Short John Wayne Poems

John Wayne walks in...

"Don't even say it.."...

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Love

John Wayne

Irish roots

Red haired woman

Strife...

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John Wayne is the Duke
He justifies his shooting;
Bad guys run and hide....

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Westerns are such fun
  A Cowboy in a white hat
John Wayne - "Chance, John Tee"...

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John Wayne
Gained his fame
For riding on a horse
Of course

Celebrity or a Famous Person Clerihew Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
3/29/19...

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His last days
in his dreams
in Jamaica mon
The capital Kingston
He prayed to the heavens
Gods only laughed
in the Caribbean waves
as this small minded 
prang called
the pond of frogs
glorious...

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Hickory Dickory
Marion Morrison
crafted a cowboy name
to fan his flame.

His new handle, John Wayne
instantaneously
launched him as a star of
western film fame.

(Double Dactyl)


1/26/2021...

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I want to ride 
Like Captain Nathan Brittles of the US Calvary
As he rode through Monument Valley
To fight the Indians 
When it was easy to tell
The good from the bad
And John Wayne was the man.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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John Wayne
                                               Was a handsome swain.
                                            Westerns were his specialty.
                                           On a horse with a gun he'd be....

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old spaghetti westerns
and john wayne flics
what better way to spend
saturday afternoons

weekly shoot 'em ups
where at the end
comboys and their horses
ride toward a dusty sunset


AP: 3rd place 2025

Posted on April 10, 2025...

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Once was an illustrator, sketched portraits of famous peeps
Mailed each 2 copies, one to sign and return, other to keep
Received over a thousand
Friends were totally astounded
John Wayne, Donald Trump(?) and John Glenn just 3 of heaps...

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John Wayne was born in a tiny house in a teeny Iowa town.
We love claiming him, because Iowans do not usually leave Iowa.
Certainly do not become bigger-than-life cowboy movie stars!
But he did, and we adored him. I still do in many ways.
our hero who never served....

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The Mexicans have a phrase
“Feo fuerte y formal”
Which means 
“He was ugly, strong and had dignity”
And was how John Wayne wanted to be remembered

When the dust has cleared
And I am at my final rest
I wonder if this phrase will apply.


© Paul Warren Poetry...

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Watchin’ John Wayne ag'in
The West alive right to defend
Riding tall in the saddle
Showing men his mettle

For those days the bad guys knew
He would give them what was due
For in the end you know what’s true
A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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Tombstone
law goes after thugs
my favorite western without John Wayne
Loving Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell
“I’m your huckleberry”
Held breath during shoot out at O.K. Corral
Rooted for Josie and Wyatt to get together in the end
Even though I do not usually root for a homewrecker...

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Errol Flynn a swashbuckler
he was also a wrangler

Jack Webb loved LA
gave us Joe Friday

Kevin Bacon brought us footloose
many years after Mother Goose

Humphrey Bogart had many roles
his acting on screen without holes

John Wayne cowboy and soldier
neither one was more bolder...

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Once was an illustrator, sketched portraits of famous peeps
Mailed each 2 copies, one to sign and return, other to keep
Received over a thousand
Friends were totally astounded
John Wayne, Donald Trump and John Glenn just 3 of heaps

(Long before The Donald became PREZ?)...

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<                   Once came along an man named John Wayne
                     Winchester by his side causes more pain                           
                     Dusty trails ballroom brawls
                     Battlefield's muddy crawls
                     The duke of western inflicting gains...

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I was bored in Manhattan that day
So decided to pay for a lay
He was handsome and young
And was VERY well hung
I walked like John Wayne all of the day

Thanks to James Fraser's Bored In Manhattan poem for the inspiration!

Just make me laugh contest
Sponsored by Christine Lehman

27th December 2015...

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She used to be fast
and bouncy,
but after two strokes
her head began to tilt
on the rolling deck
of her body.

Through bleary eyes,
she saw off
starlings and cats,
toppling into them
with her
John Wayne walk.

When called
She would wobble sideways
tracking the sound,
then lurch forward,
tongue lolling;
a wide grin of recognition
plastered over
her fuzzy brain....

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Tough to say       But I think the Duke      His years in the spotlight      Were definitely no fluke       He fought the wars      Won the west     This giant was always       At his best      At the very end       The Shootist      And     True Grit       Will forever stand the test       Happy trails       John Wayne       You were       Without a doubt      Heads above the rest...

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Willie Nelson broke our hearts
When he sang ‘bout them broke backs—
He should of stuck to cowboy
Heroes and that’s the derned facts.

Hoppy and Roy are turnin’
In their earthly deposits—
‘Cause of all them gay cowboys
Comin’ out of their closets.

If cowboys start prancin’ strange
And act like they is insane—
We’ll blame it all on Willie
If they don’t walk like John Wayne!...

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Without you...

The sun would join the Union of Astral bodies and go on strike
Batman and Robin would have a big argument
The stars would be unglued and fall out of the sky
The Lunchpack of Notre Dame would drop Esmeralda..oops
John Wayne would get shot at the start of the film
Christmas would be abolished and I would never find my socks

So I think it`s clever to stay with you......

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She used to be fast
and bouncy,
but after two strokes
her head began to tilt
on the rolling deck
of her body.

Through bleary eyes,
she saw off
starlings and cats,
toppling into them
with her comic
John Wayne walk.

When called
She would wobble sideways
tracking the sound,

then lurch forward,
tongue lolling;
a wide grin of recognition
plastered over her fuzzy face
and brain.

...

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Next month I'll be fifty
What rhymes with fifty?
Sixty

Ten years to make fifty
the new thirty
Get down and dirty
Like Stallone and Willis
Maybe buy a few guns

"Yeah we bad."

"How we gonna hit em Sly?"
"I don't wanna DIE HARD!"
"No John Wayne Gacy for me."
Try to breeth like Jack Nickelson

I can feel it allready
An unimaginable ammount
Of cool being showered
Down on me

All I have to do is
Keep my mouth shut...

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