Long City slicker Poems

ABE LINCOLN WRITES TO JOSHUA SPEED
						
Dear Joshua: 
	You know that I love you,
That I have always loved you– only you!
The woman means nothing to me– nothing!
Henceforth, don’t write angry letters to me!
Mary always was and...

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Gonifs and gossips revisited

since originally being crafted
approximately half dozen
dirty deeds done dirt cheap years ago...

Abound and lurk
within every nook and cranny
analogous to some annoying pest
harmless though one reside here,
when off his meds goes berserk
here at...

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She arrived from the big city
wearing a red ten-gallon hat,
and a denim stone-washed outfit
which topped off her shiny new 
cowboy boots that were designed
by Tucson Sue.

This dude ranch cowgirl had a secret,
she never rode a...

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Man the way people boast, can't miss it, it's on TV radio, plus they post coast to
coast. We love poking out our chests, boasting I'm the best, to hell with the rest. Laughing like it's...

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Where has the American cowboy gone, 
Did he ride off into the dust trails of history,
A faded figure, melting into the last horizons sunset.
Nay, unbridled the mustangs run free now,
No riders lasso, snaps against the...

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My son and his family drove down from the big city,
out to the countryside with open fields and steams.
They brought their standard golden poodle along, 
a curly-haired fellow, name of Timmy.
Timmy had never seen a...

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Now gather round this here campfire
y'all kind good folk 

Sit down get and make yourselves 
real comfy and toast a marshmallow 

Because this is a Freestyle Hoedown
ain't it all of us here have come to...

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Well, I moved into town to live like a city slicker,
Loaded my truck, found a place, and here I am,
Though a country boy has a head a bit thicker,
City life is not so hard to...

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Berry Picking Time

By Elton Camp

The blackberry patch is off in the field
A crop of tasty, dark berries are its yield
Picking them the family does every year
During all the decades we’ve lived here

So that the sticky...

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For those who love the Hallmark reels
                          with stories that...

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You’ll find that I have core beliefs, that are not written in any one book.
I believe that Jesus loves me. He’s all around, so please, take a look.

He doesn’t give me what I may want,...

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He was a bitter aging man
He’d never married
Had lost the love of his life
And never recovered
She had died before his return from war
Her parents’ home still stood there like a castle 
He often gazed at...

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I was raised up in Wichita Kansas
A city slicker I'd guess you would say
Once my Uncle Ben took my brother and I
To visit his cabin for a night and a day

We fished and swam and...

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We have a new dog and we call her UCAP
Interesting, I say, does she chase tail and nap?
She doesn’t do anything other dogs do.
Actually, and her bark sounds more like a moo.

I did not meet...

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If I let my imagination go does it return?
Does it really count what I imagine?
Does it make any difference if I reshape my imagination?
If I imagine to be a country girl or a city slicker,...

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PUT ON YOUR LONGEST WADERS. 
 SOMEONE WILL HELP YOU STAND. 
 MEANDER DOWN THAT LONG WINDING ROAD 
 THAT LEADS TO THE LANDING. 

 IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SALKEHATCHIE 
 AVOID THE DREADED...

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Back when I was just a little boy
I was wishing to be cowboy Jack
Riding fast on the dusty trail
And then, well, I guess riding back!

Of course I'd want to be a good guy
With boots, and...

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People laugh and make fun of me because I wear a coonskin cap.
But they'll stop laughing because I'm through taking their crap.
People say that my cap makes me look silly.
They say that it makes me...

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rondeau

Envision your route, it's quicker.
Like your crowds thinner or thicker?
Traffic can ruin a trip, no fun;
my choice - less-traveled paths, bar none.
country bumpkin / city slicker? 

Long journeys can be a kicker;
on a bus, some...

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Forever waiting for any kind of visitor
Raring to share our down home country hospitality
Outstanding in our eagerness to please others
Neglecting to say no to friends, neighbors or family
Talking and laughing over and over at the...

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Presumptuous



                                  City...

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