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Death Cowboy Poems

These Death Cowboy poems are examples of Cowboy poems about Death. These are the best examples of Cowboy Death poems written by international poets.


Sinter's Cross, Part III
...Since that day there has been a cross
perched high atop the bluff,
and when the town grew up they thought
they should show him their love.
That’s how...

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Categories: cowboy, conflict, courage, death, hero,



Sinter's Cross, Part II
...A warrior shrieked, pitched sideways,
bled when he hit the ground,
the Apache spurred their horses,
looking to flank around.
But John expected such a thig,
he looked right and...

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Categories: cowboy, conflict, courage, death, hero,

Sinter's Cross, Part I
You see that there? That’s Sinter’s Cross,
on the bluff by the stream,
a cross has stood there with his name
since eighteen eighty-three.
That was the year John...

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Categories: cowboy, conflict, courage, death, hero,

Cowpoke
Cowpoke
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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Categories: cowboy, evil, heart, home, poems,

I Don't Know What to Say to Katie Clemens
I Don’t Know What To Say To Katie Clemens
By Steve Body
Copyright 2009


I don’t know what to say to Katie Clemens.
All the words are jumbled in...

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© Steve Body  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cowboy, death, death of a



I Should've Been A Cowboy
Toby was special
beyond any words
His love monumental
for country and Lord

He fought to the end
accepting his fate
A legacy giant
— our hearts to embrace

(Tony Keith’s Death: February...

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Categories: cowboy, america, hero, music,

Premium Member Billy the Kid's Sister
"Born William Henry McCarty, Jr. AKA, Billy the Kid or El Chivito, (Billy Goat/Kid). He had a younger brother named Joseph, and they both had...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cowboy, allusion, analogy, appreciation, brother,

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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Categories: cowboy, abuse, angel, children, dark,

He Died With A Smile, Part IV
He 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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Categories: cowboy, abuse, anger, children, dark,

He Died With A Smile, Part III
He 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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Categories: cowboy, abuse, anger, children, dark,

He Died With A Smile, Part II
The 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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Categories: cowboy, abuse, angel, children, dark,

He Died With A Smile, Part I
Dalton 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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Categories: cowboy, abuse, anger, children, dark,

Premium Member Death of the Old Cowboy On the Lonesome Range
Death Of The Old Cowboy On The Lonesome Range

Ravenous wolf pack, ripping and tearing
red-stain bloody meat from his dead horse flank
much better the dead horse...

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Categories: cowboy, death, deep, feelings, imagination,

Ghost and Tex - Part 2
But the sun beating down was taking its toll
Red started to fade though he'd given his soul
they reached the exchange both were ragged and sore
Tex...

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Categories: cowboy, poetry,

Ballad of Ghost and Tex - Part I
There’s many a tale that spreads across the night
when the sun o’er the plains yields to campfire light. 
Tales about cowboys, who once roamed the...

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Categories: cowboy, poetry,


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