Category: Cowboy Poetry

Some Women Get Roses

By Elizabeth Ebert Some women get roses!  Velvet of petal and long of stem,  Placed in a box like a precious gem.  Brought by a man from the florist’s place, 

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If God Had Chosen Cowboys

By Steve Lucas   If God had chosen cowboys, instead of those fellers herdin’ sheepTo welcome the Baby Jesus while the world was fast asleepWould the Christmas story and the

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In Flanders Fields

By John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce

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Everyone’s Got a Hang-Up

By MARILYN HALVORSON       Seems everyone’s got a hang-up these daysSo neurotic they all need a shrinkBut the kind of hang-up I’m talking aboutCan mess you up quick

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Roll a Smoke

The colt just stood and trembled, as sweat began to soak,Then wisely said the cowboy, “It’s time to roll a smoke.”I puzzled at his meaning and of the works he

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The Tree

  Pine tree, I remember when I saw you years ago, We was trailin’ cattle up this mountain through the snow. As I rode by, my stirruped boot just barely

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Take Care of Yer Friends

By Baxter Black, DVM Friend is a word that I don’t throw aroundThough it’s used and abused, I still like the sound.I save it for people who’ve done right by

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Kamloops 2021 is a Go!

    Although the 2020 Kamloops Cowboy Festival was cancelled, some things, just like ranching, kept right on happening. The best examples of the ongoing awards are the inductees to

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Headin’ In

By Rod Nichols Some fellers favor sunupjust before their day beginswhile others favor evenin’when their day is at an end But this old cowboy’s dif’rentit’s the way I’ve always been,cause

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Added Age

By BRYCE BURNETT The cowboy admired his wife preparing for bedIn a negligee trimmed with laceHe glanced at her reflectionin the mirror and said,“What’s that smeared on your face?” She

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