Going Pro

Audio Recordings, Ranch Life / tagged Cowboys, Horses, Lessons, Recovery, Resilliance, Riding / May 15, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

At thirteen I was a rodeo pro
cause I was betting paid to ride

A farmer south of Mossbank
had a two-year-old he wanted rode
and I would ride three hours a week

Didn't want a saddle on one so young
so the mare and I would play a game

She would run fast and stop faster
and I would end up on the ground
and get up and on and do it again

Since I am getting paid
by the hour not seconds stayed on
she gets to have her horse-laugh fun
while I polish life-skills of tuck and roll

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2 thoughts on “Going Pro”

Christie flaman May 17, 2025 at 10:25 am

Old cowboy saying: Never a horse that couldn’t be rode, never a cowboy that couldn’t be thrown

Thank you for so often touching my heart with your poetry.

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Ken Christopher May 16, 2025 at 5:09 pm

That’s pretty funny, and fun to read

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