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Vaqueros Poems - Poems about Vaqueros


Premium Member Among Hills Apache Red
...Among hills Apache red Where damas and vaqueros Built up a homestead Past the mercados And hills with a vague past Running aside the mission Its white walls chaste In the glow of the noontime......

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Categories: vaqueros, history, mountains, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Teanaway Valley
...An old Point Man phoned, “Do ya think you can do it?. Driving doggies and cows from the flanks of Mt. Stewart?" Fattened on grass for a year they had stayed. “Move a river of horns down to Yaki......

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Categories: vaqueros, peace, river,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



A Day In America West
...Buckaroos wave in the wagons into a corral, circle of Conestoga wagons mixed with covered wagons 100 count, Next to the butte, a springer delivers calf alive; compadres cheer wahoo! Exuberance loo......

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Categories: vaqueros, america, day, horse, morning,
Form: Rhyme
Brig Pilgrim
...This is a Rosarian Sonnet in pentameter I wanted to see a new sailing ship. To Dana Point I went, just a short trip, I toured the Brig Pilgrim, gift from Denmark to the United States honorin......

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Categories: vaqueros, history,
Form: Sonnet
In Old California 14
...A new Paloma captain takes command. Proficient mate will take the vessel's lead. "No doubt. Who's new captain, Excellency?" "He was first mate under Captain Luego. His name's Frank Thompson. Pe......

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Categories: vaqueros, sea,
Form: Free verse



Thirteen Thousand Miles - Spanish Septet
...It’s thirteen thousand miles from Boston to San Diego around far Cape Horn’s way. Ship needs to sail to that distant quay. The Cape is a hard challenge for the crew It’s where the Atlantic and P......

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Categories: vaqueros, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
In Old California 5
...Rancho San Luis Ore encompassed plain of Laurius between the mountains nigh. "Vicioso", ferocious grizzly, bane to Miquel's peace of mind, lived close near by. Don Miquel's spirit made him need t......

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Categories: vaqueros,
Form: Rhyme
' El Toro - Rojo '
...Como’ Si’ Yama’, Senor’ Como’ Si Yama’, Por Favor’… … for Below That Embroidered Sombrero’ Shone Eyes Like El Dorado He Was A Tall and Handsome Hombre’ Like The Range of Sierra Madre’ …Now, H......

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Categories: vaqueros, adventure, animals, cowboy-western, fantasy,
Form: Light Verse
Burlap & Barb Wire
...That's why you have boot straps, she's heard the old vaqueros say But she'd throw away all her tomorrows for one single yesterday She wishes deep down for a better day somewhere down the road But......

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Categories: vaqueros, cowboy-western, death, introspection, life,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

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