Retirement Cowboy Poems

Out west there are many new ways.                  ...

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Hung up my saddle and its reins
Now I'll count the losses and gains
My reputation's got some stains
I've still got Texas in my veins
 
I got...

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Time is

We talk about it often. 
Leaving here to find there. 
A place we can be together. 
A place where things can be…

Quiet, 
Hopeful, 
Joyful,...

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His skin like the patina of worn out leather,
burnt and cracked from many hours in the sun.
Across the wide plains in the hot Texas weather,
he...

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Retiring Cowboy

He hung up his bridle by his bed on the wall.
His rig is preserved on a stand by the stall.
His old Appaloosa has been...

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Just an old cowboy 
Riding all day 
Working the cattle 
Bailing the hay 
As the end of the trail 
Comes into view 
He ponders retirement...

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Respect in uniform
A man with respect
Major Oliver O. Howard
One of the US Armies best
 
A courageous soldier
With an order to follow
Dis-quell the Indian Wars
So there...

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