Posse Poems - Poems about Posse

Before John Ford

It seems that the truth is never quite square
it’s just a bit catywampus you see
All about the way that the cowboys lived
back in them old westerns on our TV

Them outlaws and sheriffs had old six guns
that could shoot forty-nine times on a load
Look real close and see them telephone poles
running alongside an asphalt paved road

Good

Categories: posse, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Posse On a Mission

desperados have the sheriff’s address
they are threatening the life of his family
he rides his mount nearly to death
ready to face the outlaws with guns blazing

a posse joins him, determined to be of help
hoping they will get there in time
wanting to save his wife and children
a posse on a mission

Categories: posse, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Blank verse

Posse

father
rode in last posse
in the county

Categories: posse, age, america,
Form: Senryu

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Posse of Soup Creek

My youth is long gone, I’m now middle aged.
I live life by my rules and my soul is not caged.

I’m a member of the Soup, this is where I spill my ink.
I’ve no delusions of grandeur, it can be gone in a blink.

I’m part of an elite group, sometimes mild but never meek.
All are welcome

Categories: posse, fun,
Form: Couplet

The Posse Came A-Howling

The posse came a-howling for vengeance
The Senator must now perform penance
   His pleas for mercy ignored
   His reputation was gored
Beheaded by public opinion's sword

Categories: posse, death, violence,
Form: Limerick

My Posse of Women

We are a rare lot, women with burgundy hair, a tad bit over fifty-nine.
But then I meet up with my friends, and I see that two of them are a lot like me.
One’s hair is magenta, another one is turquoise, like-minded women, my kind.
We walk into a restaurant, and old men give us a wide

Categories: posse, wisdom, woman, women,
Form: Free verse

Western Justice

Western Justice
It was known just as "The Tree"
It was on the fence line of Jade Ranch
And on the wizened, hardened oak
Was a limb, known as "The Branch"

On the branch hung seven ropes
Of seven different lengths
Depending on the sentence
They chose one of seven strengths

Now a posse and a lynch mob
Are two completely different groups
You may always

Categories: posse, america, , western,
Form: Rhyme