Passion Cowboy Poems

Unlikely 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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I saw you here sitting next to me, afraid to say my true feelings for you.
Holding my thoughts in to take it slow, cause I...

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Her pouting lips and soft perfume
has his soul burning like fire
In all his life he’s never known
this kind of boiling desire

But he has always been...

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II.
It was brutal chance he’d found Paul’s ranch house,
and killed the two cowboys who had stayed behind,
he and his two men took turns with Ella,
left...

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...Eventually his lost child
grew up and turned eighteen,
and his ex-wife wed a doctor,
to whom she could be mean.
Bob finally had some life back,
but just about...

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When Robert was a small child
he watched those brave cowboys
riding across the TV screen,
their exploits he enjoyed.
The horses, guns, and shinny stars,
the ever stylin’ hat…
It...

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Run Through in Babylon

Friends, I wish to speak, 
but they have cut out my tongue. 
So I fumble...

Instead,
I hear your words, they are strong, 
and...

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The Burden is Light

I go to your house, 
and make tea.
Talk to me. 

I clean your dishes. 
I mop the floor.
I start dinner. 
I am...

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The Map

In life we choose the direction of our feet, 
often by the way those around us expect us to go. 
Shockingly, striking out on...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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i remember back in n.c. if you dranked a lot of moonshine-whitelightning, yo bottom lip would turn red and everyday yo neighbors would walk by...

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I live in suburban Pittsburg,
but my heart yearns for western climes,
undoubtedly from watching films
that dressed up and romanticized
the sweep of the tall-grass prairie,
desert cactus and...

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The Man
We say men are fearfully made, but yet still they look attractive. Hey women! is it about his perfume is it about his muscles...

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Never take for granted each breathe your blessed to take
Don't wait to fix your problems till tomorrow,
They're only bigger when you wake
Don't miss a chance...

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This long awaited date -
a hoedown it’s to be
shy smiles as we head in
we touch hands nervously

We allemande left and do-si-do
Then both head ladies chain
and...

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