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Cowboy Poetry | Cowboy Poetry Examples

Vows Ain’t Meant to be Hollow

She stood there in her white dress, boots dusty from the ride,
With a heart as wide as Heaven and her cowboy by her side.
She gave her word before the Lord, with every ounce she had —
To love him through the bitter, and the good, and all the bad.

But storms rolled in like thunder, as they
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Categories: betrayal, devotion, god, grief,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

i still got sum

.

       'neath thuh prairie'z
                 thickets
        'long it's lush open
                 hidden
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Categories: baptism, dad, devotion, humor,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



A Cowgirl Momma, Carved by Faith

The nights get cold on that prairie land,
But she don’t break—she takes God’s hand.
With a baby girl tucked close at night,
She leans on faith when there’s no end in sight.

She’s patched old jeans, gone weeks on beans,
Fought silent storms no one sees.
But through each trial, tear, and test,
She trusts the Lord will handle the rest.

Her
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Categories: beauty, blessing, daughter, faith,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

she sets 'pon shale

.
                 for my
             convenance

                leopard 
      
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Categories: birthday, books, celebration, write,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

Give Me Horses

I’ve ridden long ’cross windswept land,
Seen men lie with a shake of hand.
Smiles can fool, and words can bend—
But a horse stays honest ‘til the end.

People come with masks and games,
Talk in riddles, shift the blame.
But a mustang don’t play make-believe—
He gives what’s real, not what you need.

A horse don’t gossip, scheme, or plot,
He don’t
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Categories: horse, hurt, peace,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



The Saddle Waits

The sunrise paints the prairie gold,
The breeze still hums that tune of old,
Where once I’d ride with reins held tight,
Now I rock through the hush of night.

My boots sit still by the old back door,
Dusty dreams from days before.
The saddle waits on its wooden stand—
But now I hold life in my hands.

No roundup calls, no
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Categories: baby, beauty, change, child,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

antihistamine'd

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                    clop
                    clop
          clop clop clop clop
 
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Categories: beautiful, best friend, blessing,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

sum'z them b!tchez

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                          ohh yeah
                         i can see
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Categories: extended metaphor, humor,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

sweet sibling

.

                aight
           now tell me 
                again
       your logic
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Categories: french, kiss,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

line dance'er

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          i felt her soft
          brush 'gainst
                 my

          i hear'd hern 
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Categories: angst, conflict,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

occidental simpatico

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           'Twere thuh finish
                     Line

            "my horse and i
     
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Categories: appreciation, hyperbole,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

Carnival of Hatred

“Come one, come all!”
The hawker summons
Try your luck
On the unmoored Ferris wheel

Hurl a dart
At the Kewpie dolls
Win one for the lady
To consummate the deal

(Chorus)
Intruders in the festival
Outsiders at the gates
Nothing like a carnival
To bring up dormant hates

Where the pavement meets the grass
Behind the stand of funnel cakes,
Someone's getting hornery
Their pants down at their feet

This balloon-tank
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Categories: allegory, america, anxiety, celebration,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

The Soft Goodbye of a Mountain Bear

He woke to the hush of a mountain thaw,  
Where snow gave way to pine and claw,  
The breath of spring in the alpine air,  
Stirred the long slumber of the highland bear.  

His coat still thick with the sleep of frost,  
Not knowing yet what he'd gained or lost,
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Categories: america, animal, cry,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

Josh Moore Montana

Cheap ale pools in a Styrofoam cup.
She’s barefoot in gravel,
anklet flashing beneath the floodlamps.

Pickup window ajar, radio blaring
“Friends in Low Places.”

Her jeans slung low,
hips marbled violet on the porch-swing,
ash winnowing across her thighs
from last night’s guttering fire.

I watch the buttes flatten at gloaming,
a silo blinking red—
a wound stitched into the earth.

She speaks of leaving at
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Categories: adventure, africa, gothic,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

i'll still punch uh brutha out

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                       i felt hern pretty
                            
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Categories: allusion, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

Specific Types of Cowboy Poetry Poems

Read wonderful cowboy poetry poetry on the following sub-topics: birthday, black, cattle, christmas, christian, cowgirl, death, horse, humorous, father, festival, funeral, funny, god, kindergarten life, little, love, memorial, montana, old, ranch, texas, wedding and more.

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