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Best Derringer Poems

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Derringer
Times of Nonchalance By Jimmy Boom Semtex

ISBN: 978-1-291-77683-6

Derringer One
That oh so beautiful Derringer pistol was not just a gun. She was art. Silver chrome that...

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Categories: derringer, anxiety, heartbroken, hope,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The Conclusion
It was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The...

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Categories: derringer, america, death, western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Up Soup Creek Without a Paddle
[Every good story needs a sub plot, so…]

He watched from his vantage point on the bank’s roof
And looked out for folk that he knew were...

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Categories: derringer, western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Riverboat Gambler
He plied the Mississippi River on the paddle wheeler 'Dandy Dame'.
Gamblin' was his profession and three-card monte was his game.
He became very creative at palmin'...

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Categories: derringer, funny
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Monsieur L'Vampyre Meets the Werewolf
"Monsieur L'Vampyre Meets the Werewolf"
While walking on the path sublime
accustomed to at times, when I'm
just going neither here nor there--
   but be content...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: derringer, betrayal, romance,
Form: Lyric



The Westerns of Tv Land
I was watching the TV the other day
When a certain Rerun began to play.
It brought me back to one of my brain's stifled bans
Because it...

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© Dan Cwiak  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: derringer, hero, memory, remember, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Bazooka Joe Is Gum - 1000 Ways To Die
David slings a rock
Cop holsters a glock, Lizzie Borden packs an axe
Mac he packs the knife, Billy battles with a club, Tommy’s gun is a...

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Categories: derringer, conflict, courage, death, metaphor,
Form: Shape
Old El Paso
A SAGA OF OLD EL PASO
AND LADY B GOOD
There was a famous lady of El Paso in the Old West
She hunted and trapped, trading furs...

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Categories: derringer, adventure, destiny, fantasy, murder,
Form: Narrative
Bazooka Joe Is Gum
WESSON
GIVES A LESSON
WITH   A   .357
DAVID SLINGS A ROCK
COP HOLSTERS A GLOCK
LIZZY BORDEN PACKS AN AXE
MAC HE PACKS THE KNIFE
BILLY BATTLES WITH...

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Categories: derringer, america, conflict, death, education,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mssr L'Vampyre and the Slovenia Werewolf
MONSIEUR L'VAMPYRE AND  THE 
WEREWOLVES OF SLOVENIA

While walking on a path sublime
accustomed to at times, when I'm
just going neither here nor there--
  ...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: derringer, horror, scary,
Form: Blitz
The Man That He Once Was, Part Iii
...With that he kicked his horse in the flanks
and charged towards Thompson and the men,
not expecting it, two of them went down
before they realized he...

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Categories: derringer, anger, character, faith, hurt,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
She Runs
She Runs 
She felt alone in her heart. 
It shouldn't have been like this. 
Her dark depression was her only companion. 
A silver plated Derringer...

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Categories: derringer, anger, angst, bullying, depression,
Form: Blank verse
Clem
When Clem finally made it into town
Leading his horse and swearing
The townfolk looked at him askance
But, Clem totally wasn't caring

He had walked the last five...

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Categories: derringer, death, life, people, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Cyanide Footsteps, Arsenic Touch
Cyanide Footsteps, Arsenic Touch 
Everything about you is toxic. Your lethal kiss at dawn ending my life in a moment. Your breath stagnant when you...

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Categories: derringer, anger, celebration, feelings, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silver Tips For My Love Monsieur L'Vampyre
SILVER TIPS FOR MY LOVE--Monsieur L'Vampyre
The death of me lay waiting in the dark
down candle lighted steps, before mine eyes
as my love held the blade,...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: derringer, angst, death, depression, imagination,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

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