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Gulch Poems - Poems about Gulch


Premium Member Painting Girl From Snowy Gulch Pink
Girl from snowy gulch was wearing hot pink. I was used to green and red, I could not quite think. Why did you reach for that color? I asked my other. My other had no words, as silent as my weird brother. Hot pink looks great on me! The cartoon girl said. Look how pretty I am! She was rounded,...

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Categories: gulch, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Whiskey Gulch
Whiskey Gulch just to the left Dry Bones Valley straight ahead Many a man's thought to pause at that Gulch Nary a one's returned alive Dry Bones Valley straight ahead still untrodden by those dead For many men pause at Whiskey Gulch Nary a one's returned alive...

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Categories: gulch, drink, fate, men,
Form: Free verse



Gulch of Decay
Dead man laying in a gulch, head dangling in a stream eyes wide open as if a traversing dream, supplicated look of a muted scream in concordance with a deep jagged ravine, vultures looking to eviscerate his soul he never managed to transcend his goals, parched by a radiant searing heat all around is nothing except scarcity, and as the vultures cry overhead eagerly seeking...

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Categories: gulch, dark, death, deep,
Form: Dramatic Verse
In Praise of Elvira Gulch
In Praise of Elvira Gulch By Elton Camp Just because she was willing to fight Nobody wants to speak of Elvira right She was just trying to guard her cat Now what can be wrong about that A dog with such a bad disposition To punish him became her mission To silly sentiment she didn’t give in And wouldn’t let some schoolgirl win Elvira went...

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Categories: gulch, satire, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sabbath Day In Alder's Gulch, Montana!
Glitterin' gold wuz struck along Alder's Gulch in eighteen sixty-three! Potential prospectors came frum as fer away as Knoxville, Tenn-o-see! Hordes uv soiled doves and gamblers migrated to the Gulch as well, Along with platoons uv ruffians and barkeeps, their potent booze to sell! Fellers labored hard all week pickin' and a-shovelin' at their claim. But Sundays wuz set aside...

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Categories: gulch, cowboy-western, funny
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Trotter's Gulch
Old Caleb Trotter had great plans for his town in Colorado. For years he'd roamed the Rockies, finally finding his El Dorado! He discovered glittering gold that would surely make him flush! He founded Trotter's Gulch and soon there was a frenzied rush! Cabins were built on plots that prospective miners selected. Why, there was even a school and three...

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Categories: gulch, cowboy-western
Form: Rhyme
Robbery At Dry Gulch
the cactus stood in surprise with his arms to the sky while the sun took his water not his life sun told the prairie dogs this is a hold up! get in yo holes! nosy rodents get shot with heatstrokes little ms vegetation close yo eyes and you won't die dry desert!, run them permanent bodies of water out of town! create a dust storm! sheriff...

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Categories: gulch, cowboy-western, funny, parody, water,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

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