Home Cowboy Poems
These Home Cowboy poems are examples of Cowboy poems about Home. These are the best examples of Cowboy Home 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,
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,
Ballad of Ghost and Tex - Part IThere’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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cowboy, poetry,
Smokey WilsonSmokey 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...
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cowboy, poetry,
That Was the End of Them YahoosI was out riding the fences one day
and spied these here suits and their fancy car
They said they was from some oil company
and started cutting...
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cowboy, humor, poetry,
Learning To CowboyHe 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...
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cowboy, poetry,
Among the Stars and MoonYou told me so many stories
tales of how someday very soon
Your God would lift our mortal veil
and we would join the stars and moon
I paid...
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cowboy, death, moon, poetry,
Helena, MontanaYou’re torn between two identities
never knowing which way you should go
You dream of being a big city
but you're afraid to let yourself grow
There’s some folks...
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cowboy, poems, poetry,
JohnWell John was brand new to the Rockin’ Bar J
down in Missouri's where he'd spent his young days
His white cowboy hat with the fancy gold...
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cowboy, poems, poetry,
A Pioneer's PrayerWhen frigid winter winds roar
out among the lifeless trees
and nature is held captive
inside a merciless freeze
I pray to the God above
I hope he’ll honor...
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cowboy, poems, poetry,
Memory of MurielMemory of Muriel
When the big wave crashed ashore on the rocky side of the bay
seven white stallions, silky manes flying galloped ashore to seek
freedom...
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cowboy, august, blessing, color,
The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part ViiVII.
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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cowboy, history, lost, love, myth,
The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part IvIV.
An awkward silence fell on them,
Reg felt bad, and looked at his feet,
“I didn’t mean to pry,”he said.
she laughed and said, “Don’t look so meek.
“There’s...
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cowboy, history, lost, love, myth,
The Tragedy of Reginald King, Part IiiIII.
“Excuse me m’am,”he did call out,
“It looks like you could use some help.”
The woman looked up cautiously,
if she feared him, he could not tell.
“And what...
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cowboy, history, lost, love, myth,