Roughneck Poems - Poems about Roughneck

...Hippy, could I say? Or rogue, rascal or roughneck? Who, his and lives of others, does knowingly wreck; These are 'born with a silver spoon in the mouth', sure, In their mind and heart, yet, are t......Read the rest...

...Feedback - flight or fight – it’s due to enzymes. God put it in our brain, safeguard for crimes; fear is normal, a good thing many times. Facts fog up when fear uses its strong-arm. What is me......Read the rest...

...Life in Three Sands is very simple. There are those here for the oil And those that stay for the booze, games, and women. But things have begun to change. A new layer of sand is blowing in ......Read the rest...

...I remember the first day I tell you that i love you, When i tell you that i will Always be on your side, Actually i wasn't lying to you I remember the second the day I tell you that you look ......Read the rest...

...The American Way In every neighborhood There are problems that arise. Some never get resolved No one that fact denies. However: the other day A big story was in our paper. Of a group of u......Read the rest...

...I saw an old man with a hard hat on Walkin' down the road as the sky turned dawn. I said, "Howdy Bub, where you headed to?" He said, "Don't much matter - just west will do. I been roughneckin' se......Read the rest...

...My daddy was a roughneck and he worked the oil patch. He ate his eggs and biscuits that my mommy made from scratch. Pies and cakes and everything from scratch was always made. That was the best, t......Read the rest...

...You marketing types love us. Blue all over, fear of nothing a man can throw, Quick to bow down when the boss come by... not the one paying me...., but the one who rules my roost. Day breaks ......Read the rest...

...‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the bay Not a soldier was stirring in the hall or the way. The clothes were all hung in the lockers with care In hopes that the I. G. soon would b......Read the rest...

...If I must die, let it be before the break of dawn When peace and stillness sway in people, homes, and places When earsplitting music in alcohol selling places, cease When even the foul and abusive......Read the rest...

...Oklahoma cowboy, tough coal miner’s son Born in Henryetta, south of Tulsa some Raised by daddy’s momma, taught him wrong from right Daddy taught him ropin’, taught him how to fight Herding mad......Read the rest...

...Roughneck obnoxious when inebriated brother, precious brother blessed by God if only... ever the first born.......Read the rest...

...His old hands were calloused from all the many years of work and toil. His life seemed to be his work and the never ending search for oil. Seven days a week with no let up in sight, He manne......Read the rest...

...I worked on drilling rigs for the better part of thirty years. I sweated buckets of sweat while my wife cried barrels of tears. The work was seldom easy and to say it was safe would be a lie. ......Read the rest...