Dust off that cowboy garb and head to the Santa Maria Public Library for a rousing good time at the second Cowboy Poetry event May 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. in Shepard Hall.

The 31st Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering was held last month in Alpine on the campus of Sul Ross State University. Preserving the proud tradition of the American West in words and music is its purpose.

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 ...

The 2021 Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest is being conducted online, and poets are invited to enter the contest and post videos of them presenting their self-written cowboy poems. Contestants from any ...

To pass time and convey life on the range, cowboys crafted folk tales to the cadence of a horse’s clip-clop. These poems capture the rugged essence of cowboy life while evoking images of simpler times ...

The field is set for cattlemen to wax poetic — the 2026 finals of the annual Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest will take place at 7 p.m. July 24 at the ...