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Lariat Poems - Poems about Lariat

Premium MemberHeads Up

...I saw a jet, jet ‘cross the sky

silvered high, captivating my 
eye: 

Surely no meteor could show 
natural better, icing the sky
leaving lick-able tails of frosty
air glitter -- 

The jet ...
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Categories: lariat, fantasy, imagination, inspirational, stars,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMoonflower Of Maleficent Magnificence

...Ah, luminous white she blooms a deceptive ghost  
lover of dark arts ripe in charisma and night
moon seducer  logic diffuser  defense reducer  
user of dreams  abuser of romance
tempter-serpent t...
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Categories: lariat, angst, beauty, dark, desire,
Form: Free verse



Premium Memberhe had feelings for this big galoot

...She came prancing in wearing a lovely houndstooth suit.
And a silky lavender shirt, and a neck tie lariat to boot.
Her oversized rhinestone shades made her ex yell out “shoot!”
He still had enormo...
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Categories: lariat, feelings,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberSwing Low

...I lassoed with my lariat
a laureate named Harriet;
I rope-a-doped a pope
and washed his mouth with soap.
The wheel broke on my chariot;
it was too big to carry it.
The poet and the pope got hit...
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Categories: lariat, nonsense, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFashion In My Family

...My grandparents lived on farms – both sides of my family.
My mother’s parents and my father’s parents.
Overalls and button down shirts with pockets
Work boots for grandpas

Except my single gran...
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Categories: lariat, family, fashion,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberCowboy Lover

..."I didn't want to break your heart.
I had no thought of that at all,
When I told you I'd be leaving
Right after roundup time this fall.
A cowboy's life is lonely,
A saddle, bridle and a horse,
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Categories: lariat, heartbreak, heartbroken, horse,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberI'M a Cowboy-

...On the dry Prairie and then Mississippi Valley, yahoo buckaroo;
I come out eating choking dust daily, yahoo;
While on the long open range;
This cattle drive I parade;

Moo-be then...
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Categories: lariat, adventure, appreciation, confidence, integrity,
Form: Rhyme

Sedentary

...Surely God is good,
Surely to Israel,
Surely God is good to Israel, 
Surely God to pure hearts,  
(please don’t call me Surely)
Soitenly God-Blessed are the dear-heart folks?
Who shall have att...
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Categories: lariat, corruption, god, grief,
Form: Free verse

Trader Joe's - Wayne, Pa 19087

...171 E Swedesford Rd,

Unexpected positive experience
with regular totally tubular
gnarly patron first name Maureen
hmm... if only this burbling blurb 
blog could somehow
be communicated - pro ...
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Categories: lariat, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

With Vigor Rode In On Trigger

...With Vigor Rode In On Trigger

Our anxiety grew bigger and bigger,
Until someone appeared with vigor;
With a long lariat;
He would carry it;
Roy Rogers had rode in on Trigger.

Jim Horn...
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Categories: lariat, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberCowboy Howdy the Clown Goes Home

...Cowboy Howdy the Clown still goes
To town with ten little shoes on his toes
Purple hair and a square blue nose
Ten grey flowers for Cimarron Rose
An itty bitty teeny weeny cowboy hat 
Vaquero ch...
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Categories: lariat, animal, home, humorous, nursery
Form: Cowboy Poetry

Amazonomachy

...Amazonomachy, leaping from the comic page,                                              this woman warrior in the dystopian past.                                             ...
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Categories: lariat, character, creation, fantasy, hero,
Form: Free verse

Cowboy Logic

...He was a cowboy problem child
rescued by a mendicant sage brush sorcerer
resulting in his remembering everything
flawlessly insolently permanantly
birth death life things in space have a beer
ow...
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Categories: lariat, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThings I'Ll Miss

...Bags all packed and ready to go?
I wish that were the case.
Tossed some clean clothes in the trunk,
With some things I can’t replace.
Won’t take time to be ready to go.
I don’t wanna see her fac...
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Categories: lariat, leaving, song,
Form: Lyric

War Horse

...Brumby.

A strong gale cuts its path across the snow laden mountain tops,
light and tough the timor, thoroughbred mix, leads his mob at a trot.
A day spend grazing the valley below they now ascen...
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Categories: lariat, horse, world war i,
Form: Ballad

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