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Our  collection of poems honoring dads and granddads was first started  for Father's Day, 2002.   The list of poems starts below. In 2008, we're pleased to have Linda Kirkpatrick's tribute to her father, Alton Stuart Kirkpatrick. In 2007, we were pleased to have Paul Kern's tribute to his father, Reese Kern. In 2006, we were pleased to add poet Andy Nelson's tribute to his father, including his poem, Ridin' with Jim   See an index of all poems at CowboyPoetry.com here, a list of poems by category here, and a list of poem collections here.       Read some of our supporters' comments here,  visit the Wall of Support,  and join in and be a part of it all!

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Listed Below Alphabetically by Poet
with poems posted in a haphazard order

Click a title to go direct to a poem or use the pointer to
just enjoy goin' from page to page

 

Keith L. Adams
My Dad's Hat

Rose Mary Allmendinger
Those Were the Days

Robert Beene
For Dad

Virginia Bennett
Inheritance
Home....again

Barbara Bockelman
Grandad
How Did He Know That?
Trail Drive - Texas to Oklahoma, 1932 (prose)

Dan Bradshaw
I'll Be Go Ta Hell

Ron Brinegar
Two Wolves

Debbie Burdic
Daddy and Me

Buckshot Dot (Dee Strickland Johnson)
Dancing with Dad

Nona Kelley Carver
Daddy's Hat

Julia Cox-Wilson
Wild and Young

Mike Dunn
Had I Known
Ben's Family

Richard Elloyan
The Coffee Shop

Glen Enloe
College Cowboy  
Big Red Lowell

DW Groethe
My Father's Horses

Tom Hanshew
Eyes of a Cowboy

Michael Henley
The Saddle

Debra Hill
Udoda (Father)
Wild Stickhorse Remuda

Yvonne Hollenbeck
Father's Boots
The Fiddler

Paul Kern
Paul Kern's tribute to his father, Reese Kern
including At Codding's Place and
A Horse Camp Has a Rhythm of Chores

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Linda Kirkpatrick
 Linda Kirkpatrick's tribute to her father,
Alton Stuart Kirkpatrick, including "For My Dad and "My Cowgirl Life."

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Jim Kitchens
Grand Daddy's Swing

Jean Mathisen
Dad's Truck

Janice Mitich
A Cowboy's Opus

Jane Morton
Connected
Branding
His Tractor
Teddy
A Real Cowman

Curly Musgrave
Father to Father

Andy Nelson
Andy Nelson's tribute to his father,
including Ridin' with Jim

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Rod Nichols
Rooster
Dad's Way
A Dad's Prayer

Gene O'Quinn
The Cowman's Question

Rick Pitt
No More

Francine Roark Robison
America's Heroes

Bruce Satta
Grampa Is a Feisty Sort

Paula Sisk
Indian Rain Dance

Kip Sorlie
Remembing Fathers

Michelle Strickland
Definition of a Cowboy
Papa and Me

Colen Sweeten
Grandpa's Passing
Grandpa Goes to Town
Daddy's Bells
Unseen Helper
This Old Barn

Lee Williams
in memory

Byrd Woodward
Eggs on the Moon
Transition
Goodbye to Friends
Who is this Feller?
A Series:
Born to the Breed
Workin' Partners
Warriors from the Same Tribe
Spirit Horse and Rider
A Man for All Seasons

 

 more to come...

 

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