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Longhorns Poems - Poems about Longhorns

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...yet and still like the longhorns on the hill laugh along, laugh a lot like yak and oxen at the thought ......

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Categories: longhorns, funny,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member A Toucan In Alaska
...A dog in Alabama a snake in Tennessee A toucan in Alaska a mule in Kentucky Texas has its longhorns Colorado its buffalo Arizonans look up at mountains Montanans attend......

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Categories: longhorns, america, inspirational, pets, urban,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member 1981: a Texas Odyssey
...Calamities… assaulted by the Memorial Day tsunami drowned victims & floating cars-- appendix detonates during the Season of Hell haplessly hospitalized in the UT-Austin medical zoo Delusion of......

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Categories: longhorns, anger, angst, anxiety, crazy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The End of the Trail
...Two weeks we'd been droving; and the end was now in sight In the distance was Dodge City, we'd be there before night I was on the trail with other cowboys from the Double Circle Ranch And we w......

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Categories: longhorns, america, horse,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member I Wished I Were a Cowboy
...I wished I were a cowboy riding a handsome palomino, But, I was just a little kid, my sis watching Valentino. I wished I were a cowboy rounding up the longhorns, But, I was just a little kid still......

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Categories: longhorns, childhood, memory,
Form: Rhyme



The Perils of Jake
...I'll tell you a tale when Texas was young When women were scarce and horse thieves were hung. His name was Jake and he was six feet nine - Rode down from Kansas with rustlin' in mind Re-branded ......

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Categories: longhorns, death,
Form: Couplet
Old Republican
...Old Scientist,retiree ,romantic,curious My lovely wife,Joyce Lover of starry nights, love songs,Texas longhorns Who feels joy and compassion and impatience Who fears rattle snakes, tornadoes,and......

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Categories: longhorns, life,
Form: Bio
Premium Member You Need a Good Saddle
...He sat emboldened in the saddle, The cowpoke on the plains, Herding his longhorns. Sometimes folks decorate with steer horns; A rancher must have a well made saddle But, unlike his ......

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Categories: longhorns, confidence, courage, fantasy, horse,
Form: Tritina
The Herd
...We used to have a larger group Ten thousand head at best Once we had the largest herd Of Longhorn in the west But, times got tough, we sold a few There was the drought back in '11 I didn't kn......

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Categories: longhorns, america,
Form: Rhyme
Jake and the Longhorn
...I'll tell you a tale when Texas was young When women were scarce and horse thieves were hung. His name was Jake and he was six feet four - Prob'ly weighed three hundred or maybe more. Came down f......

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Categories: longhorns, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Forget I Knocked
...He came knock knockin' on heaven's door, Hat in his hand and boots on the floor. St. Pete said,"Son, what you doin' here? You ain't scheduled for many a year." The cowboy said,"Well, I thought th......

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Categories: longhorns,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Don'T Know Her Name
...I need to go wild where the whiskey flows, And where the cards make a shufflin' flutter. I will go wherever the young blonde goes, And hope her blue eyes don't make me stutter. Been ridin' this......

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Categories: longhorns,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Bacon, Biscuits and Beans
...A cowpokes life is a rough one and when he draws his monthly pay, He mounts his hoss and gallops to town to visit the local cabaret. He scrubs the manure from his boots and dons a decent pair of je......

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Categories: longhorns, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Take Some Advice From This Old Man - Five Words
..."Son", says I, "now that you are grown, Take some advice from this old man. A cowboy's life , as it's well known, Is Hell on earth in blowin' sand." "Survival seems high on the list Of the thi......

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Categories: longhorns,
Form: Quatrain
Missin' Pieces
...Missin’ Pieces I learnt a lot just getting’ here Been many a year passed Most of my smarts come from the trail What you don’t know, just ast. Ropin’ longhorns can be scary It’s good to feel......

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Categories: longhorns,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

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