A Cowboy's Christmas...(repost for Cowboy Walt)

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Open Poetry #11

A Cowboy's Christmas...(repost for Cowboy Walt)

Mike
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since 1999-06-19

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0 posted 2000-12-18 07:51 PM

He rode atop a buckskin mare,
Stetson hat and vacant stare,
Forty dollars and his found,
Not a soul but him around,
At the line camp past the breaks,
Blizzard's coming, snow's first flakes,
Beans and biscuits at the shack,
First check the herd, then long ride back,
In Horseshoe Canyon, herd's bedded down,
It's been a month, since last seen town,
Bandanna covers weathered face,
Dreams of owning, one's own place,
In distant gully, lost calf bawls,
As warmth of shack, to cowboy calls,
No one would know, or even care,
If rider left, the maverick there,
Into the wind with cold remorse,
The cowboy rides, atop his horse,
Soaking wet and freezing cold,
A cowboy's life is getting old,
But calf is back at mother's teat,
Boots are frozen, to his feet,
As he heads back, in worn out saddle,
On buckskin mare, he is astraddle,
He takes a glance, towards clouded skies,
And sees above, to his surprise,
In break of clouds, a shining star,
A beacon bright, in east afar,
Upon his face, a cowboy's smile,
As nears the shack, rides his last mile,
Says to himself, I do believe,
I plumb forgot, it's Christmas Eve.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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1 posted 2000-12-18 08:25 PM

Mike~
I remember this one fondly.
Thank you for sharing it again.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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wayoutwalt
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2 posted 2000-12-18 08:31 PM

very warm yuh big smiles

Martie

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3 posted 2000-12-18 10:09 PM

Mike--I love this!

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

4 posted 2000-12-18 11:45 PM

Amazing what we remember without the commercialism...

thanks for sharing again!

Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ

Paula Finn
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missouri

5 posted 2000-12-19 02:34 AM

This is just perfect...and all it takes is a star and a little faith...thank you Mike

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