What is "Cowboy Poetry"?  Cowboy poetry is not necessarily 'true literary poetry'.  Cowboy poetry came about in the 1800s when cowboys traveled from ranch to ranch and followed the cattle trails. They told their stories of the West, and told it in rhyme and rhythm so it was easier to remember.  Because most cowboys were not too well educated literary poetry went out the window,  however Cowboy Poetry did rhyme and have rhythm.   Mine is definitely not literary poetry it is written for fun and that is the way it should be taken.

A RIDE

In my saddle I ride to clean out my inside

of the cares I partake of this world.

As I ride o’er the sod I am closer to God,

and the best of my thoughts are unfurled.

A troubled Iran is not in my plan,

nor this tormented old world if it rots.

Of the world in turmoil;  of the gas and the oil:

 Far away from my mind are these thoughts:

across the far plains, my peace of mind gains,

as the sun and the breezes I feel.

I have not a care, as I breath the fresh air,

I’m no longer a cog in the wheel.