At the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, readers and writers celebrate the lyrical beauty of rural existence. The Elko Convention Center looks like just about any convention center in small-town ...

Without a P.A. system, it was difficult to hear anything while sitting behind the podium, and so, as the cowboy poet R. P. Smith waited for his turn at the mike, arms akimbo and boots on the ground, ...

From Los Angeles to Nevada, younger people are preserving a longstanding tradition one lyric at a time Deep in the heart of Los Angeles’s Koreatown, just a few doors down from H Mart and a K-pop music ...

When I got on the phone with cowboy poet Baxter Black on Tuesday afternoon, he was in an exceptionally good mood. Down in Arizona, the sun was out and the cows were skipping. "Some of them," Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 24—Local poet Rik Goodell had a good year, indeed. He won the International Western Music Association Award of Excellence for ...

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 ...

If you ever get the chance to head to the Ruby Mountains, in Nevada, you'll probably come across this charming little city, called Elko. It's got old-timey saloons, lots of ranches, and, well, cowboy ...

Cowboy poetry is a tradition that dates back to the 1800s, with ranchers and ropers sitting around a campfire and regaling others with metered verse. The style that’s rooted in ranching culture lives ...

This week on the show, we're hearing from Francine Robison and D.J. Fry, two out of the more than 20 cowboy poets and musicians who performed at the 15th Annual Missouri Cowboy Poetry and Music ...

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 ...

Anyone can be a cowboy poet, they just have to rhyme. Anyone can be a cowboy poet, they just have to rhyme. Anyone can be a cowboy poet, they just have to rhyme. It’s been over 125 years since the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — There's no place like home. That's exactly why Bria Hammock, local artist and owner of Westward in downtown Cheyenne, ...