El Paso Poems - Poems about El Paso

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For 20 years, I lived outside El Paso, Texas, home of the Chihuahuan Desert and the Franklin Mountains. During my daily morning commute, I drove past the mount......Read the rest...

...The Franklin Mountains are a succession of jagged peaks, as if the earth had sprouted the spiny backbone of a monstrous, petrified beast. Each tip pierces the horizon, creating a chaotic symphony of ......Read the rest...

...Franklin Mountains loom near Chihuahuan Desert majestic, serene......Read the rest...

...“Journeys” I reread “Grapes of Wrath” Today, Then went to El Paso And stared at the wall.......Read the rest...

...Recluse by dint of circumstance Proud anonymous troglodytes forerunners of mine confronted threats less horrific than forty fifth commander in chief of United States of America. He/him (ma......Read the rest...

...A strong wind blows across the Texas sand, As the sun is sinking low in the sky. Three men ride into the town of Laredo, In the distance you hear a coyote's cry. Ponies hitched outside a Cantin......Read the rest...

...Long time ago in town of El Paso there's a handsome cowboy named Hunter Joe. Charming as Buffalo Bill, his mere looks could even kill; Ladies flocked him like a wild Wild West show. May 1, ......Read the rest...

..."Were it possible, a vast number of human beings would likely relive at least one day in their lives -- each being utterly ignorant of the consequences." -- a Rationally Ethical poet not a......Read the rest...

...cowboy's love. In Rose's cantina, in depth of evening, if you hear a woman crying, it is Felina, left by her groom to roam; in his loving arms, she wants to go home. *Inspired by Robin's "El Paso"* October 17, 2022 12-16 Lines of Scary Halloween Rhyme Poetry Contest (4th place) Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin Rhymes checked through: rhymezone.com......Read the rest...

...Artfully dodging explosive solutions pretending shackles restrained prisoner lobbed pseudo Molotov cocktails kindly, loosely, and mutinously linkedin liberal short (make believe) chain leashe......Read the rest...

...These old boots, they've sure been around. They don't know where their goin' but they sure know where they've been. Drinkin' Corona and dancing with a Mexican Senorita in Jaurez, the smell of perfume......Read the rest...

...Speaking Spanish wasn't easy for a gringo like me, but I had no choice. I was playin' cards and drinkin' Mezcal at a nowhere bar in El Paso. I didn't have any money in my pockets but I was bluffing t......Read the rest...

...It was dusty, dry and endless Stretched beneath an empty sky From horizon to horizon Where the turkey buzzards fly, Like a landscape meant to warn you Just how far a man can fall. Except for ......Read the rest...

...In Washington Joe Biden's all the buzz Voters are amazed at what the man does He stays awake every day Yet doesn't plan what to say Spending trillions ~ Words just get in the way Kamala ......Read the rest...

...“ Where is the border?” “ Well, not in El Paso, mam!” Thee older men were crying in their beer. All were veterans with no legs. They felt like......Read the rest...