Though his hands were...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
One of Texas's Best“Back in my day” his stories all would start
I’d lean in close to listen though I knew ‘em all by heart
He was a living...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, history, nostalgia, people,
Form:
Cowboy
Cowboys in the BadlandsRather lost, they stare over the divide,
how best to circumnavigate this obstacle?
They can see a path gently sloping down
but it is far off to the...
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Categories:
horse, life,
Form:
Cowboy
Groundswell Girl - Named by JBEnter a storybook tale
Where I can be
The heroine you hail
Lucid dreams of soft reflection
A touch heated with lust and desired protection
A breathe a gasp...
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Categories:
cowboy, adventure, art, beautiful, boyfriend,
Form:
Free verse
Epitaph to a Happy MosquitoT'was a warm summer's day, when I took to the trail,
to cruise that old black spruce, way down in the swale.
A gallon of bug dope...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, funny, nature, me,
Form:
Ballad
Westward Ho'In the 1600's, Europeans lived on the eastern shore
Their numbers grew, they wanted more.
Iroquios, Sauk, Ottawa, and Mohawk were tribes they met
Too many and more,...
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Categories:
adventure, cowboy-western, history, native
Form:
Rhyme