Scott Wiswell grew up riding horses and working cattle before becoming a two-time champion in the Kansas Cowboy Poetry ...

Not at all, says poet Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and a BBC commentator. "I think it's terrific." Gioia, author of the controversial book Can Poetry Matter?, contends ...

For the last eight years, Mancos resident and former Fort Lewis College education professor Lindy Simmons has produced an original two-hour Thursday night variety show involving day performers from ...

Cowboy poets gather at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada to share stories in verse by and about the women and men who still live the western life of rodeos and ranching. Poetry might not be ...

April is National Poetry Month. It's also calving season, you know, when cows give birth to their babies. Apparently, someone here has an unfulfilled yearning for ranch life - no shade. But because of ...

Way back when cowboy poetry began with cowboys reciting or improvising verses around campfires during long nights. These poems served various purposes, including entertainment, storytelling, and ...

Cowboys from across the western United States flocked to the Mesquite Community Theatre for the 13th year of the Mesquite Western Roundup. Poets from Nevada, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming came through to ...

From her home near Mesa, Nona Kelly Carver pointed to where the old ranch house once stood. The house had been home to four generations of Carvers, but it deteriorated and was burned down in a fire- ...

“We invite current and aspiring cowboy poets to enter our regional contests where they can perform their original cowboy poems in person,” said poetry contest chair Ron Wilson of the Lazy T Ranch near ...

There’s no place like home. That’s exactly why Bria Hammock, local artist and owner of Westward in downtown Cheyenne, created “Of Here,” an exhibit now on display at Westward. “Of Here” is ...