With the annual Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering taking place, The Telegraph asked folks to try their hand at some Western verse.
 

“A horse, a cow, a gun - I’m a cowboy.”
– Joe Booth
 

 

“A cowboy, with stirrups and skinny jeans.”
– Crystal Bedwell

 
“Cowboy – a lot spoken with few words.”

– Parker Whitehead
 

 

 

 

“Mama's got a gun in the truck.”
– John Currie

 

 

“A man of the land, simple in his needs, soft with his touch, a good man to have at hand.”
– Ben Gross
 

 

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