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Best Stetson Poems

Below are the all-time best Stetson poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of stetson poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Black Stetson and a Stone Cold Heart
Now Jake was a Dapper man
Black Stetson and great style
Ladies were afraid of him
Even with that sparkling smile

They all feared his presence
Although he looked so...

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Categories: stetson,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Milton Creek, Another Chapter
The sun had just risen over town, it was a beautiful morning
And outside Baker's new Bakery, a long queue was forming
The aroma of fresh baking...

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Categories: stetson, america, western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Well-Appointed Cowpoke
A 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: stetson, cowboy-western
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member This Empty Guitar
A black Stetson waits in your chair
Dust now follows sunbeams in the air

Life's lessons remain in this place
Death's reach can't erase your face

Smoke rings and...

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Categories: stetson, music, tribute,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Greenhorn Cowpoke
He pulled up to the Triple "T" Ranch in a shiny Cadillac.
In his trailer was an Arabian steed with the finest tack.
He wore Tony Lama...

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Categories: stetson, green, humorous, work,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Cowboy Hoe Down
On a Sunday in the evening
The old barn becomes a hall
Social place where every weekend
The town folk go for a ball.
 
The inside is decorated...

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Categories: stetson, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One More Try
" ONE MORE TIME "

Stale and innocent I close my eyes.
Unpolished bones inside.
I mock my dreams, in hope I find reality.
I swim like streamers near...

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Categories: stetson, adventure, desire, devotion, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reporting Live On the Soup (Colorado)
"Howdy to you all from Colorado!  This is Cletus Schlunk reporting,
Where gossip is fair and balanced and there is little or no distorting!
It's the...

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Categories: stetson, funnyme, me, , western,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Green Bruise of Daylight
"The Green Bruise of Daylight" 

A person can die for love
one sees red
the other sees blue
purple bruises

one sees red 
alarm lights siren
purple bruises 
detach into...

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Categories: stetson, dark, halloween, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Shadow Hamilton Contest
Not for The Howdy Partner Contest




How many times, have you found,

yourself, walking down the street

Stetson on your head

and cowhide on your feet

Trying to rustle up

a...

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Categories: stetson, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Night Before Christmas, Texas Style
This poem is not mine. Credit goes to R. McSpadden, aka Texas Bob, wrote this version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (TexasBob.com)

Merry Christmas y’all...

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Categories: stetson, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Showdown
'Twas an ominous moment when rode into town
To its marshal defy and outdraw and gun down
A notorious, murderous varmint named Slade 
Who had widows and...

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Categories: stetson, adventure, history, humor, parody,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member THE PEACEMAKER SLEPT
The sun is up, the sun is yellow, shining bright.
Reflection of chrome, pointed nowhere in particular.
Where there should be peace, it’s high noon.
A breakdown in...

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Categories: stetson, conflict,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Cowboy Hoe Down
On a Sunday in the evening
The old barn becomes a hall
Social place where every weekend
The town folk go for a ball.

The inside is decorated ...

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Categories: stetson, dance, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Risin' With the Sun
It seemed to Hank it was jes' a couple of hours ago since he'd hit the hay.
Now the risin' sun jes' peekin' over the hills...

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Categories: stetson,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs