Out west lived horse thief, Billy Rio
who holed-up at Ranch Armadillo
till the cavalry came
shot a slug with his name
now Bill’s buried below lone saguaro

Old Tucson Studios, AZ photo by lynn
posting poetic prose
04 May 2016 24 Comments
in limerick Tags: cavalry, horse thief, ranch, saguaro, west
Out west lived horse thief, Billy Rio
who holed-up at Ranch Armadillo
till the cavalry came
shot a slug with his name
now Bill’s buried below lone saguaro
Old Tucson Studios, AZ photo by lynn
May 05, 2016 @ 13:34:27
You would love visiting some of the old cemeteries here in Nevada–Virginia City, not far from me–“Hung, Horse Thief.” etc. That one is said to be haunted.
May 05, 2016 @ 13:43:08
Sounds intriguing! My husband and I would be up for a ghost town adventure!
May 05, 2016 @ 08:19:54
Oh I do love a limerick to start my day! Smiling I am and tipping the last drop of this first cup to you! 🙂 Good one!
May 05, 2016 @ 10:55:32
A good morning to you, Lillian!
May 04, 2016 @ 22:03:15
I was gonna write you a return limerick, but I see Glenn beat me to it. 😉
I was delighted by this! And by Glen’s response, too.
May 04, 2016 @ 21:55:51
A fun take on the prompt! Nice to see something a bit lighter!
May 04, 2016 @ 22:13:54
Thanks, Bryan…I left out the vultures 😉
May 04, 2016 @ 22:19:55
And now I feel inspired to write a limerick about vultures…
May 04, 2016 @ 22:26:08
Ha, ha … Do it!
May 04, 2016 @ 23:24:38
limerick has been written. https://quest4peas.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/fred-the-buzzard-a-limerick/
May 05, 2016 @ 06:32:35
LOVE it, Bryan!
May 04, 2016 @ 18:48:39
Love it! A fun stop along the trail. 🙂
May 04, 2016 @ 14:42:49
Fun!!
May 04, 2016 @ 14:13:17
Love this. I usually shy away from limericks but I like yours!
May 04, 2016 @ 13:15:03
Clever! I love it!
May 04, 2016 @ 13:10:38
Poor Billy! Shot dead AND subjected to being the character of a limerick. What a terrible fate, though the limerick was great.
May 04, 2016 @ 13:12:52
A tragedy indeed…thank you, Linda 😉
May 04, 2016 @ 11:30:57
I love your limerick response Lynn!
May 04, 2016 @ 11:34:09
I’m glad you enjoyed it 😀
May 04, 2016 @ 11:08:04
What a great set of rhymes.. Limericks ain’t easy..
May 04, 2016 @ 11:33:03
True, not easy…thank you, Bjorn!
May 04, 2016 @ 10:11:05
Excellent limerick Lynn ❤ ❤
May 04, 2016 @ 09:22:17
I love it when a poet is so bold,
a limerick appears, humor is gold,
& levity takes on a feel of regal,
in flight like a wild seagull,
fun coming in from the cold.
May 04, 2016 @ 10:44:07
Delighted by your response…Thanks, Glenn. (I was feeling rather “silly” for writing this after reading so many serious posts on the theme.).