Short Lawman Poems

Lawman
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My 9 mm
Spits fire
Thirteen times
The usher of just desserts
Red orange ghost
Etched on the retinas
Of uncaring eyes
No right or wrong
Making the hard decision
So very easy
Shrouded in ebon
Becoming one
With the shadow
A vigilante...

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A washed-up Bank robber named Big Dale
Tried to rob bank, near county of vale
                He didn’t move as quick
                   Got hit with a stick
 Lawman got word, closed fast on his trail
















05/03/2022
Contest: High Noon
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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The old lawman sits
And surveys the scene
Always one to see detail
He raises the cup and sips
The hot coffee his companion
No more to wear the uniform
Or carry the gun in his hip
But there are still the stories 
He tells about some other days
When men were men
And women loved them for it.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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An old lawman sits at the bar 
And raises his glass just so far
Enough to take a sip of his favourite drink
He was sitting there drinking with time to think

The hair is grey and his years are long
But his eyes are still clear and strong
And he is waiting for his mate
They will talk of times that were great

You see yarping is what’s left now
Telling tales and war stories showing how
They always won on their day
When criminals never got away.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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The masked stranger

Tenderly the ranger stood
With kitty in his arms
The saloon fight had rendered her
Enraptured by his charms
His easy strength and gentle face
Though hidden by his mask
Left saloon Kitty faint of heart
Almost afraid to ask
‘Say masked stranger 
Are you the law?’
She mewed in melting tones
‘I am,’ the stranger answered
‘This racoon rides alone.’
And so the legend started
Of a masked and lone lawman
Though others have 
in other times
Adapted his lone stand....

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