Short Longhorns Poems

A dog in Alabama
    a snake in Tennessee
  A toucan in Alaska
    a mule in Kentucky

  Texas has its longhorns
    Colorado its buffalo
  Arizonans look up at mountains
    Montanans attend rodeos

  Every place a different pet
    and scenes to stir the heart
  Give me wide-open countryside
    Give urbanites fine arts...

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Old
Scientist,retiree ,romantic,curious
My lovely wife,Joyce
Lover of starry nights, love songs,Texas longhorns
Who feels joy and compassion and impatience
Who fears rattle snakes, tornadoes,and socialists
Who would like to see Ireland,unity,and peace
Resident of Texas
Republican

2-3-19
Contest:Writing Challenge 2,Bio Form
Sponsor: Dear Heart...

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yet
     and still
            like the longhorns on the hill
                         laugh along, laugh a lot
                                   like yak and oxen at the thought

                            "donkey climbs the tree,
                                kicks an apple with his knee,
                    knocks a pigeon from the sky 
             and hides his body in the sea."
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I'll tell you a tale when Texas was young
When women were scarce and horse thieves were hung.
His name was Jake and he was six feet nine -
Rode down  from Kansas with rustlin' in mind
Re-branded some Longhorns, all he could see
Sun was still up when he hung from a tree
He was a big man, he's in a big hole
"God bless Texas and damn this rustler's soul"

3-11-19
Contest:March 19 Eight Lines Max
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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He sat emboldened in the saddle,
The cowpoke on the plains,
Herding his longhorns.

Sometimes folks decorate with steer horns;
A rancher must have a well made saddle
But, unlike his home and car, it’s plain.

He has to navigate many plains;
Sometimes he’ll lose a longhorn;
With a difficult task, he’s saddled.

So, his well made ordinary, plain saddle, will last through years of herding longhorns without much pain.
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I wished I were a cowboy riding a handsome palomino,
But, I was just a little kid, my sis watching Valentino.
I wished I were a cowboy rounding up the longhorns,
But, I was just a little kid still believing in unicorns.
I wished I were a cowboy drinking a sarsaparilla,
But, I fell asleep at night clutching my Roy Rogers pillow.

As time went by, I grew up and moved on to bigger things
But, when I hear “Happy Trails to You” my heart still gladly sings!...

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I watched a nail biter
Game tonight
Was Texas Longhorns
And Oklahoma Cowboys
Naturally you know who I was for
After three over times 
The Cowboys won once more.

Go Cowboys Go

If you want to know 
Who my favorites are
It depends on who is playing. 

I am for Nebraska, K U and K state
Oklahoma Cowboys 
But the Texsas Longhorns do rate.

It makes it tough when they
Play one another
I just throw a dart 
Then hope for the other.

Go Big Red Go...

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