Saloons Poems - Poems about Saloons

Life Is A Gamble

...There is a town that is so enchanting,
at it’s center a strip of wild saloons.
A hidden game’s still in play enticing
gentlemen with a lust for golden spoons.
While holding a Joker’s hand start b...

Self Love

...Where was I?
unusual.
behind 
the dizzying looking glass,
cement block,
panelled windows,
noonish saloons 
sipping my loathing 
like mosquitoes 
milking stone veins 

consti...

Beelzebug the God of Flies

...

To a group of recovering alcoholic flies
the pastor offered hope with rousing cries:
Ignore what others say, ignore the lies,
resist temptation, transform your lives,
stay clear of bars, salo...

Under an amber sky, in a world of rock and cactus

...Under an amber sky, in a world of rock and cactus,
I feel like a fragment of a dream, feeding my desires from harsh stones and dry winds,
I, a dwindling minority, lost in the eternal dance of pavem...

He Died With A Smile, Part II

...The man shook and said, “They wanted some fun,
but the boy was small, he started to bleed.
Patrick threw him out back, said, ‘This one’s shot,
but we have others to see to our needs.’”

Dalton’s...

Cut and run

...Too many lines, cut many times: horse backthoat gasps
Dramatic mimes..looking good yet, actioning bad' no more
Are you the golden lad ' its well past chance,  in such like
Saloons.' A sage might w...

Without a Horse

...A man without a car is a poor fellow,
It’s like a cowboy without a horse, a lonely soul,
He doesn’t know what to do or who to visit in the ranches,
He walks alone in Los Angeles or Dallas,

He c...

The Showdown

...'Twas an ominous moment when rode into town
To its marshal defy and outdraw and gun down
A notorious, murderous varmint named Slade 
Who had widows and orphans throughout the west made.

The ...

Ghost Zero

...Only ghosts man these
old frontier outposts now

They rock back and forth on
driftwood chairs on the porches
of the town main street shop's
and saloons 

Hoping and praying for a piece
of tu...

Up

...I once visited an old copper town
in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
The U.P. as the Yoopers say

And on the U.P. it winters from 
October to April’s end
where saloons and

vacant churches p...

Trifolium Pollinated Courtesy Bombus

...Trifolium pollinated courtesy bombus

Before landscapers mow swaths
across undulating waves of clover
(the father/daughter team
usually cut grass every Tuesday)
bumblebees alight from one to an...

A Fistful of Truffles

...There are Guineas that live in America
Guineas that live in a zoo
But the craziest, zaniest guineas of all
Are the ones that reside in Peru

It is said that they live in the Andes
And on weeken...

Alaska Gold

...Alaska Gold
Well in 1904 I decided to make my way
Heard about a gold rush almost every day
Left my home and my family trying to get rich
Now here I am sleeping in a ditch
To many times spent mon...

Nevada Gold

...Nevada Gold
Well I’ve got that roaming fever don’t know what to do
Last time I had it I looked just like a fool
But there’s gold in nevada enough for every man
All you need is a pick-ax a shovel ...

Riverboat Revenge, Part I

...Lyle Cosgrove had worked the Silver Queen
for two years now, ever since he had left
family drama back in Ohio,
he had simply left his home and moved west.

He made a living as a gambler,
had sp...

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