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Billie Cullimore
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since 2009-03-27

Posts 315

0 posted 2009-04-23 05:37 PM

                RUGGED ELEGANCE
                   By Billie Cullimore

      He stands tall, the man in the Stetson hat.
   The look in his eye says he knows where it's at.
     A confidence there for the work he performs,
      This is the task for which he was born.

       Roping and sorting and branding cattle,
        Knowing that life is one long battle.
     He's reckless and daring, laughing and curt.
     Beneath this facade, he hides all the hurt.

     He loves the outdoors, this man of the west
     The desert, the rivers, the mountains best.
    And cares for the creatures, great and small.
         Knowing that God, created it all.

          Is he a "Cow boy?" Of course..
       Look at the way he Straddles a horse.
      Rides with the wind, the rain and thunder
      Hoping that fate don't throw him asunder.

   He's a visual man who takes things in stride.
  Looks at his world with a great deal of pride.
    He's admired, respected, loved by his peers.
     The arrogant manner helps hide the tears.

    The Stetson is cocked on his head at a tilt.
       Only to accent a fabulous build.
   The blue jeans fit tight to show every line.
      Someday, God, please let him be mine.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

1 posted 2009-04-23 05:57 PM

I like this very much... especially the tender ending! *S*

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2009-04-23 07:58 PM

Right on!

Yippee Ay Kye Yeah!!!

Linda

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2009-04-23 08:21 PM

Yo dear Billie,

This is very nice. You would probably like some of our urban cowboys here in the hood.

Love Bobby

WTBAKELAR

Senior Member

since 2008-09-09

Posts 1089
Utah, USA

4 posted 2009-04-23 10:23 PM

This is a really good poem, You paint a picture well in words, and finish it with a hopeful wish.

Very nice.

Tracey.

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

5 posted 2009-04-23 10:52 PM

Billie - this is most charming, and the ending is just fabulous. Liked this write a lot...

BC

Billie Cullimore
Member

since 2009-03-27

Posts 315

6 posted 2009-04-24 03:09 PM

Thank you all so much and thank you Linda for the picture, I could not have found a better one. My dad was a cowboy, born and reared on a large cattle ranch in Huntville, Utah. Now some of my grandsons have followed along. Thanks again.

Billie C.

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