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Open Poetry #18

On the Open Range

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2002-02-06 11:54 PM

I was sitting in my pickup,
Just watching cars go by.
My mind began to wander,
I began to question, "Why?"

I thought of Arizona-
The sage brush in the spring;
Of coffee on an open fire,
The song, coyotes sing-

Cowboys in their soogans-
Gazing at the Milky Way,
I'd give a million dollars,
To be back there today.

'Twas a life of simple pleasures-
Of strong, hardworking men...
A handshake was a contract,
O, if it were so again.

But the past is passed forever,
And I've seen a lot of change.
My life would be more simple,
Out there on the open range.

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

1 posted 2002-02-07 12:07 PM

Gunslinger,
Those are brave words from a Texan! But we Arizonans will proudly sport this one...Thanks.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2002-02-07 07:06 PM

I enjoyed this very much.

Kathleen--(Kay)
"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

akela
Junior Member

since 2002-02-05

Posts 15
croydon england

3 posted 2002-02-07 07:25 PM

you paint a pretty picture
we spend so much time running our busy complicated lives that we forget the simple pleasures it sounds a wonderful place to be

amusemi
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

4 posted 2002-02-07 11:30 PM

All I can say is:

"Cowboy poets are too cool!!"

Shot me down with this one, sir!!

Good tempo...great read out loud, too.

Kat

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