This non-profit organization began in December 1988 when several cowboy poets in southern Idaho put it together. J B Barber recently became president of the group, whose members create cowboy poetry ...

When Tom Swearingen wrote his first poem to remember a friend who had died, he didn’t consider himself a poet. But the small group of friends and family he read it to told him to keep writing. He did, ...

Jul. 24—Steve Cormier is fond of saying he doesn't write "ride into the sunset songs." What Cormier, a veteran Western musician, means is that the cowboy songs he pens are rooted in the life of actual ...

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 ...

In the north of Texas, near the most famous cattle-grazing lands in the country, storyteller and songster Andy Hedges is documenting the rich artistry and lore of the nation’s cowboy poets. First Name ...

REXBURG — For 30 years, the annual Teton Western Music and Cowboy Poetry gathering has brought together musicians, poets, and storytellers to celebrate the rich heritage of the American West. After ...

GOLDEN • Terry Nash approaches the stage, a yellow bandana fastened around his neck, cowboy hat secured on his head and microphone in hand. On his hip, a leather phone case stamped with his family’s ...

Colorado’s historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is bringing a special fall Old West experience. The Cowboy Poetry Train rides the rails round trip from Durango to Silverton on Friday ...