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Premium Member Celebrating Jesse James Day
...Jesse James Albia Iowa’s claim to fame remembering when the bank got held up they celebrate annual Jesse James Day in honor of the outlaw who did not hurt people......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, history,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Truth About the Real Comedy of Life
...The Truth About The Real Comedy Of Life Woe is me, my poor, aching feet do sing A melody and blindness to ole blue moon The fountain of youth sold only dry sand Remember General MacArthur did r......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, art, creation, life, visionary,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Heroes
...He doesn't think of himself as a champion Told me once he's an anti-hero but he's a warrior to me because I know although he doesn't wear a cape, I remember when he placed his trust......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, hero,
Form: Free verse
The Last True Sheriff of the Wild West
...He was old and haggard, in the year nineteen twenty something A tall lanky old man, with a worn out hat and a rusty ring His squint blues eyes pulled together the wrinkles upon his face With an ex......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, america, career, courage, death,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To the Outsider
...Barry Dell “Ode to the Outsider” Poem Outsider ousted with high self esteem, confidence protruding makes living most carefree. Traveling the St......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, adventure,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Crime-In-Hee
...Jesse James Felt no shame Billy the Kid Robberies did Al Capone They left alone Enrico Ponzi Lived like Fonzie Leftist mobs Loot and rob Proud Boys Gang Sturm and drang Criminals gritty......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, corruption, feelings, word play,
Form: Couplet
Jesse Rode With Quantrill
...Jesse rode with Quantrill as did his brother Frank They were soldiers of the southland before they robbed a bank Quantrill was a hero to the southern rebels when He sort of lost control of his sen......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Graves of Jesse James
...Two empty coffins...with unknown names Saved for the unfortunates...of Jesse James Made for the men, they say...Jesse killed Only a matter of time, they'll both...be filled An Epitaph To ......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, humorous,
Form: Epitaph
Train On a Broken Track
...Train On A Broken Track At one time you created a country Traveling through land where no one would go You saw the buffalo massacres Families moving into the new frontier Into cities built up ......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, history, loss, travel,
Form: Free verse
Father Daughter Rift Rivals Depth of Mariana Trench
...Argh resolution between self and eldest dear daughter more remote, now then locating a left handed monkey wrench, cuz she feels this papa did deliberate smote her upside ......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Dark Lady, I'Ll Take It Like a Man
...Living in a house divided, too much to endure Save up all your tears, you’ll soon be on your own Love and understanding, how should I ask for more I know sooner or later, we all sleep alone Sav......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, lost love, muse, music,
Form: Pantoum
Democrats Watch Westerns, Too
...Bonanza on my TV After that the Rifleman Democrats watch Westerns, too I can't write cowboy poetry since I a not a cowboy But I have been to Texas and written for a publication based there D......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, meaningful, , western,
Form: Ballade
Jesse James 1847-1872
...I won't begin to list his jobs because we’ve heard them all, from confederate raider to stick up man, he had a bad man’s gaul His fame spread with noteriety across the Yankee plain, but he wa......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, death, image, truth,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Hats
...Have you heard the term “man of many hats” Well you sure haven't heard this version! When I wear a cowboy hat and saddle up I'm Jesse James, an amazing conversion! At times I feel brave......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Whistle Along Train As Your Steam Puffs
...Unlikely the explorers of the Wild West, I'm bound for sheer adventure, not amazing discovery; finding gold is far from any quest while this clanking, slow-moving stream locomotive will take me ......Read the rest...
Categories: jesse james, history, journey, nature, song,
Form: Rhyme

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