When The Cowboys Come To Town, original cowboy poetry book by western author Stephen Bly
You don’t have to live on a ranch to enjoy a cowboy poetry book. You don’t have to straddle a horse or loop a balky calf to laugh out loud. You don’t have to wear a cowboy hat and pointed leather boots to shed a tear at these cowboy poems. All you need to do is relax, turn your spirit free, and enjoy the ride.
This original cowboy poetry hums with the rhythm and pulse of the west. Cartoon drawings provide illustrations by British Columbia Canadian artist Wendy Liddle.
Poems include “When The Cowboys Come To Town!”, “When a Cowboy Drinks Espresso,” “Bitterroot Sunrise,” “Elk Hunter’s Lament,” “The West Will Truly Be Won” and many more. Full of humor and heart, romance and the ridiculous.
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Excerpt from cowboy poetry book sample, “When A Cowboy Drinks Espresso:
I’ve lived long enough to see it all,
at least I thought it so,
‘Till a rainy day at the ranch last Spring,
when they started servin’ espresso.
The west is changin’, so they say,
a fact I cannot hide.
Cowboys used to stand apart
with tradition, guts & pride.
Now we got men who call themselves ropers
wearin’ tennies and baseball caps.
Serious breeders carryin’ papers
on bushy-tailed, spotless Apps.
Why, I’ve seen boots without manure,
sombreros with no sign of sweat.
And punchers ridin’ 4-wheelers,
about as low as a man kin get.
And espresso bar at the horse ranch?
Why, it purtneer broke my heart.
Let them city folks drink their fill
by the two-bit pony at WalMart.
I reckon he ain’t sold his saddle, boys,
but it’s not that far to go …
when a cowboy forsakes boiled coffee,
and starts sippin’ that there espresso!
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