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You got your gun there on your hip.
You got your tin star pinned there on your vest.
You got your hat pulled way down low
Yet your heart beats fast there in your chest.
Because before you stands the man
And your hand is slippery with sweat
And the time for talk is gone
And you know one chance is all

Categories: gunfight, fear,
Form: Rhyme

Gunfight in Tucumcari

Dust swirls in Tucumcari,
Two shadows draw at noon,
Steel flashes, sharp echoes,
Silence falls, one man stands,
Desert sun claims the victor.

Categories: gunfight, history,
Form: Tanka

Gunfight At Noon

Just married, Kane, law and order keeper
Faced his foe, Miller, a crooked creeper
As the clock ticked toward noon 
Shot dead in gunfight the goon
Saved his tortured bride, their love grew deeper. 

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May 2, 2022
Syllable Count : 10/10/7/7/10 (HMS)
Rhyme checked on RhymeZone.com
Contest : High Noon
Sponsored by : Joseph May

Categories: gunfight, conflict,
Form: Limerick

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Duel

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One brought a gun, one did not 

Fool...

Next duel,

one ought

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Categories: gunfight, parody,
Form: Light Verse

Sarah Neighed For Charlie Daniels

(Quick off the top of my haid)

Da dibble go down to Georgia
A town in Texas, who knew 
He went on de run
He took his six gun
Lookin' for to doo wacka doo.

He comed across a young sure-shot
Targetin' a hickory stump
Dibble feelin' sly
Slithered up to this guy
And patted him upon the rump.

"What you doin' mistuh?
You hyeh lookin'

Categories: gunfight, fantasy, humor, music, myth,
Form: Lyric

The Gunfight

The Gunfight
By R.e. Taylor

It was a dreadful day
Black clouds hung low
Thunder echoed around
And the rain fell in sheets
Still I was on the street
Standing in the mud
Facing a man who had killed too many
He drew as fast as lightning
A flash of light
A stabbing pain in my chest
I never had a chance
So I became another notch
And an

Categories: gunfight, conflict, death,
Form: Free verse

The Gunfight

The sun was rising in the east
behind some hitching posts -
and weathered boards, on buildings old,
had nothing left to boast.

But I wore fancy cowboy duds,
I was a handsome sight.
A crowd of people gathered 'round
to watch this old gun fight.

The street was dead and empty
except for sin and I.
I somehow ended up out here.
I'm really not

Categories: gunfight, adventure, character, christian, forgiveness,
Form: Quatrain

Gunfight In Old Abilene

Gunfight in old Abilene

With his hat drawn way down, reins loose in his hands
His horse sweating pints, the sun burning down
The dust from the trail was choking his throat
The Abilene sign, said, two miles to go

He rode into town, stared the folk down
He pulled up his horse at the watering trough
All scuttled inside as his

Categories: gunfight, cowboy-western, old, horse, old,
Form: Free verse

The Gunfight

The barrel was long,
Made of cold hard steel.
The bullets of lead,
The pain would be real.
The streets made of dirt,
As the wind blew clouds of dust.
The showdown was at noon,
All for love and lust.
As they took to the street,
The spurs clinking as they walked.
The people looked from the windows,
And neither of them talked.
The one was a

Categories: gunfight, cowboy-western, death, love,
Form: Rhyme

Gunfight In a Frontier Town

Chic Waco was the marshal of our little town.
   Stood near six-two and usually sported a frown.
Never said a lot but what he said, was said mighty clear.
    Most likely if he was talking to you, it was something you wasn't wanting to hear.
Chic was a mighty good marshal and

Categories: gunfight, adventure, cowboy-western, imagination, brother,
Form: Narrative