{"id":18034,"date":"2018-08-15T02:56:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T06:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=18034"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:40:12","slug":"joe-by-a-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=18034","title":{"rendered":"Joe (by A-P)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Summary: A group of poems about Joe Cartwright .<\/p>\n<p>Rating: K<\/p>\n<p>Word Count: 578<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>As you are reading, please keep in mind that I\u2019m not a gifted poet. These are just snippets from my brain that I felt would like to be heard! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~~School-boy Joe~~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There once was School-boy Joe<\/p>\n<p>He was really the one to know<\/p>\n<p>School-boy Joe was liked by all the girls<\/p>\n<p>For his eyes shined like polished pearls<\/p>\n<p>He knew how to keep secrets \u201con the low\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And without Pa knowing, from school he would go<\/p>\n<p>School-boy Joe had the best hair because of his curls<\/p>\n<p>This, also, helped him draw in the girls<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~~Our Joe~~<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s one to have his heart on his sleeve<\/p>\n<p>From a fight he will never leave<\/p>\n<p>Who is he?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Our Joe<\/p>\n<p>Not that big, but not puny at all<\/p>\n<p>Never to crack when pushed up against a wall<\/p>\n<p>Who is he?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Our Joe<\/p>\n<p>His curly hair and flashing, green eyes<\/p>\n<p>Are hard to leave when time to say your goodbyes<\/p>\n<p>No wonder we love him; it\u2019s Our Joe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~~Shirtless Joe~~*<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This day was a day hotter than most<\/p>\n<p>Ev\u2019ryone wished they lived on the coast<\/p>\n<p>Except for the fair maidens of Virginia City<\/p>\n<p>They all hoped for a glimpse of Shirtless Joe<\/p>\n<p>And to see him they all knew where to go<\/p>\n<p>To the largest ranch around; The Ponderosa<\/p>\n<p>All of the young ladies flocked there<\/p>\n<p>Where Shirtless Joe worked with nary a care<\/p>\n<p>He took a brake to have a short swim<\/p>\n<p>Soon, the women crept up to the fence<\/p>\n<p>Of his shirtless-ness they hoped to catch a glimpse<\/p>\n<p>But to their surprise, all they did find<\/p>\n<p>was an old man taking a bath<\/p>\n<p>For Shirtless Joe had done the math<\/p>\n<p>and decided to work on chopping the wood<\/p>\n<p>For he\u2019d known the number of maidens<\/p>\n<p>so he sent the old man there bathin\u2019!<\/p>\n<p>Then, he worked shirtless-ly in peace.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~~Prince Joe Cartwright~~*<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There once was a princess so fair<\/p>\n<p>with luscious locks of golden, blond hair<\/p>\n<p>Then, when out on the street<\/p>\n<p>guess whom did she meet<\/p>\n<p>But no other than Prince Joe Cartwright<\/p>\n<p>the one whose pants were extra tight<\/p>\n<p>He gave her a kiss<\/p>\n<p>that no one did miss<\/p>\n<p>and made all the dear women near swoon<\/p>\n<p>under the light of the bright, full moon<\/p>\n<p>He bent down on one knee<\/p>\n<p>and asked, \u201cWill you marry me, dear princess with golden, blond hair?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, she did what no one would dare<\/p>\n<p>She slapped Prince Joe Cartwright<\/p>\n<p>then said for everyone to know,<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI will not marry such rubbishy as thee!<\/p>\n<p>For you smell of horse and cattle pee!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, she left without any other words<\/p>\n<p>Ev\u2019ryone was silent, save for the birds<\/p>\n<p>Prince Joe stood there, for all he could do was stare<\/p>\n<p>at the retreating back of the princess with golden, blonde hair.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~~In Loving Memory of Joe Cartwright\/Michael Landon~~**<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There was a man both fictional and real<\/p>\n<p>If we were down, our hearts he would heal<\/p>\n<p>On TV he was Joe Cartwright<\/p>\n<p>and we had looked for episodes in which his pants were worn tight<\/p>\n<p>In real-life he was Michael Landon<\/p>\n<p>None of our hearts would he abandon<\/p>\n<p>When either went through pain<\/p>\n<p>none of us were to gain<\/p>\n<p>Both of them we loved more than a might<\/p>\n<p>In loving memory: Joe Cartwright<\/p>\n<p>We are sad, but we will not weep, for his life is done<\/p>\n<p>In loving memory: Michael Landon<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~The End~<\/p>\n<p>*in these poems I started to run out of words to rhyme with. Sorry!<\/p>\n<p>**Sorry this one\u2019s so sad, but I was having a rough day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~The End~<\/p>\n<p>*in these poems I started to run out of words to rhyme with. Sorry!<\/p>\n<p>**Sorry this one\u2019s so sad, but I was having a rough day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tags:\u00a0 Joe \/ Little Joe Cartwright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: A group of poems about Joe Cartwright .<\/p>\n<p>Rating: K    Word Count: 578<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10749,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-full-width-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[9,698,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-post-timeline","category-prequels","wpcat-9-id","wpcat-698-id","wpcat-30-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Joe1.png?fit=608%2C570&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10749"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}