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I Used to be a Cowboy
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I Used to be a Cowboy |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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I love the gentle breezes, Which caress my weathered brow. As I stop beside some highway, To watch some horse or cow. And my mind goes drifting backward- To another better time, When I use to be a cowboy, In that Arizona clime. I can see the rosey sunrise- As the day begins to dawn. The rope corral is crowded, With the horses being drawn. Some puncher wants his sorrel, Red wants the lineback dun- We'll saddle, get the kinks out As we greet the morning sun. Cookie serving breakfast, And orders being given, Say anything you want to- It's the finest kind of living. Long, back-breaking hours- As we throw and brand the calves- Each one must tote his own load, You can't do things by halves. At night out in the bunkhouse- While some are writing home, We swap our tales of women, And horses that we've known. Those days are gone forever- Like my youthful, unlined face, These wrinkles are my road maps, Each stop has left it's trace. I used to be a cowboy- My only claim to fame... You can carve that on my tombstone- If it is all the same. |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Boy oh boy, you don't know how much I enjoy your writing!! My hubby and I often go for rides on our "horse of steel" on the backroads, and I always make him stop whenever I see horses in a field. Love those Clydesdales I do...especially the wee ones wobbling around. You know what? I must have been a "cowgirl" in some other life. Thankyou for this. It is going into my library. Chris  "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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majnu
since 2002-10-13
Posts 1088SF Bay Area |
the rhyme really helped this, it almost felt like a song. the descriptions were really nice nice one. -majnu |
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Fading Away
since 2001-03-14
Posts 3131Lynchburg, Virginia |
How I adore the country. Thank you for bringing back warm memories of such past times... Beautiful. I loved this! Beautiful..Yours, Marie "You can be idealistic for all of ten seconds before you die." (Imitation of Life) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
John, another great write...love the ending lines of this |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
My heros have always been cowboys. Thank you for sharing this great poem. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
and I always think of truckers as the modern day cowboy. Have missed reading you, Mr. Gun. Yer still as smooth as Johnny Walker. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
fI truly love those cowboys. And this is a great poem.Joyce |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Gunslinger I used to be a cowgirl...had a great stick pony...and the limb of a plum tree. I'll bet you had a great life out on the range...sounds like very hard work though. Good to see you here! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Anytime I see "Gunslinger" - I read, and I am never disappointed. Much enjoyed. jwesley [This message has been edited by jwesley (06-04-2003 09:16 PM).] |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Yup John, I'll always love your writing. You got that cowboy style I can't live without. Excellent write... If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
I could picture the whole scene. I really liked it. Cold hands means a warm heart |
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