I am impressed with this poem, you have captured a little piece of History with some well worded imagery. People forget Australia too has the Old West. Superb write.
Peace and Blessings

Excellent write very graphic it flowed very well and your use of rhyme is one of the best i've read in a very long time.a resounding well done.

Grant

Nice job, good flow and word choice. Your rhyming doesn't seem forced. A little overuse of and & the but the content makes up for it.

Wonderful write.... I liked it because of its uniqueness...
well written...
and impressive word choice...

keep writing..

Finally, a win for Jane. I was about ready to comment in that one thread about how the contest was a joke if poets like you, Johnny, and abby aren't getting front page space. That might be a hypocritical statement, because I don't do a very good job voting on poems. However, I figure if I'm always voting for you guys, even though I think you're a cut above, I'll probably get accused of favoritism. So true! Anyway, the poem.

I really, really thought it was delightful. In the beginning I was a bit thrown off by the old-timey voice, but I think it definitely came together the further I read, and worked perfectly on a second reading.

The rhyming worked surprisingly well. I can imagine how it might be hard to think of three different rhymes for "saddle," but that stanza is great in that every phrase seems very natural. In your poem I rarely got the sense that you were using words just for their rhyming factor.

Oh, hey, I just got called into work. I'll finish this later.

That is so a real cowboy

You could do lyrics for "kid rock"
Well done

This poem is outstanding. I felt like i was one of those cowboys lol. Amazingly written. well done. keep writing, and believe me, ill keep reading. =]

Hehe this is a really good poem. an enjoyable read

A great write girl and deserving of the win! Far and above any of the other win poems I've read of late, it had me bopping along great rhyme and flow, ha I yelled out "rawhide" at the end

It must have been an Aussie cowboy though or do you have Dingo's over there as well?

I hate it when my computer does that^

Nicko

Amazing job! i love this! :)

I can see why this won. Flow and rhyme was great but your words were well used . I was drawn into the poem from the first line and never once felt it slipped or was flawed in anyway