Saddlebags Poems

Coping Skills

...(Family heirloom, Persian Gharajeh rug)

Coping Skills

The world is certainly not as it should be.
Maybe it’s always been that way,
But now we know 24/7.

So we each and all cope as b...

Twilight's Reflection's

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Twilight's Reflection's
A Tribute To" Mr. G"
By: Tom Wright
5/29/99

In life's twilight, your youth, having long been spent.
I've observed you pass the hours, reading western novels,
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Just About Gone

...I’ll be just about ready when it’s just about time
To do whatever needs to be done. 
With my Winchester loaded and my bay freshly shod, 
I’m riding off to seek the setting sun.

Since it’s just ...

What Have You Done

...You own the spotlight at every premier.
The paparazzi hone the tip of your spear.
You scoff at rumors you were ever the one,
But what have you done?

Your limo whisks you away from the curb.
Yo...

Are Horses As Brave As Cowboys

...Their bridled haunt, each day may be their last; yeehaw.*
The narrow way, down mountainside, and clop of shoes.
The saddlebags dip left and right in gait and gnaw.
The spirit wind and pouring r...

Saddlebags

...behind the cowboy
heavy shadows of sunset
loneliness astride

9/13/2020...

A Visit From Some Old Friends

...A Visit From Some Old Friends
(Thanking Carl and Phyllis)
By Franklin Price
10/02/2015

A visit from some old friends
Turns back the hands of time
Back to the days of riding
And maybe misdeme...

Getting Deputized

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Round up the posse,
get ‘em vetted Oval Office ganksterized
Appoint the piggy snouts,
then send ‘em out
with metal sidearm power
Ancient oppression done got modernized,
old Egypt Mem...

Christmas On Hooves

...Pony Express Christmas Card Ride

You asked about our Christmas here.
Do reindeer pull the sleigh 
to carry loads of gifts and cheer?

Hoofed beasts we have, they eat fine hay
and in the rain ...

The Walk Home

...We paused in the shade
Of the cool, green, cedar tree
Ties flapping in wind
Satchels hung like saddlebags
We raced home like wild horses...

The Eel River Tragedy

...Eel River Tragedy

I’ve gold dollars for my darlin and a Stetson for my son, 
and in my old broke saddlebags, I keep my Schofield gun,
when home I’ll make some coffee and tell a tale I’ve seen, 
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Quest For Gold

...painted desert lay before them
hills with rings of gold and amber clay
few plants, scarce water
just a coyote or roadrunner

on horseback they rode
dreaming of hidden gold
saddleba...

Wild Lightning, Spooks and Me

...I'm as free as the wind as I sway in the saddle!
I love life!  There's no clutter, nothing to addle!
I give my faithful horse Wild Lightning free rein,
As we meander across God's magnificent terra...

Wistful Aging

...Age gracefully…that’s what I’ll do
Going to ignore the lines, how about you?
Inner beauty is what really counts
I happen to love my drooping mounts

Absolutely no Botox or fillers for me
Anothe...

Braced For War

...Braced for War

The atmosphere is rigidly braced.
The boots of warriors are tightly laced.
Water horns are filled to the brim.
Staples in saddlebags bulge their rims.

Armies flank the four wi...

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