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Requiem for a Gunfighter

Getting real on the frontier

62 total reviews 
Comment from C. Gale Burnett
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This is so unique in that you named so many of the known gunfighters of the Old West. I'm impressed with your rhyming words within each stanza. I'm not should I could have pulled that off half as well as you.
Your author notes were just as exceptional as your poem.
This is a great contest entry, and I wish you the very best!

 Comment Written 29-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 30-Jun-2019
    Thank you very,much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from JudyE
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You've included many famous names here and some I hadn't heard of. They were tough old days back then. Thanks for sharing and good luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 29-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 30-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from Winslow
Exceptional
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Dear Poet,

Well done with the rhyming and inclusion of all those shortlists. The west was populated with colorful characters and you have done them justice. A fun read.

Good luck in the contest.

Cheers,

Winslow

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 22-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much Winslow. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from Artasylum
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Well done here... If this doesn't win the Cowboy Poem writing prompt it SHOULD... So interesting and there are so many cowboys that I have never heard of and now I have... good luck.

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 21-Jun-2019
    I entered it over a month ago and they keep kicking back the deadline. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from Patty Palmer
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This was a fresh twist! I could see almost everyone of the cowboys you mention. Some in black and white I might say! Then they learned how to color black and white so now I can't
remember who was when. But I do like this poem!

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 21-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much. This was a fun write. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from the13thpoet
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Good Job on the poem. I enjoyed your rhymes and flow. You've managed to squeeze a lot of name into that. I have to say I had not heard of a few of the names so I am glad you gave us the explanations at the end.

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 21-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much. It was a fun write. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from Hitcher
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As a young fella there was no one happier to sit down and watch one of those now legendary wild west movies than me. Those gunman, lawman, killers and crooks kept me entertained for years. It is a shame they don't make many quality westerns anymore. Nice poem friend, good Luck!

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 21-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much, I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from Diana L Crawford
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This is definitely a poem about cowboys! I love how you pull in all those beloved cowboys of old. My childhood was filled with stories of rootin tootin cowboy shootin! This was very enjoyable!

 Comment Written 20-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 21-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
reply by Diana L Crawford on 21-Jun-2019
    Very welcome and goid luck in your contest!
Comment from Sylvia Page
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Hello Cowboy writer,
I figured myself trying to outsmart Calamity Jane but there were all those fancy cowboys going to her rescue. Beautifully written. I would give you all the best marks in this contest.
Sylvia

 Comment Written 20-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 21-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much Sylvia. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.
Comment from Mystic Angel 7777
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This certainly meets the contest requirements with gusto! I am pretty sure you did not miss a single important cowboy in your litany of western warriors. You did a beautiful job of executing clean end rhyme on some pretty tricky names as well. Good luck in the contest and thank you very much for sharing it.

 Comment Written 20-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 21-Jun-2019
    Thank you very much for reading it. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my work.