Inspiration Cowboy Poems

That part of me belongs to someone else
You knew it all along as well

We have no pretense on the past
just how long our friendship will...

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When summer fires can burn
a hundred miles of trees
and winter cold can lock
you into a deep freeze

What with all them rattlers
wolves and big grizzly bear
You...

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Poetry should be easy to read
you don’t have to make it all frilly
No need to be filled with fancy words
whether you’re serious or silly

You can...

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Gentle and good, filled with life
That penetrated my soul
You never gave me any strife
But shared the dusty trail
Wise and warm, filled with insight
That left me...

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got the hype for the mike,you can have the horderves, the swerves, the curves, i wont that mike..is that microphone on..it will be when i...

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Ashes

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…
How many times have we heard this?
on TV, in a play, in a movie… 
Have you ever read it in...

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Fear

It is a very small demon. 
It is a tiny monster, 
that never stops chewing on;
anything it can get. 

It is the one that hides,...

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In the cold space,
between the ceiling and the rafters, 
angels drift like butterflies, 
ever answering the calls, 
of both hope and sorrow! 

A mother's song,...

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One Nation Under God

From sea to shining sea, 
manifest destiny. 
Every American third grader,
from 1960 and before, 
could recite all the most important facts, 
and...

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Tomorrow's Yesterday

Changes are the hardest part of living. 
Just when you get used to things, 
good or bad, they become worse...
rarely better. 
Depressive as it...

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File Number

364 was especially hard to deal with today. 
The worker made a check in the empty box. 
She used red ink. 

Wife beater, 
drinker,...

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Third Row, Second Seat

The empty chair at church has a name. 
It changes from time to time, 
but remains somewhat if not always, 
the same....

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A Blip Offering

I
we
they
and...

a show
a play
a picnic
an event

chaos
loss
grief
love
laughter

joy
connection
wisdom
truth

stranger
family
friend
soul mate

God


(free verse until it is no longer free...)...

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The Task

The tornado that hit my desk, 
has collapsed everything...
into a sinkhole, 
which I doubt there is any...
coming back from. 
Maybe if I organized? 
If...

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Work Clothes

You came in late from work. 
I know it was hard today in the mud. 
People get hurt on the job…
You are safe, my...

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