Old Cowboy Poems
These Old Cowboy poems are examples of Cowboy poems about Old. These are the best examples of Cowboy Old 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,
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,
My Cowboy PoetThe spirit of the old west
a cowboy of song
He sings a pleasant tenor on the world and its wrongs
And he lifts up the spirits when...
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cowboy, fishing, friend, horse,
Death of the Old Cowboy On the Lonesome RangeDeath 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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cowboy, death, deep, feelings, imagination,
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,
Dreaming AgainFrom the old rockin’ chair
came the sound of his snores
that rattled the windows
and vibrated the doors
She looked o’er her glasses
but kept counting her stitch
as she...
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cowboy, poetry,
Good Night and Sweet DreamsI always hear the sound of guitars strumming
harmonica music and cowboys humming
when I feel a warm night breeze upon my face
Whenever I look at a...
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cowboy, poetry,
CastrationHenry started a punchin’
at the ripe old age of 15
There just ain’t no way of knowin’
all of the things he’s done and seen
All those...
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cowboy, poetry,
My DreamI have a dream I could quit drifting around
and I could take up a wife and settle down
Together we’d buy us a small piece of...
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cowboy, poetry,
Before John FordIt 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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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,
Autumn On the Walking MallThe sun hangs gilded
I savor the warmth
as autumn trees glow like fire
flickering through hoar frost
mountains loom proud
into cloudless blue
like white-headed old men
watching over the world
the...
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cowboy, poetry,
Just the Way It Was‘Twas way back in them days
when the ranch owner’s ways
was just about the only law there was around
Rancher’s money was king
and gun violence reigned
till...
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cowboy, grandson, poetry, writing,
All My Life a Waddie~ All My Life a Waddie…
I have lived the life of a country bumpkin
matter of fact I came into this world where
Every day was lived...
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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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Categories:
cowboy, humor, poetry,