The only child
but favorite
of two ‘outlaws’
mare and stud
He bucked each
gelded moment
on their wild ride
of love
Until that day
he up and left
their branding iron
of pain
To wander high
and lonesome
mongst the free
and tumbling sage
In search of one
last bronc to mount
that one last
horn to make
And spur the wreckage
of his youth
as Angels
— pull the Gate
(Pendleton Round-Up: June, 1993
Elko Nevada: Cowboy Poetry Reading: January, 1994)
Categories:
elko, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
With ten more miles of wire,
my horse wants to turn back
There’s dark clouds over the mountain,
just a small tent in my sack
The fence line sits all busted,
from two bulls that went astray
They both missed being neutered,
last year on roundup day
My hands are cold and blistered,
that salve jar all but gone
Two wolves begin to howling,
that lonesome prairie song
The storm clouds all have thickened,
light pulls its covers back
Just one more night on the western slope
—with eight miles left to track
‘From The ‘Searching For Crazy Horse Collection’
‘Read In Elko Nevada Years Ago’
Categories:
elko, weather, , western,
Form: Rhyme
Wishes for horses,
beggars to ride
Hope cinches tightly
—dreams that won’t die
(Cowboy Poetry Festival- Elko Nevada: 1992)
Categories:
elko, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
(From My 'Searching For Crazy Horse' Collection)
'Read In Elko Years Ago'
With ten more miles of wire
my horse wants to turn back
There’s dark clouds over the mountain
just a small tent in my sack
The fence line sits all busted
from two bulls that went astray
They both missed being neutered
last year on roundup day
My hands are cold and blistered
that salve jar all but gone
Two wolves begin to howling
that lonesome prairie song
The storm clouds now have thickened
light pulls its covers back
Just one more night on the western slope
—with eight miles left to track
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)
'Wrtten in 2006'
Categories:
elko, destiny, , western,
Form: Rhyme
Wishes for horses,
beggars to ride
Hope cinches tightly,
—dreams that won’t die
(Cowboy Poetry Festival-Elko Nevada: 1992)
Categories:
elko, dream,
Form: Rhyme