Dark Cowboy Poems
These Dark Cowboy poems are examples of Cowboy poems about Dark. These are the best examples of Cowboy Dark poems written by international poets.
CowpokeCowpoke
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 16
Sleep, old man...
your day has long since passed.
The endless plains,
cool midnight rains
and changeless ragged cows
alone remain
of what once was.
You...
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cowboy, evil, heart, home, poems,
Unlikely Mike, for Michael JacksonUnlikely 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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cowboy, blue, divorce, dream, heart,
RunawaysWhen your heartbeats drum their message of love.
My heart soars like the birds flying above.
As flashing thunder streaks across dark skies,
I will come swiftly, believe...
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cowboy, adventure, destiny, faith, feelings,
He Died With A Smile, Part V...He fell to the snow, choking his last breath,
Dalton watched despite his own fading strength,
Barnes dismounted and walked over to him,
said, “I see that you...
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cowboy, abuse, angel, children, dark,
He Died With A Smile, Part IVHe saw a girl wearing only one shoe,
and drew the other one from his pocket,
tied it on her foot, and said to the girl,
“You have...
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cowboy, abuse, anger, children, dark,
He Died With A Smile, Part IIIHe followed this path for half a mile,
found himself high up on a cold platform.
The trail split, one went across the mesa,
the other went right,...
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cowboy, abuse, anger, children, dark,
He Died With A Smile, Part IIThe man shook and said, “They wanted some fun,
but the boy was small, he started to bleed.
Patrick threw him out back, said, ‘This one’s shot,
but...
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cowboy, abuse, angel, children, dark,
He Died With A Smile, Part IDalton lived in the north Texas plain,
working a ranch he owned for five years,
a small spread, but it brought some money in,
some solace after all...
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cowboy, abuse, anger, children, dark,
The Heroes of Buzzard's Bend - Part Iv...They even claimed that Diaz died,
cut down by Smith’s swift, steady hand,
but Ramsey was nowhere near there,
did not go down amongst the damned.
Instead he was...
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cowboy, corruption, god, hero, history,
Kyia's SongMany messages from Heaven
are hard for me to understand
How one moment I held you close
the next you slipped out of my hands
Forgive me if I...
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cowboy, poetry,
After the StormThat 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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cowboy, poems, poetry,
The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part II.
He was riding south from Boise,
having split from the other men,
they’d got together for this job,
would not see each other again.
It was much safer doing...
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cowboy, history, lost, love, myth,
Demon 'Punchers, Part VV.
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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cowboy, conflict, corruption, evil, god,
Demon 'Punchers, Part IiiIII.
He kept off the roads to avoid their eyes,
through scrub and dry grass, onwards he did ride,
skirting north of the ranch, behind a ridgeline,
until he...
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cowboy, conflict, corruption, evil, god,
Road Are SilentRoad are silent
I have many questions day to day
past till past stick of clock
Who you think I am having
eyes but it's...
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cowboy, angel, anniversary,