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John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2002-01-30 02:05 AM

A cup of hot, black coffee-
To stir my brain to life.
I’d go to saddle horses,
After waking up my wife.

She’d be busy cooking breakfast-
I was topping off the mounts.
We would talk while I was eating-
It’s the little things, that counts.

I would work from daylight-thirty,
Until the moon was high.
In rain, and snow, and bitter cold-
Or beneath a blazing sky.

I never made big money-
That’s one thing I can’t claim...
But I was an working cowboy,
That’s my only claim to fame.

I’ve been thrown, and kicked, and busted
I’ve been stomped, and rolled upon
And I’ve got behind some broom-tails,
I’m afraid that I’ve walked home.

I wouldn’t take a fortune-
For those days out on the range...
But since I’ve moved back into town,
My outlook sure has changed.

I’m always in a hurry-
I’ve far too fast a pace...
From dawn to dusk you’d almost think
We ran some kind of race.

So when I’m gone, carve on the stone-
“He had a lot of try!”
And cover me with sandy loam
Beneath that Western sky.

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

1 posted 2002-01-30 02:25 AM

Gunslinger,
I like your style! Great poetry. I'll stop by for some more...Thanks.

DragonHeart
New Member

since 2002-01-27

Posts 3
Elmira,NY

2 posted 2002-01-30 03:43 AM

Loved this much!!

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

3 posted 2002-01-30 06:02 AM

Gunslinger,
it's easy to see that you are at home on the range. Good poem. I liked the rhythm.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

4 posted 2002-01-30 12:08 PM

Dear Gunslinger,
Oh, I liked this one. My brother was a cowboy for a summer in highschool. I think it was an experience that he looked back on with love through the rest of his life. I especially like your last verse. Wonderful.

Nan

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

5 posted 2002-01-30 12:11 PM

*sigh* oh yes...words that take one into the life of a cowboy....Magnificent....How I love these visions you weave...the life of a cowboy suits you perfectly, Sir Traveller. **big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2002-01-30 02:00 PM

BRAVO!!! Yes, you are a cowboy, and your home is on the range where your beautiful words will always take us on journies of your hearts spirit! (big hugggsssss) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is fabulous! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet John, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (01-30-2002 02:01 PM).]

Silver Streak
Member Elite

since 2002-01-02

Posts 3625
FL, USA

7 posted 2002-01-30 02:04 PM

Great! Very original. Thanks for sharing!

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Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher

[This message has been edited by Silver Streak (01-30-2002 02:05 PM).]

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