HIS LIFE HAS BEEN THE BEST

This is a cowboy poem and was first published in Cowboy Magazine. The form the poem is written in is the Rhyme Nouvelle created by Joy Shabansky.

His horse is bedded for the night,
There's no more steers to chase and fight
Out in the sun of summer's light...
This dusty day is done.
The lonesome cowboy bids adieu
To weathered chaps and wind blown through
Each thirsty pore from desert's view
Where nature has her fun.

His muscles ache from branding cows,
And by the campfire gathered now,
The other cowboys tiredly bow
To tell a tale or two.
Them tales are tall, but most of all
The laughter rings in star-lit halls
Of rugged paths about the stalls
Where horses sleep in view.

When grub is downed with hearty sounds
A feller likes to leave the grounds
To rest and sleep by best-friend hounds
Within the bunkhouse there.
When daylight breaks it starts again
Those days of dust, hard work and wind
That makes him know his life has been
The best...without a care!

© 2005, Sharon Peeples

Reviews

[Valentine]

This brings back the memories of all of the western movies Hollywood used to make. Now it is wizards and very little real. Nice write. Valentine

[Tom]

Work hard, play hard, a superb ode to long gone days of cowboy life and all so perfectly portrayed in this wonderfully penned flowing poem, splendid indeed Sharon!

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you ever so much Tom for a wonderful review! I had horses growing up and pretended to be Annie Oaklee....and depending on your age you may not even know who she was! LOL ~Sharon

[Tom]

Sort of Sharon ! Lol..

[Epicness]

Great poem, vividly imagined. I really liked the style of writing too! :)

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you very much you your kind review! ~Sharon

[Gee]

Absolutely superb,love it.Great style of writing,great images conjured for the reader.I'm jealous!!!!!

[Miss Sharon]

You are much too kind! Thank you for a lovely review. ~Sharon

[Mick Burke]

Very evocative.I can picture the cowboys resting up after their days work. I really like this type of rhyming, it has a great flow.

[Miss Sharon]

Thanks so much Mick for your kind review! ~Sharon

[Jamestown]

Well penned my friend!
I really loved the flow and wording you used to
create such vivid image's in my mind:)Thanks for
sharing and b-blessed!

[Miss Sharon]

You are such a sweetheart! Your comments are always so encouraging. I appreciate you very much James. God bless you my brother in the Lord! ~Sharon