Bronc Poems

His Last 8 Seconds

...The only child
but favorite
of two ‘outlaws’
mare and stud

He bucked each
gelded moment
on their wild ride
of love

Until that day
he up and left
their branding iron
of pain

To wande...

Mendin Fences

...I mend fence for a living,
but I ain’t fixed the one that matters.

The wire stretches out like a scar across this land,
and most days, my hands don’t feel like mine anymore...
callused, cracked...

NEW Cowboy Lingo From Yours Truly

...You need to be a really good shooter if you catch your hat before it kisses the ground -- lest it be you.

Cowboys like to do things nice -- and -- fast because just doing it nice will c...

Luck Rides A Stick Horse

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Luck Rides A Stick Horse
Miracle Man
1/2023

My old Bronc Buster friend named Bucky.
From a California city that’s named Truckee.
He paid me no heed,
concerning his steed,
So old Bu...

Smokey Wilson

...Smokey hailed from someplace back in Missouri
was a slave until the ripe old age of ten
Left his master's home headed to Montana
and swore they would never hear from him again

Started out in th...

Cowboy Life Ain'T Dead

...They said the cowboy way of living
has withered away and is long gone
Least that's what I seen in the movies
and heard in all them old country songs

They tell me bout how them olden days
and t...

Learning To Cowboy

...He grew one of them bushy mustaches
like Sam Elliot wears under his nose
Bought him some fancy duds from Cabela's
sure looked spiffy in his Buckaroo clothes

Alligator skin boots and silver spur...

A Kept Woman

...Dream-worker 
delves deeply into my dream;

vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed 
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a mascu...

Cowboy Up

...Rodeo Poet,
 bronc riding Sage
Arena unbridled
—dallies unfrayed

(Las Vegas: December, 2021)...

The Riders of the Purple Sage

...he Riders of the Purple Sage
                                                 
                             

They’re running through the canyons out across the western plains
They’re running un...

Lonesome Cowboy

...I heard tell some folks think cowboys built the West.
The only thing I know for sure is I always did my best
to give a man a good days work for an honest wage
ridin' among tumbleweeds and dried br...

Christmas Rodeo

...Santa Claus
Rode a bronc
Gave us pause

Christmas Eve
Rodeo
Can't believe

Did he go
To my house
Even so?

12-16-19
Contest: Have a Merry 3-Cubed Christmas
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

I Have Drank Deep Woes of Tiresome Heartbreak

...I Have Drank Deep Woes Of Tiresome Heartbreak

I have drank deep woes of tiresome heartbreak
supped dark wormwood of Fate's poison trees
attempted to love just for loving's sake
drown myself in ...

Strong Bonds

...Strong Bonds

Muddy river, 
crystal clear, 
and sometimes green as grass.
Grains of sand, hot on the pan,
Gifts of pine?, smell all you can…!

Cowboys, Indians, artists
and rodeo, powwows.
...

Curious Epitaphs

...Lecherous Luther was wont to grope
He ceased to function at the end of a rope!

Here lies Cletus as stiff as a board
He slipped on the ice and busted his gourd!

Here rests our dear Ruby who fa...

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