{"id":17234,"date":"2022-01-12T00:22:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=17234"},"modified":"2022-01-11T20:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:23:22","slug":"tend-the-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/12\/tend-the-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"TEND THE HORSES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Angell – The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I\u2019m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, Lord, I\u2019m getting\u2019 up in years and soon you\u2019ll call me home. So now I hope you\u2019re listenin\u2019 while I kneel here all alone.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t know much \u2018bout Heaven \u2018cept what Mother rightly taught. And I ain\u2019t got much to offer. You kinda got me in a spot.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cuz Mother said there\u2019s lots of singin\u2019, praisin\u2019 to your name. But if I tried to hum a hymn, well, Sir, I\u2019d be fair game!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never strummed a harp or even gazed a music sheet. So if that\u2019s where I\u2019m headed, this won\u2019t be no cowboy treat.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ve been thinkin\u2019, if I\u2019m gonna be there for a while, maybe there is somethin\u2019 that\u2019s a little more my style.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had my share of failures with my so-called jobs in town. But when it comes to horses, my successes are well-found.<\/p>\n

My father taught me all he knew of a horse\u2019s sheer beauty. A family\u2019s deep tradition that was passed along to me.<\/p>\n

So, there oughta be a few old crowbait horses on the loose. Maybe they need rounded up, then put \u2018em to good use.<\/p>\n

You see, a horse needs tendin\u2019. If they\u2019re left to run around, they might take off a runnin\u2019 and who knows could be Hellbound.<\/p>\n

We wouldn\u2019t want the doggone devil stealin\u2019 our horseflesh. Let\u2019s keep \u2019em there in Heaven, \u2018cuz Heaven and Hell don\u2019t mesh.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll get to know each horse and will account for every head. And one thing is for certain, they for danged sure will get fed.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll always have some tame ones to explore out on the trail. My cowboy friends and I will always ride \u2019em without fail.<\/p>\n

Lord, I\u2019m askin\u2019, cut me slack. Reach out to all your sources. This kinda job is meant for me. Please let me tend the horses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, Lord, I\u2019m getting\u2019 up in years and soon you\u2019ll call me home. So now I hope you\u2019re listenin\u2019 while I kneel here all alone. Don\u2019t know much \u2018bout Heaven \u2018cept what Mother rightly taught. And I ain\u2019t got much to offer. You kinda got me in a spot. \u2018Cuz Mother said there\u2019s lots of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cowboy-poetry","7":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17235,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17234\/revisions\/17235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}