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CowBoy Poetry Cowboys, it has been said, are more poetic than folks in any other occupation (except maybe poets). Whether they are or not, cowboy poetry is more noticable than any other occupational type. How much lawyer poetry have you run across? Heard any plumber poems lately? But cowpoke poetry's all over the place. To explain the phenomenon further, we call on that raconteur, bon vivant, and CowBoy Poet – Fred Engel.		The Lone Prairie Poetry Page invites CowBoy poets to add their works to the distinguished and semi-distinguished band of bards already published here. All entries are judged on neatness and appropriateness. Decision of the judges is final, and there is absolutely no prize nor compensation whatsoever. Rewards are limited to our heartfelt thanks and whatever fame and glory comes along. To submit poems email Go to Contents


WHY COWBOY POETRY? By Fred Engel Now cowboy poetry has been around For a heck of a long time. It's just common everyday stuff, Stories that cowboys have put to rhyme. It sort o' got lost in the shuffle Back there for a while. But since the gatherings, like the ones started in Elko, It's become what some call a new popular style. New? Not at all. Popular? Yes. And style? Well, you bet! But how is it that "cowboy" poetry Has come to be all of this? No one's ever heard of "plumber"poetry, Or about carpenters who recitein verse. And there's no such thing as"lawyer" poetry. Thank God! What could be worse! Now teachers, doctors, and merchants, Sure, they're all a talented bunch. And then there's those folks who report the news at noon, When we're all eatin' lunch. There's folks who work with computers, Punchin' buttons, instead of cows, `til their heart's content. And there's the weather guessers, also known as meterologists, Who are always pitchin' in their two cents. But it'sthe cowboy, the cowpoke, The vaquero, the old buckaroo, Who tells us about the ride down life's trail Musing from the down to earth point of view. Because along with his rough and tumble life style And ways of the old wild west, There's just a certain degree of romance That sorts us out from all of the rest! © 1998 Fred Engel. All rights reserved.

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Alphabetically by Poet's Last Name


Applegarth, Ann • Rose's First Ride • Rose Meets Rank Hank • Ridin' the Roan Blackbird, Thom • The Last Cookie Brewer, Doug • Cowboy Poetry Dawes, Mickey • Hip Hop Buckaroo • Smacked in the Saddle Again Dillman, Bruce • Bounders • Gene Autry Memorial • The CMA Awards Poems by Bette Wolf Duncan • Thunderon the Prairie • Texas Plumber Blues • The Bullrider • The Cowboy's Grave • The Rancher's New Computer • Whiskey Bill • The Cowboy from the West • He'll Make a Cowboy Yet Poems by Fred Engel • Hoppy • Ol' Slim • Remember the Cow Guenther,Gail: Poems and Paintings • Cowboy Twang • Lenny the skinny cowboy • All in the way she loves her man Kelley, David • The Preacher and His Wife • The Storm Kinford, Bob • Was it Good Bad or Bad Good Luck? • Time Traveler Lewis, Bob E. • The Cigar • Eye of the Needle • The Goodyear Blimp	McCarley, G. Scott • Gonna Miss Roy McClure, Roger • Grandpa's Place Miller, Rod • The E. S. L. Ranch • Particle Physics Made Me Do It • Under Ten • Wisdom Nichols, Rod • Cowboy Poetry • The Last Cattle Car • Headin' In • Faded Love • Grandpa's Tale • Pedernales • Rooster Robinson, Michael Sorbonne • A Cowboy Doesn't Cry • I am the Boss, Ain't I? • Hymn of the Cowboys Rogers, Steve • Pecking Order • The Guiding Light • The Goodnight-Loving Trail Schilling, Charlene • Sweet Nellie • Hubby's Gift • Song of the Lonesome Cowboy Swenning, John • On Bein' A Cowboy Viers, Bill • Ol'Brindle Cow • Prognosticators Yaw, John • Would You Wait for Just a Minute? • Six Seconds • It's All Part of a Way of Life • Last of the Breed • Make Your Bid for Eight

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