Short Western Poems

Short Western Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Western poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search short Western poetry by poem length and keyword.


Wild Horses ~ {a Septolet}

beautiful bangtail
spirit untamed
racing tumbleweeds
thundering
across mesas

stallions wrestle
under night skies...


Premium Member Make Believe

make believe wild west fingers pointed and thumbs cocked back yard gunslingers For the "guns" contest
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Cocktail Hour

a tired sun setting below western horizon five o'clock somewhere
written July 5, 2021
Form: Haiku

In the Rut

Cloudless western skies
Melting temperatures rise
Snakes’ rump in rut fries


By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX
Form: Haiku

Summer Colors

The sun is dipping
On the western horizon
The backdrop
Beautiful hues
Yellow and blue dominate
Summer colors
Breath taking
Form:


Premium Member Western Winds

WESTERN WINDS Alaskan huskies sense the breeze combing the park ~ tumbleweed hairballs 9/26/2017
dog
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Hazy Skies

hazy skies above drifting eastward on the heat smoke from western fires
written July 20, 2021
Form: Haiku

Trail's End Toast

May hot coffee be a brewin’
On the campfires of your friends—
May good Mulligan be stewin’
When you reach your last trail’s end.
© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.

Elk Behaviour

The elk is just an Eastern moose,
Or else a Western caribou … 

But if you chance to meet one,
He will be polite and nod to you.
Form: Epigram

Last Night 03-11-24

Last night the westerly wind
climbed up the western walls
tearing ivy from its sockets at every meter
to glimpse the eastern dawn.
© Shane Zhao  Create an image from this poem.

Idahoedown

Hands a-clappin', boots a-thumpin',
skirts a-twirlin', rumps a-bumpin'.
Feel the vibes and hear the noisy
Idaho cowgirls and Boise.
Form: Quatrain

'yellow Rose of Texas' (Haiku # 14)

‘ Yellow Rose of Texas ’ Haiku  # 14

         A Lone Star Shone On
         A Yellow Rose of Texas
         and Bluebonnets Grown
Form: Haiku

Premium Member A Summer Couplet

Spectacular summer sunsets bathe the western hill Beauty that inspires man to take up his poetic quill......
6/11/13
Form: Couplet

???

My soul burns from so far away
My body cool
the toy of pain

Why am I so far away
why do you try
Ill be free one day
Ill run free
Form: Bio

Cowboy Christmas Toast

May you celebrate the spirit
Of all good things on this earth—
May you ride down all the right trails
And pay honor to Christ’s birth.
© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.

A Devotional Toast

May you keep your spurs a jinglin’—
May you cross the flooded ford—
May you ride the range forever
Next the horse that seats our Lord.
© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member The Colorado Trail, Revisited

I have grown old and slow and soft,
and my herd has all run oft,
but I still have my trusty friend the snail...
on the Colorado Trail.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Luskentyre Shores

Bedazzled am I,
dancing to ancient rhythms 
on western windblown shores 
where drifts of machair colours 
this wearied soul restores.
© Peter Rees  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Vignette-Sound Bite

The sun was high
Throats were burning dry,
The wagons circled round,
Hearts began to pound-
It's too quiet....was the prophetic sound.
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Eclipse

I will not see the eclipse today.
It will not pass this western way.
I won't go out, no need for bonnet.
Anyhow, I'd rather see a comet.
sun
Form: Rhyme

A Cowboy Thanksgiving Toast

May you gather kin ‘round campfires
And give thanks to God on high—
May you feast and relish friendships
Before that round-up in the sky.
© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.

A New Year Cowboy Toast

May your cattle drives be short ones,
May worries be small and far—
May you find peace at life’s railhead
And at long last rope your star.
© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.

Western Skies

in bare hands you tilt 
my earth to seek western skies
spirits set the sun
bare feet chase red jasper realms
from black-onyx sky
Form: Tanka

The Smell

I am infatuated
with the smell
of horse
sweet
and unique
in the heat
After a long day
go 
smell a horse
and see
if you
feel the same
Form:

Premium Member All Quiet On the Western Front By Erich Maria Ramarque



      Anti-war novel 

      of knight facing humanity

       being  stabbed.

      All quiet on 

      Anti - war movement.
war
Form: Verse

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