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Cowboy's In 1880

TELL ME A STORY OF THE DAYS OF OLD YEAR 1880....ALLOW YOUR IMAGERY and FANTASIES TO TAKE YOU AWAY.....SO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME....
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IDEAS:

GUNFIGHTS
BANK ROBBERS
BEAUTIFUL HORSES
COWBOYS and ETC.


PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE YOU OWN IMAGERY OR ANY HISTORICAL EVENTS TO CREATE SOME AWESOME POETRY....IN FORM WILL DO FINE.
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INFORMATION ON THE PICTURE: ARTIST UNKNOWN



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RULES:
NO STICKY CAPS
BASHING OTHERS
IF ADULT PLEASE MARK IT ADULT
HAVE FUN

REWARDS:
GOLD.....................400
SILVER...................200
BRONZE..................100
H.M.s.....................7

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on February 23
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 5 people
  • Final notes:
    Wow! I thank you all for taking part in the Old West contest....Each poem was magical but I had a hard time with picking the best because they were all dynamic....You all are winner in my book...so I bid you farewell and thank you all again....Aquene...Novy

Contest Winners

  1. Sally and the Drover
    by Brazos 50 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 10 8:19 PM. In old west, life, love, sad
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. LIfe and Times of Love
    by Riftkin 105 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 15 8:50 AM. In Contest, Story, Pain, Sad, Love
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. The Ballad of the Vengeful Man..
    by Callisto Athena 43 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 10 12:27 AM. In Adult, Angst, Contemporary, Contest, Dark, Life, Love, Nature, Sad, Spiritual
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Ballad of a Gunfighter
    Easy in the saddle his pony in control
    trailing south to Mexico where cooling breezes blow.
    by davidwright 33 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 9 2:48 PM 2008. In Tales of the West
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. Old West
    Smoking guns and tumbleweed laiden winds
    the cowboys would ride day on end.
    by Kathraina 11 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 9 9:29 PM. In Contest
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Black Ivory
    A flush was holding steady
    to three threes facing up
    by billpoet 21 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 20 9:18 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. A house of pleasure
    Miss Lizzie and Miss Annabel,
    they ran that house with iron gloves.
    by Judith Chandler 30 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 10 2:30 PM. In Contest
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Life in the Saddle
    With coffee black as death itself,
    the frontier bears his name
    by Bosiarbooger 62 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 20 6:37 PM. In Contest, Cowboys
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. A Righteous Kill
    There’s money and fame for a man with a name
    But a price on his head and a grave for a bed
    by Maninblack 24 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 10 9:07 AM
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  10. Gamble With Death
    by malmadre 48 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 11 12:55 AM. In Contest, Western style poetry.
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Rheea gold member
    February 23
    Edit | Reply
    oh I missed this one!!


  • Riftkin gold member
    February 23
    Edit | Reply
    Thank you for the silver, congrats to all winners.
    And my dear friend, thank you for hosting this contest.


  • Kathraina silver member
    February 23
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    Thank you for the HM and congrats everyone!