ELKO — Paul Zarzyski is a Montana poet at home in this Northern Nevada town, but he has been to Las Vegas, too. That’s where he, shall we say, did the research for his poem called “Pomes.” He’s a ...

Oklahoma cowboy Pete King won both the serious and humorous divisions of the 2025 Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest—the fifth time in the 15-year history of the contest that the same person won both.

There’s something timeless about a cowboy’s story–tales told under starlit skies, woven with humor, grit, and the quiet strength of life on the range. On Wednesday, July 30, the Utah County Fair will ...

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 ...

Cowboy Poetry allows poets reflect on the lifestyle of cattle ranching and western tall tales told around a campfire. The 2018 Kansas cowboy poetry competition held on June 8th at the Discovery center ...

KEYSTONE – Baxter Black, cowboy poet, comedian and starvin’ cattle feeder, rides into town with his hilarious, poignant musings on rural life. Black has spun tales of ranching life on “The Tonight ...

Mosey on downtown starting Thursday for the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering. The four-day celebration will offer residents and visitors a look into cowboy and Western culture. Now in its 28th year, the ...

HOT SPRINGS, SD – “Toughest competition they’ve ever had!” That’s a comment heard several times over during the two day rodeo event. The 10th annual World’s Only National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo was held ...

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 ...

The 2025 finals of the annual Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest will be at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan, KS at 7 p.m. July 25, on the eve of the National Day of the Cowboy. At the finals, ...

Hundreds of folks wearing cowboy hats, and lots of bling on cowgirls spurred themselves forward to raise money in support Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL). If you are not a cowpoke, you still got ...

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 ...