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PARD

2/12/2017

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PARD
By Donna Penley

He saved my life one stormy night when the rain was pourin’ down;
Hailstones big as fighter’s fists,  lightnin’ striking all around.
The cattle bawled in fear and pain, then they began t’ run;
An’ the little horse beneath me knew his job had just begun
Without waitin’ for a cue from me  he made a calculated move,
Ran down th’ leaders of th’ herd, his bravery did prove!
We turned th’ cattle then, and th’ storm was almost past;
But neither I nor th’  little mustang saw the deep crevasse --
It seemed a long time that we fell, but we landed in soft ooze.
“Thank God for the rain”, I cried  ‘cause we was only cut an‘ bruised.
But how were we gonna get outa there?  I didn’t know where t’ start,
But that little horse named Pard, well, he had a lotta heart.
Th’ cattle  that we’d turned looked down on us an’ bawled;
Then I said to the little horse,  “now Pard, ya got to give your all.”

I grabbed hard onto his tail as he clawed his way to higher ground --
After a long time of slippin’ and slidin’ we made our way around
To the place where we had fallen.  I looked down and felt a chill --
‘Cause had we fallen anywhere’s else,   we’d a both been killed.
Well, we limped our way back to th’ ranch, both proud t’ be alive;
An’ when I told our story, I told the boys with pride:
“This here little mustang’s gonna leave th’ string,
‘Cause I’m buyin’ him from the boss man when I get paid this spring”.
Yeah, he saved m’ life on a stormy night when th’ rain was pourin’ down --
Hailstones big as fighter’s fists and lightning’ cloud t’ ground.
Now,  little Pard belongs t’ me.  He’s in my personal string.
An’ I know that if I ask ’im -- he can do most anything!!

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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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