The Clash Of Sane And Bane
...Beyond the hills, the storm,
oh, yellow queens they quake;
poor Autumn aspens feel
old weight of weakened leaves
the hostile winds will steal.
Beyond the hills the storm
it brews, like coffee...
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Categories:
six shooter, conflict, cry, life, loss,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Temper Tantrum and Wanting Attention
...Subject: Temper Tantrums
Give someone having a temper tantrum
an inch and they will take a mile's worth
of attention. You cannot kill the same
dead horse twice or shoot a six shooter
a sevent...
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Categories:
six shooter, allegory, analogy,
Form: I do not know?
With His Six Shooter In Hand He Emptied Its Load
...With His Six Shooter In Hand He Emptied Its Load
In a whiskey glazed stupor his horse he shot
Under blue-wailing moon his heart, a broken mess
And then his emotions tossed in their sad lot
So...
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Categories:
six shooter, destiny, encouraging, first love,
Form: Rhyme
Mary Fields
...~ Mary Fields…
Was born into slavery somewhere back east
she thought it was Hickman County, Tennessee
Growing up, she had learned how to read and write
though she'd spent her childhood in captivi...
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Categories:
six shooter, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Shootout On Main Street
...A shootout on Main Street at high noon, Buck
Bring your rusty six-shooter -- lots of luck!
You’ll need it, you see,
When up against me
Nobody survives calling me a schmuck! <...
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Categories:
six shooter, humorous,
Form: Limerick
More Guns On the Street
...So, let us have guns and more guns in the USA
Pistols, shotguns, rifles, and AK-15s galore, I say,
Let those peace-loving pinkos scream and howl
I will blow their heads off if they get in my wa...
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Categories:
six shooter, heartbreak, irony, satire, scary,
Form: Rhyme
The Beauty and Essence of a Pretty Cowgirl
...The Beauty And Essence Of A Pretty Cowgirl
Although she wraps herself in soft leather,
Wearing her pointy-toed cowboy boots,
She delights in darkest stormy weather
And banging sounds her fast s...
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Categories:
six shooter, appreciation, art, beauty, desire,
Form: Sonnet
An Honorable Man, Part Iii
......He spotted Jones, and three other rough men,
digging at the ground beneath a large spruce.
Jones was grousing, “I know it’s buried somewhere,
if if it’s not here, I’ll beat it out of that youth...
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Categories:
six shooter, character, confusion, corruption, life,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Epidermal Evidence
...
It’s skin deep evident,
being black is an inherent crime
It doesn’t matter whether we
peacefully
stand our ground,
or be siren subservient —
Hands in the air,
knees bent
We g...
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Categories:
six shooter, grief, perspective, truth, violence,
Form: Elegy
The Cowboy Rides
...The cowboy rides like a noble lord
across the dusty ground,
his six-shooter is his scepter,
a Stetson is his crown.
His saddle is a leather throne
from which he can survey
all his four-legged...
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Categories:
six shooter, america, fun, history, image,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
When the Smoke Clears
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The fog of war
is lingering long on
these golden amber grain shores
In the bar,
in the synagogue
Count the missing fingers
in the high school cafeteria tomb
Tally the tiny toe ...
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Categories:
six shooter, society, truth, violence, wisdom,
Form: Elegy
The Un Cowboy Like Cowboy
...The Un-Cowboy Like Cowboy
this is the story of cedric hyde-fleet
the most un-cowboy cowboy you ever would meet
cedric was english, not british you see
but, being a cowboy was what he wanted to b...
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Categories:
six shooter, america,
Form: Light Verse
A Deadeye Wrangler
...Egalitarians of a smaller world
with forks for fingers
chew loudly on the gravy train
of poor boys paper thin paychecks
spit me out cause I got no cash
better to be on the street with
a shoele...
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Categories:
six shooter, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Second To None
...
Welcome to the war, son ...
You’ve been conscripted,
go grab a gun
And you daughters
of the new American flag,
you’re not exempted either
Go get that gat outta my bag
There’s a 21s...
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Categories:
six shooter, conflict, parody, perspective, war,
Form: Light Verse
Saddle Up
...Just to the left of Texas
In the valley of beyond
Is where sanity up and left us
Deciding it was best to move along
Hitched up horses and a wagon
Six shooter strapped to its side
Passing thr...
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Categories:
six shooter, crazy, life,
Form: Rhyme
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