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Tom Zart
Senior Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 682

0 posted 2006-06-08 09:35 AM

THE COWBOY CODE

I'm riding with an outfit
That’s loyal to its brand.
I've got a gun and a rope
Which I keep close at hand

Anyone who would harm
What belongs to the brand
They are my enemy,
No matter who the man.

Never have I ever lied
Or stole from my boss,
Nor let anyone else
Regardless of cost.

Late at night, beneath the stars,
We sit around the fire;
Drinking coffee and telling stories
About whatever we desire.

I feel the Lord cracks a smile
When he watches us cowboys
Looking up from down below
At heaven with all its glories.

Once I was so in love,
I married a beautiful wife;
She took ill and passed away
So I chose a cowboy's life.

My boss has a pretty wife;
His family I respect.
They treat me as I treat them
So their lives I shall protect.

The cowboy code can be found
On the ranches of the West,
Where real men still earn their place
By being their very best.

Edward Grim
Senior Member

since 2005-12-18

Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina

1 posted 2006-06-08 05:38 PM

I've always liked westerns. Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood and even the more modern westerns nowadays.

You did a really good job on this piece. You really captured their true essence. Fine work. Cheers - Ed

I'm not smart, I'm just a tricky dumb person.

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

2 posted 2006-06-08 05:50 PM

"The cowboy code can be found
On the ranches of the West"

Yes, but not just there. To ride for the brand applies anywhere that loyalty can exist.

Just as, "to ride, shoot straight and speak the truth" was not invented by Cooper, simply illuminated by him.

The poem is well done. You did good.

Jess
Member

since 2006-06-06

Posts 243
Washington

3 posted 2006-06-08 06:26 PM

the world needs more cowboys..

Tom Zart
Senior Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 682

4 posted 2006-06-08 09:00 PM

THANKS TO ALL FOR TOUR KIND WORDS OF SUPPORT

More cowboy poems to come soon.

David D Jerald
Member

since 2006-08-07

Posts 74
Tucson, Arizona

5 posted 2006-08-11 01:03 AM

Pretty good Tom, Don't you wish all men lived by that almost forgotten code? Keep on writing.
Your poem kind of reminds me of that movie All the Pretty Horses.
Dave

Tom Zart
Senior Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 682

6 posted 2006-08-11 09:03 AM

Dear David,
thank you for your words of support for my work.

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