There does exist some poetry a little more historically located in the old West. The work of Bret Harte (1836–1902) is commonly cited in this context, a western portion of the 19th-century literary ...

Like many other cowboy poets, Oregon's Tom Swearingen spends a lot of time in teh summer months performing at rodeos and other events. The award-winning poet recently talked with OPB about and ...

When Eduardo Martínez-Leyva first started writing poetry for his MFA thesis, he didn’t realize it would be years before he revisited them. The collection of works became “Cowboy Park,” a ...

The 16th Idaho State Cowboy Gathering promises to entertain young and old alike with music, stories, poetry and plenty of belly laughs. "We put the real cowboy back in cowboy entertainment," said ...