Poet Terry Nash walks on stage to perform his poetry during the first session of the 34th anniversary of the Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at the Buffalo Rose Event Center in ...

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 ...

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering will start Thursday and run through Oct. 8. It’s a weekend filled with music, poetry, a cowboy parade and other events that celebrate the American West. This year, the ...

North Dakota’s wide-open spaces can inspire some big ideas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WT graduate Red Steagall, an icon of cowboy culture, performs at his alma mater Thursday at the WT Legacy Hall in front of more ...

Cowboy poets gather at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada to share stories in verse by and about the women and men who still live the western life of rodeos and ranching. Poetry might not be ...

Eventually, cowboy poetry grew beyond the campfire, and gatherings, festivals, and competitions became popular venues for poets to share their work and connect with audiences who appreciate and enjoy ...

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, ...

If you see a lot of cowboy hats and horses roaming the streets of Durango next weekend, it’s because the annual Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering will be back in full swing. Starting Thursday, the ...

Distinguished West Texas A&M alumnus, poet and singer Red Steagall enchanted an audience of over 300 Thursday with his stories and songs of the American West at the campus’s Legacy Hall. Steagall was ...

He won the International Western Music Association Award of Excellence for his album, “Cowboyin’ with God,” which was named the 2025 Cowboy Poetry Album of the Year. The organization’s Awards of ...