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Stetson Poems - Poems about Stetson

Alice in starlight part 2
...The ground is red, the air is thin, no grass or dusty weeds, Just craters deep and diamond dust, and strange and lonely seeds. A banjo strumming starts to play, a lonesome, gentle tune, And from b......

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Categories: stetson, sky, stars,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Guitar Gringo
...He stepped down from the stagecoach kicking dust up with his boot He stood a while, he lacked a smile, his teeth gripped his cheroot His Stetson it was thick with dust, his guitar case was too He......

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Categories: stetson, western,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Milton Creek Election Week
...Judge Horne issued a decree that elections take place this week  For the positions of mayor and sheriff in the town of Milton Creek  It had now been nearly four years and was somewhat overdue  ......

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Categories: stetson, america, conflict, prison,
Form: Narrative
Boot Scootin' Angels
...On Tuesday night, you could hear music playing old country songs, I knew right from the start I listened to, all the words they were saying with stories of an aching, breaking heart I never kne......

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Categories: stetson, 10th grade, angel, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member if I was a sheriff
...If I was a sheriff I would wear a gleaming gold star A holster with silver twin six-shooters You would be afraid of my sequined Stetson As I march up and down the street In my fancy embroidered ......

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Categories: stetson, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Cher Fair Queen
...her face is chiseled but not hard like her father’s Cher wears a black Stetson with a silver band is she smoking? Is that allowed in this bar? I note her makeup, put on by an expert hand Has sh......

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Categories: stetson, woman,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Milton Creek, Another Chapter
...The sun had just risen over town, it was a beautiful morning And outside Baker's new Bakery, a long queue was forming The aroma of fresh baking was lingering in the morning air Words alone can......

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Categories: stetson, america, western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member THE PEACEMAKER SLEPT
...The sun is up, the sun is yellow, shining bright. Reflection of chrome, pointed nowhere in particular. Where there should be peace, it’s high noon. A breakdown in communication, shrieking bars. ......

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Categories: stetson, conflict,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Brother Of Our Souls
...Born December 5, 1961, blonde cherubic, lips of rose buds, eyes of the bluest baby innocence. Remember the 1960's brother, Massapequa proud, Long Island. Our Cedar Street, lined once with what ......

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Categories: stetson, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Elegy
Just Cuz'Uh Her Face
.... Just cuz'uh her face i were will'n to love her rest She wuz dressed like the Pinkerton......

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Categories: stetson, family,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Coconuts
...COCONUTS A long time ago, 60 years plus I am sorry to say My grandfather gave me a 78 record to play On my Dansette player I eagerly did one day I heard coconuts in the weirdest way. It went cli......

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Categories: stetson, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
A Storm Is a Brewin'
...The heats beating down on the back of my neck and a river of sweat's runnin’ down my spine I swear I would trade away my last red cent for any kind of shade that I just might find The sun is so......

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Categories: stetson, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Learning To Cowboy
...He grew one of them bushy mustaches like Sam Elliot wears under his nose Bought him some fancy duds from Cabela's sure looked spiffy in his Buckaroo clothes Alligator skin boots and silver spur......

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Categories: stetson, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Showdown
...'Twas an ominous moment when rode into town To its marshal defy and outdraw and gun down A notorious, murderous varmint named Slade Who had widows and orphans throughout the west made. The ......

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Categories: stetson, adventure, history, humor, parody,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Footles of Bands
...work in progress Footle of Country Bands S**t Kickers/slide guitar cowboys Stetson John Denver/folk music “Thank God” fiddler Footle Of Rock Bands Guitar strings/st......

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Categories: stetson, humorous,
Form: Verse

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