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"Boots" is a poem by English author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). It was first published in 1903, in his collection The Five Nations. [1]"Boots" imagines the repetitive thoughts of a British Army infantryman marching in South Africa during the Second Boer War.
The cowboy lifestyle is a living tradition that exists in western North America and other areas, thus, contemporary cowboy poetry is still being created, still being recited, and still entertaining many at cowboy poetry gatherings, around campfires and cowboy poetry competitions. Much of what is known as "old time" country music originates from ...
Carmen William "Curley" Fletcher (1892—1954), also known as Curley W. Fletcher and Curley Fletcher, was an American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry.A prolific creator of this material, he is best remembered for the classic cowboy song "The Strawberry Roan", written in 1915, and for his 1931 book Songs of the Sage.
Dominick John O'Malley (April 30, 1867 – March 6, 1943), also known as Dominick White and The N Bar N Kid White, was an American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, as well as a writer on Western subjects. He is best known for his song "When the Work's All Done This Fall", originally published as the poem "After the Roundup".
Paul Zarzyski was born on May 25, 1951, [6] and he grew up in Hurley, Wisconsin. [7] Zarzyski received his Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing in the mid-1970s at the University of Montana, where he studied with Richard Hugo, Madeline DeFrees, and John Haines, and where he later taught Hugo's classes after his passing.
Nathan Howard "Jack" Thorp (June 10, 1867 – June 4, 1940) was an American collector and writer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry. Starting in 1889, he collected cowboy material while living in New Mexico. His small book Songs of the Cowboys was published there in 1908.
A story-telling, poetry-reading cowboy treasure, Jake Copass has performed at cowboy poetry gatherings all over the West. He has a book of poetry, It Don't Hurt to Laugh, published by Olive Press, and a memoir entitled, I'll Be Satisfied. Copass died on June 8, 2006, following a brief illness from leukemia.
Poems Worth Saving: Poetry: Coyote Cowboy Co. 2013 Cave Wall Graffiti from a Neanderthal Cowboy: Poetry: Coyote Cowboy Co. 2014 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: An Anthology: Poetry: Lyons Press: 2014 Tinsel, Mistletoe and Reindeer Bait: Poetry: Coyote Cowboy Co. 2016 Scrambled Wisdom: Poetry & Anecdotes: Coyote Cowboy Co. 2017 A Commotion in ...