Please Note:

The following are just an extract and is not the full version of the poem.

(Tribute to John Wayne)

The Duke With True Grit

A lone figure with a saddle

Appeared on our screen,

As the Ringo Kid in "Stagecoach"

So began our dream ...

~

... His final film, "The Shootist"

As John Bernard Books, he went out in style,

Yet again our western hero

Just a shame he had to die ...

~

© 2005 Ashley O'Keefe