Black Cowboy Poems

Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch

I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.

I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my...

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There been and bad
at times was sad
Felt like going mad
am bless pass gods test
He put my mind to rest
No long do I feel wack
no longer...

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There been and bad
at times was sad
Felt like going mad
am bless pass gods test
He put my mind to rest
No long do I feel wack
no longer...

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...The days went by, and not that much changed,
Black Ken’s gang ruled with orders deranged,
bled people’s coin, every day the same,
and I could just stand...

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A sheriff I was in a small town,
seen fifty years, and earned no renown,
when Black Ken and his gang did come down
to Mick Callahan’s big...

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No matter what race
Truth you must face
Some say  right today
If your black step back
If your white your right
Have to live with you
So matter what...

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It seems that the truth is never quite square
it’s just a bit catywampus you see
All about the way that the cowboys lived
back in them old...

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~ Judgment Day…
Well when we're kneeling there before the Lord 
he won't give a hoot what color's our skin
He'll only care if we've opened our...

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That storm had my heart beating
as I rode herd through the night
All that rumbling of thunder
and savage flashes of light

The darkness felt uneasy
as drenching rain...

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A sliver of October moon
sinks slow into the western night
and the life of a billion stars
begin to fade beyond my sight

The black curtain of night...

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Alone on the prairie, time will gently slip,
‘til minutes and hours start to lose their grip.
Can’t measure the day by a clock’s turning hand,
but by...

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VII.
It was one year, minus a day,
when Reg ventured back to her home,
he’d gotten work running cattle,
all over Nevada did roam.

But the whole time he...

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V.
He could hold his breath over a minute,
bullets hit water, didn’t penetrate it,
he’d used this trick before against his foes,
water stopped slugs fast, not many...

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IV.
Their faces looked shocked when they saw the flames,
looking at each other for someone to blame,
then Sol cleared his throat, and they look to him,
their...

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I always wanted to be a real cowboy.
A Buck-a-rue with scars on my cheeks and worn boots,
I wanted my spurs to jingle and my saddle...

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