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January 08th, 2017

1/8/2017

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FLETCHER, THE COW CATCHER
By Donna Penley

We spent long days together, ol’ Fletcher an’ me;
Workin’ cattle on a ranch, we were a team, you see!
No steer could get away from us, or leave th’ herd behind,
Fletch an’ me was a team. You could say we were of one mind.

There were times I ate while on th’ run, workin’ cattle was our life;
Sometimes Fletcher didn’t get his oats ‘till way into th’ night.
Then came th’ day that cowboyin’ didn’t seem like so much fun;
An’ me an’ Fletcher realized that  a new life had begun.

So Fletcher an’ I, we parted ways, an’ sad it was, that day,
His broomstick tail almost worn out, from draggin’ all that way.
I look in on him, now an’ then, give his head a pat;
Tell him about my real horse, an’ he’s happy with all that!


Ol’ Fletcher rests in a corner, his paint still bright an’ gay --,
Waitin’ for another little wrangler  t‘ take him out to play.
But I’ll never forget those magic days we worked cattle in th’ sun --
An’ if there’s a stick horse heaven, ol’ Fletcher’s place is won!!

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    Donna Penley is a Cowgirl Poet with deep Kansas roots who has been writing cowboy poetry for over twenty five years. She is a real Cowgirl and an ex-barrel racer.

    Donna writes about all phases of cowboy life, with lots of humor woven in. Her poem Carrie Nation hangs in the Carrie Nation Museum in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.

    As a benefit for the blind and sight impaired, Great Empire Broadcasting produced a cassette tape of her poetry and distributed it to all Kansas public libraries (
    No Preservatives Added : a collection of cowboy poetry).

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