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William Wilson secured funding for the event from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1985. [2] Organized by a team of folklorists and local cowboy poets including Hal Cannon and Waddie Mitchell, the Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering started in 1985 as a place where Western ranchers and cowboys could gather to share poems about their lives working cattle.
The Western Folklife Center is a nonprofit cultural center in Elko, Nevada that hosts exhibits, theater, music, and poetry events that celebrate the history and landscape of the American West. Every year the center hosts the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. [1] [2] [3]
Brigid Reedy packs up after a performance during the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., on Feb. 3. Reedy has been coming to the gathering since she was a child. (Bridget Bennett / For ...
Elko has been the home of the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering since 1985. [19] This festival is held each January and is a week-long celebration of life in the rural West, featuring poetry, music, stories, gear, film, photography, and food. A notable regular attendee was Canadian country musician Ian Tyson. [20]
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering; P. Poetry Bus Tour; R. Red Sky Poetry Theatre; S. Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival This page was last edited on 24 July 2022, at ...
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Mitchell has written four books, Waddie's Whole Load, A Cowboy's Night Before Christmas, Lone Driftin' Rider and a 2015 compilation One Hundred Poems. He was chosen to write a poem describing the West for the 2002 Winter Olympics' Olympic Arts Festival. [2] He is a co-founder of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. [3]
The first year National Poetry Month was celebrated was in 1996. It was created by the Academy of American Poets after the success of Black History Month and Women’s History Month.