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El Paso Poems - Poems about El Paso

El Paso Poems - Examples of all types of poems about el paso to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for el paso.

El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas desert landscape mountain tops cactus’s so green sand storms dry air Footprints of a lone coyote beige sand ...Read the rest...
Categories: el paso, color, seasons,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Cowards Not Heroes
COWARDS, NOT HEROESv Cowards, not heroes, Call them what they are Not Martyrs, killers of babies, children, people both near and far Cowards not heroes, not terrorists, Call them what they are How much courage does it take to...Read the rest...
Categories: el paso, violence,
Form: Rhyme



Old El Paso
A SAGA OF OLD EL PASO AND LADY B GOOD There was a famous lady of El Paso in the Old West She hunted and trapped, trading furs with the best Her pride, her joy, a red velvet cape...Read the rest...
Categories: el paso, adventure, destiny, fantasy, murder,
Form: Narrative
El Paso
El Paso Once upon a time nestled a little western town, At the foothills of blue mountains picturesque. The sun fell behind and twilight colors settled, Delightful township twinkles patterning. Horses neighed in their stables allowed; Even chickens murmured in adobe...Read the rest...
Categories: el paso, introspection, nostalgia, , western,
Form: Couplet
El Paso
I like El Paso...the heat, the dust, the heat, I like the cars and the hats the cops wear, cowboys in a rusty B movie, but most of all I like the people, the janitors and doctors and...Read the rest...
Categories: el paso, adventure,
Form: Free verse



Sun Down In El Paso
Hank loughs with guilt thought while the smoke of cigarrattes tingle in his mouth. He has neumonia, "for God sakes"! But he enjoys smoking until the last drag. Finally there is a silence, like a chapel on Sunday mass; little rings bells at the...Read the rest...
Categories: el paso, faith
Form: I do not know?
In the Air, To El Paso For My Grandfather's Funeral
Fir-treed mountains extend below me, wrinkled raisins clustered in clumpy desert oatmeal. I know that you like oatmeal. You made it once, on your own, on the phone with me, much closer than we are now. The water boiled quickly; you...Read the rest...
Categories: el paso, loss, loveme, me,
Form: Free verse

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