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 All poems at the BAR-D are listed below, alphabetically by poets' last names M-Z  (Names A-L are here)

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Index of Poems
alphabetical by author

 

Mc-Mac  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

(A-L, previous page)

 

Mc-Mac

Neil Harding McAlister
An Easterner Looks West
The Far Side of the Fence
The Hole-in-the-Wall
Café

Deanna Dickinson McCall
Advice

Cow Country Code
Feral Words
Gifts in the Hay
The Hired Hand
Hot Iron
Old Ones 

Allen McCandlessClassic Cowboy Poetry
The Cowboy's Soliloquy

McCloud (Davey Lee George)
30 and Found
Ageless Beauty Fair
Arlyne's gi'tar
Arroyo
Big Roan
Bunkhouse Christmas Eve
Canyon Madness
Christmas Eve
A Christmas Story
Clouds
Cowboy in Love
Cowboys and Christmas
Cowboy's Way
A Cowboy's Way
Cowboys
Damned Cows!
Dangerous Trail
Dark Trail
Drought
Frosty Morning
Getting Home
Gittin' Away
Going to Tucson
Going West
Gold
Happy New Y'ar
He Wolf
Hoss and Rider
Hoss fer Sail 
John McCloud, foreman
Keepin' Honest
Lineshack Rider
Longhorns
Lookin' 'round 
Mean Hoss
Morning on the Trail
Mountain Storm
Mustang
The Newfoundlander and the Bull
Night Music
Night Thoughts
Nighthawk
Nighttime Desert
Not me, Cowboy!
Ol' Mike
Old Timer
The Pinto Mare
Prairie Fire
Range Rider
Riding in the Rain
Rodeo Rider
Sad Plight
Sand
Sights and Sounds along the Trail
A Small Miracle
The Three Year Old

Lauren McCluskey
Morning Ride

John Temvik McClusky
Last Call

Don McCrary
Bull Rider's Prayer
The Death's Head Bull
My First Love
Not Yet...

William Donald McCrary
The Riders

Monte R. McDonald 
Cowboy Poetry
Springtime in Nevada

Tammy McDonald
A Sign of the Times 
Teaching Girls to Pack 
Anam Cara - Soul Friends (for Larry McWhorter)

Terry McGahey
A Cowboy's Life

Garth "Tex" McHenry 
How to Speak Texan...

Don MacIntosh
Ole Jake

Bill McKay
Last Dance
The Waddie

Ben McKenzie 
Another Old Cowboy Has Died
Barb Wire
Christmas at McCreaty's
The Drifter
Grandma and the Cowboy
Make Mine a Cowgirl

Mark McMillan
The Gold Rush Trail
Guests!
Haulin' Cattle
Hayin' in the Cariboo
If I'd a

Slim McNaught
At a Cowboy Pace
Between My Horse's Ears
A Bull in the Kitchen
A Christmas Thought
Closin' the Gate
Cold Weather Feedin'
This Cowboy Thing
A Gift from the Past
Hayin' Time
Headin' Home
The Job
The Kissin' Tree
The Last Cowboy
Lookin' Back
The Memory
Memories From the Past
Memories in the Mist
National Day of the American Cowboy
The Old Roller Towel
Prairie Bones
Reminiscin'
Rod's Pinpoint of Light for Rod Nichols
The Snubbin' Post Currently one of 8 Seconds
Spring in South Dakota
The Tale of "A Christmas Tale"
Where the Hard Grass Meets the Sky
The Wrangler

Rod McQueary
The Chicken Outfit
For Woody
lander evening
Mad Jack's Dog

Wallace McRae
Boot Shoppin'
Malcolm and the Stranglers
Reincarnation

Urban Daughter

Billy McRea
Froggy Friends (fragment)
Grass

Denise McRea
Empty Houses
Irrigating...Why I Do It
Ranch Wife's Resume
Plain Ol' Red

Chrissy K. McVay
Cowboy Cody's Ride

Larry McWhorter
The Red Cow
Gate Session
Johnny Clare
I'll Meet You at the Throne

Trampas McWhorter
Dude
From a Cowboy to a Soldier
My Job
Two Track

 

M

Walt Makowski
"I Will Fight No More, Forever" Chief Joseph, Nez Perce 

Howard D. Mallison
Brown Mule
Granny's Crochet Hook
A Glance Back
Ode To An Eastern Cowboy

Carol Malnar
Calling up the Horses
Prairie Rose
We Must Abide

Peggy Malone
Appaloosa Running Through my Mind
My Cheyenne Cowboy
Singin' A Cowboy Song

Larry Mapes
Gettin' Old
The Last Link
Line Camp Cowboy
One More Time
Phone on the Range

Tom J. Mariani
It May Not Seem Fair

Alan J. Martin
Slim 

Janalee Martin
Close to Timber
Forever
The Long Rope

Zach Martin
8 Second Ride
Almost the Perfect Horse
Bulldogger's Creed
Clownin Around
Colorful Character of a Clown 
The Cowboy Test
Toughen Up

Gabriel Martinez
God Bless the Cowboy

Jacob Martinez
Wide Open Pastures

Rick Martinez
Last Prayer
The Newborn
The Storm

Tim R. "Doc" Mason
The Bull Ride
Catch Up Time
Educated Cowboy
Life Goes On
Panhandle Wind
The Ostrich and the Cowboys
Stephenville on the Bosque

Jean Mathisen see Jean A. Haugen

Bruce Matley
The Ranch that I Can't See

Mary Bursell Maupin
Broomstick Cowboy
A Cowboy's Vision
Fowl Land Development
Government Help Wanted
Home Alone
The New Mechanical Age
Nighthawk Cowboy
The Patent Leather Sheriff
Peculiar Characters
The Rebellious Ostriches
The Rim of August
Tales of the Plains
Stage Flight #1993
Stumpy Joe's Sow

Larry Maurice
Cashbaugh Summer
Damn it!
For Sale By Owner...
I Am America
I Wish I Could Have Seen It
It's That Time Again
Peace on Earth
Perched on Castle Peak
She Was Always The Music

Mag Mawhinney 
Christmas on the Homestead
A Cowboy's Christmas Eve
A Cowboy's Romance
A Dying Breed
Holding On
Molly
Those Who Have Gone Before
Time for Ponderin'
Winter Range

Dick E. May
Old Reb

Doc Mayer
Cow Talk

Frances Henry "Frank" Maynard Classic Cowboy Poetry
Bill Springer's Hand
The Black Cat
The Cowboy's Lament (Streets of Laredo) 
Farewell to the Plains
On the Trail
Passing of the Old Frontier
A Reckless Cowboy

Renee Meador
Feedin' Time
Socks

Tobie Medina
untitled poem

Al Mehl
At His Own Pace
The Brand New Year
Cowboy Pottery
A Cuttin' Horse
Fence Posts Made of Stone
The Gift
The Great Depression
The Great Divide
Headin' Home
High Water Mark
I'd Rather Be...
The Mav'rick
No Room at the Inn
Ol' Muley
Room with a View
Round up the Cavvy Again
Scopin’ the Bosque
Someday
Star of Wonder
Tanning

Lyn Melnechenko
Cowboy's Best Friend
Friends Are Where You Find Them
Winning the Lottery

Jon Messenger
When the Purple Shadows Fall

Lyn Messersmith
Outside
Scoop

Unfinished Business

Joyce Metzger
Best I R'Collect
Can't Recollect When Hit Was Eber
Dos Shorthorns
Seems Like

D. Harvey Meyer
A Chip Off the Old Block

Debra G. Meyer
The Boots
Bull Fightin'
The Evenin' Feed
The Horseman

Gary Wm. Midge
Ballad of the Badlands
Espresso Blues
Josh
The Old Homeplace
The Stranger

Trish Millard
You Think You're a Horseman 

Beckie A. Miller
Companions

Harold Roy Miller
The Buck Stops Here
Cattle Call
Christmas Cap Pistol
Christmas Night Ride
A Christmas Tall Tale
Cowboy Dream
Delbert
Educated Cowboy
A Filly I Could Not Tame
First Light
A Fun Dreary Day
Hindsight
I Must Find That Herd
Inside Fences
Memories of Love
Mustang Band
Ranch Hands
Ranch Wife
Red Rider
The Old Cowboy Rhymer
Schreiber Valley
Western Jollification
Worthwhile Ride
What It's Worth

Joaquin Miller  Classic Cowboy Poetry
Midnight Pencillings

Rod Miller  Current Lariat Laureate
An Apology to Readers, Sort of, But More Like an Explanation or Maybe an Excuse
Bad Road
The Bottom Line
Cowboy Coffee
Cowboy Defined
Cowboy Trail

Devil of Devil Creek
The E. S. L. Ranch
Feral  

Five Ways Cowboy Poetry Fades in the Footlights (prose)
Forecast
Gone to Town
A Good Hand With a Rope
A Guide to Ranching for the Politically Correct
Haiku for a Former Rounder
Heads or Tails
The July 20, 1999 Tranquility Base Stampede and Rodeo
Learning the Ropes
Long May it Wave
Luck (Not Exactly the Beginners Kind) 
Migrations
Morning Glory
Mule Whisperer
Noteworthy  
Peace and Quiet
Red Meat
Stopping By Woods
Tabula Rasa
What Goes Cowboy Up 
Womb to Tomb (for Marlowe)
Year 2002 Diet Resolution

Bonnie Mills
A Nebraska Morn

Kendra Minger
Being a Cowboy
A Cowboy's Good-bye
He Never Said He Loved Her
Nuts and Bolts

Sig Mischnick
New Way

Mislette the Singing Cowgirl
Crimson Prairie Rose, with Rod Nichols

Waddie Mitchell
Recipe for a Cowboy Poet (about Chris Isaacs)
Story with a Moral

Janice Mitich
Big Trouble
Buck Ramsey (in memory)
Cat Fishin'
The Christmas Ox
The Coggin's Test (for Mason Coggin)
A Cowboy's Opus
Cowboy Up
The Fluteway
The Last of the Cowboys (by her father, George Prell)
Leadin' the Way
Line Camp (in the Cowboy Memories project)
Nana's Rollin' Pin
A New Year's Goose
Omachalakwa
A Prairie Rose (for Carol Malnar)
Queen of the West (for Dale Evans)
A Rancher's Wife
Takin' the Tally
Tears for Mt. Lemmon
Thanks for the Poem
Where Do We Go From Here?
The Windmill Women

D. R. Monterrose
A Day at the Ranch

Whitney MontgomeryClassic Cowboy Poetry
Death Rode a Pinto Pony

Joe Moon
Dreamin'
Drought
Rough String Rider
You Want to Be a Cowboy?

J. D. Moor
Cowboy's Day

Janie Lee Moor
Horse Crazy
When the Wind Blows (More Than the Bough Breaks)

Mike Moore
20 Some Odd Years Ago
21st Century Cowboy
The Mule Skinner and the School Marm

Harry "Breaker" Morant Classic Cowboy Poetry
Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now

Frank "Two Jump" Morris
The Real Gallopin' Gourmet

Robin Morris
Cowboy
Cowboy's Painting
Honey Can you Help Me A Minute
Skiing

Vern Mortensen
The West That Was
Range Cow in Winter
Badger

Jane MortonCurrent Lariat Laureate
Adrenaline Rush, Matt's Story 
Antelope Estates
Bijou View
Branding
Bryce's Canyon
Childhoods
Christmas Love
Christmas MemoriesChristmas Turkeys
Christmas Voices
Cody's Christmas Present
Coloring the Horses
Connected
The Cottonwoods 
The Cows Came First
Cow's and Kids
Cowboy Poetry
Dick's Story
Drought Time Along the Santa Maria 
Grandma's Roses
Grazin' Rights
Hand in Hand
His Tractor
Horse Thieves
Memories of Place
The Men Who Rode with Custer
Mom Thought She Married a Teacher
Mom's Birthday
Mom's Job
Montgomery Wards
New Year Toast (2008)
No Bull
A Real Cowman
Old Reddy
Partners
Plains Blizzard
Pot Luck
Prairie Fire
Ranch Beginnings (prose, in Western Memories Project)
Ranch Christmas
Ranching Tales
Robert May's Story
Seein' Santa
Spellbound
The Spirit of Christmas
Steamboat 1896-1914
Summer '34
Straw Barn (in Western Memories Project)
Teddy
Trail Driver
Turning to Face the Wind
When Grandpa Bet the Farm (in Western Memories Project)
When the Grass Greens Up This Spring
Wild Horses

R. J. (Dick) Morton 
City Kid

A. Kathy Moss
Day's End
Echoes
Of Grace and Grit
Songs Less Traveled
Wink, Nod and Sigh

Mike Moutoux
Headin' Home
High Dollar Man

Mark Munzert
Ranch Rain

Mike Murray
The Card
Of Things Organic

Curly Jim Musgrave
(Big Enough to Wear) My Daddy's Hat
Cowboy in a Hardhat
Curly's Song
Father to Father 
The General Store
The Heritage
Only a Cowboy Knows, with Belinda Gail 
Prairie Silent Night
Thanks (The Old Cowboy's Prayer)

Ed Myers
The Cowboy Life
A Good Day's Ride
Movin' High to Low

N

Berta Hart Nance Classic Cowboy Poetry
Cattle

Madeleine Nattrass
Real Cowboys

Jimmi Naylor
Edith
Reyes Clan
Sweet Thing

Wayne Naylor
The Heifer

Lee Neill
Cowboys and Country Boys

Andy Nelson
Amen, But ... (prose)
Bovine Converging Stabismus

The Box R Cavvy
The Cat Wrangler
Cowboy Poet
Hogzilla
I Sold My Saddle
Just a Cowboy
Max's Last Ride
Mud Season
My Shoeing Rig
No Man's Land
Only a Cowboy Knows, with Don Kennington
The Old Crockett Spurs
Ridin' with Jim tribute
Thank You for Your Support with Kip Calahan
The Worst One to Buck

Drue Nelson
The Lesson

Duane Lee Nelson
She Don't Mean Much to Me

Joel Nelson
Here's Looking at You
Inside War
On Finding Someone
Roundup Time
Scotty
While I Sleep

Lindsey Nelson  
Cowboy Blues

Rob Nelson
Christmas in July

Rodney Nelson
Christmas at Sims
Christmas on the Prairie
Dakota Fresh Air
ND Forecasts
Good Clean Fun
The Proposal
Up Sims Creek

Ed Nesselhuf 
Autumn Harvest
Bart's Freckles
Child of the Open
Dances with Bulls
Edges
Pounding Hooves

Rod Nichols Current Lariat Laureate
Angels Round The Campfire
At His Own Pace
At the Jollification
A Badger Clark Christmas
Bill Pickett
The Book That Coosie Left
Boots
Bringing Home Christmas
Bucky
Buffalo Soldier
Bull Rider
Cheyenne Buckle
Christmas at the Bunkhouse
Christmas Comes to Line Camp
The Christmas Corral
A Christmas Journey
A Christmas Mem'ry

Christmas Round the Campfire
A Christmas Tale
Cowboy 4th of July
A Cowboy Christmas Carol
Cowboy Heaven
A Cowboy's Christmas Eve
A Cowboy's Letter
A Cowboy's Poem
Cowboy Poetry
The Cowboy Sailor
Cowboy Service
Crimson Prairie Rose, with Misslette the Singing Cowgirl
Cutter Bill's Fourth of July
A Dad's Prayer
Dad's Way
Deep October
Dust
Easter Sunday Mornin'
End of Day
Faded Love
A Fine Romance
Full Circle
Grandpa's Tale
Great Day for a Cowboy
Headin' In
Hildalgo
Home from South Dakota
In God's Hands
An Irish Cowboy
An Irish Cowboy's Song
The Last Cattle Car
The Line Camp Cat
A Little Bit of Shade
Little Bit of Texas
Little Britches
Louie (Tribute to  Louis A. Carle)
Moses Rose 
Neath a Christmas Eve Sky
New Year's at Cutter Bills
New Year's Eve
Odie's Bath
Old Hand
Pedernales
A Penny's Worth
A Pinpoint of Light
Poker Night
Prairie Rose (for Yvonne Hollenbeck)
A Rancher's Pride
Ridin' Out
Rivers of Texas
Rodeo, Ranchin' and Rhymes
Romancin' the Stone
Rooster 
Roundup
Saddle Knowledge (Only A Cowboy Knows), with Scott Bumgardner
Salt Grass Trail
A Sea of Grass
Seein' Santa
Simply the Best
The Space On The Bunkhouse Wall
Style
Talent
Texas, From a Saddle
Texas Saddle
A Thanksgiving Mem'ry
The Thing Upon the Trail
Thoughts
Three Godfathers
Tipperary
To the Boys at Cutter Bill's Bar
T. R. (Tribute to T. R. Stephenson)
Trail Cook
The Trail that Leads to Home
A Visit to the Camp
Windy
Yep

Tom Nichols
Country Trading
Cutting Calves
Elouise
Huckleberry Hoedown
The Laming Sheds
Milking Time
Ranch Raised

Corrie Nickeson
"Down" in Cheyenne

Gregg Norman
Cowboy Thinkin'
Damn Dust
Daybreak
God Bless the Dudes
Grazin'
Horse of a Different Color
Just an Old Barn

Howard Norskog
Doing Just Fine
Just an Old Saddle
Last Days
An Old Cowboy's Christmas
The Salmon River Breaks

Dixie Northcott
Ode to Jim Glover

 

O

Jim Odell
Day's End
Grandpa's Wisdom 
The Life Of A River
Spring in the Air

Will Ogilvie Classic Cowboy Poetry
Hooves of the Horses
The Pearl of Them Alll

Eddie O'Hara
The Picture Show Drovers

Calli Oiestad
The Trail's End

D. J. O'Malley Classic Cowboy Poetry
After the Roundup (When the Work's All Done This Fall)
Busted Cowboy's Christmas
A Cowboy's Soliloquy
"Crow Rock, Deadman Creek, Blaisdale Butte" prose excerpt
The "D2" Horse Wrangler
"The Experiences of the F U F Roundup Crew Caught in the Cloudburst of June 1891" prose excerpt
"Where Custer Fell" prose excerpt

Gene O'Quinn
Cowboy Verse
The Cowman's Question
Mickey and the Week-old Calf
'Nuther Lean Winter Comin'
A Ranger's Ranger
The Reciter
Something Special
A Texas Teenager's Week-end Education
Toast the Texas Longhorns
Tools of the Trade
Uncle Hub's Saddle Horse

Fred Ortiz
Cowboy's Prayer

D. K. Osborn
The Nor'easter
Perspective
Stammerin' Spence
The Stand-Off
There Come a Rain
Timing

Nancy Ouding
The Cowboy and the Quarter Horse

Leon Overbay
Children's Christmas Play
The Cross-Eyed Bull
The Grave Digging

Ken Overcast
Givin' a Little Back 
The Longhorn-Harley Davidson Cross
Montana Lullaby
Ol' Fishhook
A Cowboy's Christmas Prayer 

Jim Owen
The Drought
The Night Was Quiet
One Last Talk
One of Those Nights Before Christmas
The Prickly Pear Patch
The Rim
Sam T. Nickles
A Song In His Heart
The Widow's Sister 

David Owens
Hold On!

Joe Owens
The Grocery Line

Ray Owens
Alibi Ike
Are You A Cowboy, Mister?
The Boy In The Little Black Hat
First You Feed Your Horse
January Roses
The Saddle His Granddaddy Rode
Some Things Just Never Change
Spellbound
Tracks that Won't Blow Out

Carol Oxley
The Christmas Stocking
 

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Jim "Cowboy Jim" Packard
Alabaster Face
The Anonymous Cowboy
The Nightingale
Ode to Jesse James
Packard's Poker Palooza
Rattlesnakes

Dale E. Page
Christmas at the Line Shack
Cyclone in the Pines
In Memory of Shorty O'Hare
Jack's Cabin
Jenny's Colt
Once We Were Kings

The Thoroughbred Filly

Larry Palmer
Clown'n Around 
Early Morn'n Cowboy "WARNING"
Let'er Buck
A Young Man

Howard Parker
1935 - 2004
The Cowboy Poet
Horse Tradin'
Just Another Indian
The Passin' of an Era
The Thermometer

Susan Parker
Cowboy Kinda Girl

Poet's Lament
Final Ride
Late Born Foal
Painted Pony
Spiritual Source
A Time to Heal (prose)

Ed Parrish
The Automatic Rope
The Christmas Ejection Saddle
The Dallas Nose-hair Mutiny
Hang Him
Circle Flies
Dropping Off

Tom Parrish
All in a Day's Work

Jim Parsons
Cowgirl
First Flight
The Quilt

Jerrie Paschal
Blue Eyed Dog

John Pasqualotto
The Dent on My Head
One Last Gather 
Picture Perfect
Startin' Off Right is the Right Thing to Do
What the Heck You Are Thinking

S. J. Passamonte
A Christmas Thought 
For Cocoa
He Sits Alone
Her One Mistake
In the Barn on Christmas Eve
Jinglebobs a Ringin'
Memories Etched In Leather
Prairie Fire
Them What's Gone Before
Where the Tall Wildflowers Grow

A. B. "Banjo" Paterson Classic Cowboy Poetry
An Answer to Various Bards
Clancy of the Overflow
A Dog's Mistake
The Geebung Polo Club
In the Droving Days
Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve
Santa Claus
Santa Claus in the Bush
The Man From Snowy River

Perry Payne
The Best Color
A Little Boot
Ridin' Bulls
Spurs

Shad A. Pease 
Brandin' Time
The Chill
Christ Died for Cowboys Too
Panic in the Privy
Passin’ it Down
Phantom Gold
Stampede

Chad Peer with Bandy Earl
Grandpa Lee (for Lee Earl)

Sharon Peeples
Her Life Has Been the Best  

Donna Penley
The Christmas Tree Angels

Gord Perry
A Bunch of Belties
The Cyber Cowboy
Hop-a-Long-Hiccup
The Rancher and the Veggie Queen
Winding Down at River Ranch

Bob Petermann
Old Cowboy Waltz
Ranching's Final Stand

Gwen Petersen
Cowboy Poetry
A Cussin' Woman
Those Damned Wire Gates
The Legacy  

H. J. "Hoss" Peterson
Freedom in the Flame
The Horse Psychic
A Prayer for Man and Horse
Why Do You Do It?

Katherine Fall Pettey Classic Cowboy Poetry
Contentment
The Cowpunch and James Whitcomb Riley
The Ladies of the Canyon
Morning on the Desert
A Song of the Plains
The Women That Don't Fit In

Shadd Piehl
All My Relations
Rider's Lament
Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Rick Pitt
Angel of the West
Big Al
A Cowboy Is
Cowboys Rule
Daddy's Eyes
Dallas
Hell's Half Acre
No More
Old Soldiers
One Hell of a Ride
Outlaws and Saints

Verlin PittCurrent Lariat Laureate
An Acquired Taste
Big Jim McLane
Billy the Skid
Black Jack
Buttercup
Can't Be Done
The Cougar Gap Incident
A Class Act
The Cowboy Way
Desert Rat 
Dog-gone
A Friend in Need
A Good Ride
Grim for the Reaper
Little Moe the Wrangler
The Mule Whisperer 
Mustang Mania
Rawhide
Silent Thunder
The Spread
The Surprise
Tainted Honey
Turk Wiggin's Last Song
Wind River Whompus
World's Greatest Bullrider

Kimber Plemons
Rescued

Edgar Allen PoeClassic Cowboy Poetry
El Dorado

Kathie Poirier
The Rancher's Wife

Tom Pollard
Ahm a Cowboy
The Cowboy's Lament
The Great Race

Norm Popp
Boots
The Last Cowpoke
The Legend of Speckled Chief
The Musical Steed

Wade Porter
Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles, 1929

Chelsea M. Portra
The Lone Ranger

Harry Noyes Pratt Classic Cowboy Poetry
The Ballad of Frisco Kate's

George Prell 
The Last of the Cowboys

Jim Prentice
That Old 8N Ford

Jean Prescott
Fair Blows the Wind with Gary Prescott
Old Hank Morgan's Place with Dee Strickland Johnson
Saddle Tale
with Yvonne Hollenbeck

Jan Price
A Cowboy's Guiding Star
A Moment's Grace
In Their Own Time

Bob Prinselaar
Flying Lesson

Perry Pruitt
A Closer Look
The "Plain" Facts
Western Treasure

Mike Puhallo
Ambushed

Back in the Saddle
Bad Days Make Good Stories
Balancing the Books
Bawlin' Calves and Burnin' Hair
Branding Time 2006
Burning Daylight!
Canada
A Chilcotin Halloween
Christmas Shopping
Countdown to Christmas
Cow Country Christmas Memory
A Cowboy Christmas
Cowboy for a Day
Cowpoke Déjŕ Vous
A Crayon-Colored Santa
The Daily Chicken Run
Daybreak at Twilight Ranch
Deadman Creek, Blizzard
Doc Mason
Does This Mean the Drought is Over?

Dog Creek, Where Our Traditions Began  
The Dream Team of the Cariboo
Drifters
Economy of Summer 2003 
Elko
An Equine Economy
Everywhere But Here?
Face to Face
First Sign of Summer!
First Snow
A First Taste of Spring!
Full Moon
G. M. O.?
The Graduate
The Guy on the Radio Says It's Spring!
Hangin' On
Happy Birthday BC
Heck It Could Have Been Worse!
Hi Finance
The Highway Calls!
Home From Winter Range
Home on the Range
Horses Aren't That Gullible
IF He Could Read My Mind?
"If you got the money, Honey...I got the time."
It Ain't Easy Being Green
Jingle Bells!!
Jump Start Your Day
Kinda Chilly Huh?
Last Week of Summer
Lest We Forget
Life's Little Mysteries

Little White Lies
Living Green Without Even Trying!
Louis Lebourdais, Smartest Man in the Cariboo
The Math Don’t Work!
Merry Procrastination?
 
My Four-Legged Muse
My Ponies
Natural Selection
Never Look Back
A New Day
A New Year a New Day!
Ode To Chee Witt
Ode to Robbie Burns
Off to the Rodeo!
Old Trails
Patience, Trust and A Little Luck
Priorities
Resolutions!
Ridin' Rhymes
Rumors...
Running in the Team
A Scene That's Best Unseen
Scour Pills and Roses
Signposts Along the River
Small Boys, Trains, and Outlaws
Sold!
Some Cows
Some Cows Want to Come Home, Some Don't
Soul Mates?
Spooked!
Spring Wake Up Call!
Springtime in the Rockies
Steep Slopes and Green Horses
A Tale of Two Roans
Tales of the Cariboo Trail
That Ol’ Dumb-Ass Feeling
The Turkey Roundup
Turn Out Time
Understanding the March Hare!
The Upside of Fall
An Uptown Affair
Valentine's Day on the Ranch
Walk Up, Run Down!
What are You Doing Hiding Here When All Your Buddies are in New York?
What's It All About Charlie Brown
Where Did All Them People Come From?
Whinny, (From The Valley of the Wild Horses)
White Bulls in the Snow
Wild Horse Christmas
Young Horses, Cool Mornings


R

Steve Ralph
I Saw the Man from Snowy River Ride

Helene Renee Ramsay
Brandin' Time
A Cowboy's Life

Buck Ramsey 
Anthem from "And As I Rode Out on the Morning" 
Christmas Waltz
Dunder Defining
One
from "And As I Rode Out on the Morning" 
A Ponder from "And As I Rode Out on the Morning" 

Jim Rathell 
Ode to Sandy

Phyllis Rathwell
A Gentle Prod

Lorraine Rawls
Through Her Eyes

Erica Ray
The Land of the Cowgirls

John Reedy
Buckaroo Girl
Aspen & Alpenglow
Beautiful Cubicle

J. K. Reese
Bad Pete's Comin' to Town
Faded Rose
My Cowboy Dreams
My Story
Th' Rest o' th' Story
Why I Love Cowgirls

Mike Reese
A Chosen Few
Handing Down the Reins
A Twilight Song

Eben E. Rexford Classic Cowboy Poetry
The Ride of Paul Venarez

James David Reitz
Christmas Eve at the Silver Dollar Saloon
The Corporate Cowboy
A Cowboy's Christmas Eve
Going Back
Introspection
The Jury
A Little Argument with the Lord

Jackie Rezzonico
Double Trouble

Dave Rhodes
Out Here at Butte Station
Sleep is a Ghost Rider
Take Me Back to Tullemore
We're the Riders

William A. (Bill) Richards
Down the Fenceline

Bobby L. Richardson
Last Man Standing

Pat Richardson
The Auction
 
Benny's Cabin 
Benny's Funeral, with Yvonne Hollenbeck
Bigfoot
Billy Baker
Christmas Cheer
The Confession
Cowboy Banker
A COWBOY (through a heifer's eyes)
The Cow Boss
Ed's Cow Dog 
Ed's Funeral
Ed in Elko
The Evaluation
Here's to the Cowboys
How to Make a Cowboy
Howard Parker
a tribute to Howard Parker 
Howdy Friend
I Never
Jackie & Johnny
Merry Christmas
Morning Mist
On the Trail
Our Song
Roundup in the Spring
Second Thoughts
Shep's Poetry
Stop Me
Things a Cowboy Knows, with Kip Calahan
Yvonne Hollenbeck

Chris Riedmueller
I've Hat Me Some Schoolin

Randy Rieman
Leaving Camp

Doyle James Rigdon
The Competition
One Leg
Out in the Cypress
Ropin' the Haredics

Jo Lee T. Riley
Big Bear
Holdin' On
Old Suicide
The Rancher
This Cowhand's Life
A Tip of the Hat
What My Mom's Made Of

James Whitcomb RileyClassic Cowboy Poetry
Decoration Day on the Place
Little Orphant Annie
When the Frost is on the Punkin

Ted Risberg
The O' Man in Red
There'll Be Horses in Heaven

Rolf D. Ritschel
The Last of the Western Heroes

Garrett Ritter
The Ride

Rich Roach
A Cowboy Christmas
Feastin' Time!
Gus 'n Me
Homeword

William Robbins
The Claim
The Ghost Town
Gunny-Sack Bill

Kal Roberts
A Real Cowboy

Gary Robertson
The Cotton Patch
Ruby

Two Hours, One Day a Week

Neal A. Robertson
Buffalo Ride

Michael Robinson
Breakfast with My Horse
Buckaroo Boy of the Bronx
But I Can't Say I Care Much for Cows
The Cowboy Sinner's Song
The Darlin' of Eastland
The End of the Drought
Holy Mackerel, You're My Kind of Gal
It'll Just Have to Wait
Just a Little Ranch House
Music on the Wind
My Friend
The Night Watch
The Old Stock Trailer
Prairie Memories
The Real Cowboy Checklist
Savin' the Ranch
Seasons of the Cowboy
Tribute to Lane Frost:  The Earth's a Fickle Mama
The Weaver from Hell 
Windstorm of the Century
Yes, Ma'am.  Just Call Me Slim

Francine Roark Robison
America's Heroes 
Bull Rider's Lament
A Cowboy Christmas
The Cowboy Christmas Ball
Envy
The Farmer's Wife

Fixin' to Get Excitin'  
Growin' up Cowboy -- and Cowgirl!
Home Cookin'
I See Wild Horses Running Free
It's Saddlin' Up Time
Lonely
North to Abilene
The Prodigal Cowboy
Ride, Little Cowboy
Roger and the Rattlesnake
Roll On
Rude Awakening
Rusty Spurs
Thanksgiving
Trail Makers
When Daddy Came Home From the Field
When Summer Days Have Shortened
When I Grow Up

Mason Rockafellow
10 Years Gatherin'
.

Ken Rodgers
Bard

Wayne Rogers
Rabbits Revenge

Lincoln Rogers
Christmas Message
Couldn't if I Tried
December's Trail Home
From Ashes
Honorable Mention
I Knew Him
Last Long Ride
A Life Untamed
The Most of It
The Pilfered Slice
Ride the Light
Ride with Him Again
To Be, Or...
Won't Give Up

Steve Rohlman
A Visit From St. Nick?

Kent Rollins
Frugal Cowboy Meal
Horseshoes and Heaven
The Vision

Bruce Roseland
Branding Cattle
Just Another Day at the Ranch

Prairie Prayer
Premature Calf
Remember Me
The Staff of Life

The Tale of Two Seasons

Jim Ross
Prayer on the Wind

Sherri Ross
Jake
Seasons

Connie Rossignol
Addendum to In Defense of Donkeys
Connie's Resume
Do Real Cowgirls Eat Soy?
For Paul and Lisa
In Defense of Donkeys
A Matchin' Team
Of Donkeys and Reindeer 
Stampede Strings
Thanks, Doc

Norm Rourke
Anazazi
Christmas Comes in a Chevy Truck
Emmett Dalton at Horsethief Canyon
The Fiddler
The Ghost
It's How You Think, Cowboy
Just Another Cowboy
The Legend
Little Jake
Lost Love
Love Lost
Luther Morse
Peaceful Valley Town
Pioneer Woman
The Stranger
The Truth of the West
This Old Hat

Djinn Ruffner
Another Day

Dennis Russell
Is This the Last Gather?
Just His Life
That Old Yellow Horse

George Ray Russell
The Extra Bonus

John G. Russell, III 
Sagebrush Serenade

S   

Col. Mike Sacher
Sold His Saddle

Braska Sackett
Smart Man

Janis Saket
His First Lesson

Rusty Salmon
Mornin' Musings
My Introduction to Rural Life
Never Too Late

Jack SammonCurrent Lariat Laureate
After the Wet 
Droving Memories
The Drovers Reunion
Edna Zigenbine
Looking Back
On the Road with Rocklands Cattle (story in the Cowboy Memories project)
Rusty Spurs
Talawanta (story in the Cowboy Memories project)
Those Droving Days
Visions of the Past
The Wet

Earl Sampson
A Little Bit of Lickin'

Harvey T. Sampson 
Aces and Eights
The Buckle
Store Bought Teeth

May Sanders
Going Home
Hey-Day

Terry Sanders
Casey's Out Tonight
It Still Takes a Cowboy

Deidre Santesso
On the Rails

Bruce Satta
A Bit Colder
Boot Hill
Butterfly
The Cagy Lot
Checkin' Every Post for Rod Nichols
Chisholm Lullaby
Christmas Eve, Near Rabbit Creek
Chuckles
A Corner of Heaven
The Cowboy Poet
Easy Into Mornin'
Fact That I'm Believin'
For My Valentine
For the Dust
Grampa Is A Feisty Sort
Headin' for Home
In the Mornin' Hours
Notes on Lonesome Crick
Onward, Ever Onward
Pickup Lines
Santa's Hat
September in Wyoming
Shadows of Change
Somethin' in the Air
A Story or Two
Temperance
When You and I Are Old
Where The Rainy Days Are Sunny

Lori Saulsbury
Wild Horses

Charlette Sause
Running on Instinct
Sandhills Robin Hood
The Scent of Rain
The Trap
Trails

Cleo Savage
Cosinero
I Rode With Bob Wills

Fred Scalzo
Lullaby for My Cowdog

Cade Schalla
Colored Water
Nuts and Bolts
When Cowboys Saved Christmas

Lesley Schatz
Coyote Moon
Song of the Wind and the Rain
Wild, Lonesome Place

Rex Schechter
The Quarter Horse

Ivy Schexnayder
Horse and Rider

Kevin Schieffer
Cowboys
Ridin' Bulls

Bob Schild
The Button and the Champ
Christmas 2003
College Cowboy
The Cowboy, Passing of a Legend
Light the Board
Lockjaw Virgil
The Long Ride
Marauder
Miserable Bill
Ode to an Old Friend
Poetic Horses
Quick Ride
Ride for Ninety-One
Roundup on The Blackfoot
The Rustler
Santa Comes Calvin'
Shorty
Two of a Kind

Charlene Schilling
The Ballad of Jo-Ann Lee
I'm Not An All-Round Cowboy 
Understanding

Jerry Schleicher
Catchin' the Local News
The Chigger Blues
Decoratin' with Memories
The Gambler and the Dairyman
Headquarters Motel
Hopper Invasion
In Time for Christmas
An Inch or Two of Rain
The Last Bouquet
The Legend of the Missouri Mule
Livin' in Hail Alley
Midnight Spectre
Night Thoughts
Ode to Road Hogs
The Old Walking Plow
The Parts Run
The Road Hunters
The Schoolhouse Christmas Tree
The Scotts Bluff County Fair
Stackin' Hay Ain't for Sissies
Where Spring Comes Late
White-on-white

Johnie Schneider
The Black Beauty 

Tiff Schneider
The Measure of Life

Joe Schonert
A Cowboy's Job

Michael "Coyote" Schroll 
At the Airport
The Cowboy and the Cowgirl
The Cowboy Poet
Fright
High on a Hill
Smudged Glass
A Wild Place

James B. Scoville
The Old Elk Speaks

Sandy Seaton
Code of the West
Horse Training 101
The Wolf

J. D. Seibert
An Allergic Reaction
The Bachelor Buckaroo
Chaps
The Creek
Galleries of the Heart for Joelle Smith 
Heart of the West
The Horse Psychic
Ropin' 101
Spurs

Ruth Sellnow
A Calling Out West

Katharina Sennholz
One of the Nights (When Civilization Hurts)

Robert ServiceClassic Cowboy Poetry
Anonymous
The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill 
The Ballad of Hard Luck Henry
Ballad of One-Eyed Mike
Clancy of the Mounted Police
The Cow-Juice Cure
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Dolls
Land of Beyond
The Men Who Don't Fit In
My Friends
My Masterpiece
The Parson's Son
The Quitter
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Spell of the Yukon
The Three Voices
A Trapper's Christmas Eve

Lloyd Shelby
A Cowboy's Prayer
Desert Angel
Devil Jack
The Gift
Memories
The Old Colt
Ole Blue
Rainman
The Stranger
Twenty-One Today -- A Trilogy
Young Buck

Lynn Sheppard
Cold Calf
Flip-Flop Wrangler
Grandpa's Cattle Drive
Laptop at the Chute
Prairie Storm, New Years 2007

William Bill Shiel
A Desert Hike (A Cowboy Retires)

Barry Shrader
My Pony Threw Me

Georgie Sicking
Be Yourself
Housewife
Old Bay
The Spirit of Christmas
A Time for Remembering
To Be a Top Hand

Jeremy Sigle 
On the Other Side of the Chutes

Darla Silva
Helping Hand

John Silveira
The Coat
Cowboy Christmas
Leather Creakin'
Time Alone

John David Simpson
The Cowboy Trail
The Coyote Calls

Bonita Sipe
The Poor Buckaroo

Paula Sisk
Cow Girl Wanna Be
Dry as a Bone
Dust (in Omar's saga)
Favorite Pair
Hardware
Indian Rain Dance
Sweet Lucille (The First Cowgirl)
The Thistle Wars
A Tribute to the Bandanna
Weed Wonderin'
Wet Weather Creek

Rhoda SivellClassic Cowboy Poetry
The Broncho Buster 
Come with Me to the Old Range 
The Cow-Girl
Happy Days 
The Motherless Calf 
The Old Saskatchewan 
Our Last Ride 
The Range Call
They Keep A-Stealing on You in the Night
Voices from The Range 

M. D. (Denny) Sisson
Old Buddies

Clara Smith
Memories for Joelle Smith

My Hero

Brad Smith (see French Camp Red)

Bryan (Bj) Smith
Rock Lake
The Snag

Willie P. Smith
Charlie's Fence
Cowboy's Talk with God
That Danged Horse
The Diamond Back
Forgotten Heroes
Ode to Jake
Rowdy
Winter of '79
You Keep the Mule

Jay SniderCurrent Lariat Laureate
Banjo and John
Biscuits
Burning Daylight
The Cattle Market
The Dream
Dying Breed
Four Little Words
A Good Day to be a Cowboy
He Always Rode Good Horses
Minor Adjustments
My Old Amigo Lum
Never Shop on Christmas Eve
Of Horses and Men
The Pearly Gates
Progress
A Real Cowboy Poet
Santa's Helper
Shorthorn Pete
Small Town America
Three Hundred Miles to Go
A Tribute to Tom
The Twister
Two of a Kind
Tyrone and Tyree

Ann Sochat
American Cowboys
And How I'd Ride
Cowboys Don't Cry
Cowboy Romance
The Coyote
A Good Lickin
Grandma
Heroes
Hoof and Mouth Disease
Tracking the Cat

Kip Sorlie
And Still the Story Grows
In Living Memory
Judgment
Not Yet
Remembering Fathers
Rings
RopeCurrently one of 8 Seconds
Who We Are

Chance Sowell
A Cowboy's Thoughts On The Fine Folks
A Cowboy's Time Machine 
The Dream
The Gravedigger Wins Either Way
Iron Horse Cowboy
The Long Ride Back Home
Nighthawkin' When Storm Clouds Blew In
Ode to My Old Friend Bo
Our Indian Friend 
The Preacher And Ol' Scratch
Rainy Day Prayer
Tribute To The Old BAR-D
Why I Don't Ride Bulls

Roy G. Sowers 
Little Joe

Connie Spittler
Looking at the Rillito River
Tom Mix, the Whoop-de-do, Bon Vivant Cowboy

Ezra Spur
The Ballad of Hank Holmes
Blue
The Bunkwife
Cowboy
The Cowboys
Dakota True 
Ode to the Quarter Moon
The Old Man
One Day on a Ride
Ordinary Joe
The Poets
The Reckoning of Asa Cane
Shaving Cream Santa Claus
Skunk Trouble
Somewhere Down the Trail
That Old Mousy Cow
The Tree
The Visit
Where the Blue Stem Grows
Wrecks

Dave Stamey
Spin That Pony

Newt Starr
By Gosh, By Gum & By Golly

Red Steagall
Born to This Land
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk

Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns
Born to Ride
Born to Ride (for Mattie Goff Newcombe)
Charlie (for Charlie Hunt)
Christmas Way Out West
Cowboy Heroes
The Explanation 
Fiddleback Headquarters
Givin Thanks
Grampaw's Elf
The Jing-Jangs
Kenneth
Livin' Free
Love Song to Wyoming
Ode to the Snubbin' Post
Our Dear Friend Homer
Our Jack 
Perfection in Art (for Kyle Evans)
Pullin' Leather
Rain
The Reason for Dead Deer
The Rest of the Story 
Rodeo Stock 
Shippin' 
Shippin' Points
A Size-able Quandry 
Spurs

Surprise!!
Two Cowboys
When Creaky Spawns Cranky
Wonderin'

Harry StephensClassic Cowboy Poetry
Night-Herding Song

Pat Stephenson
Just Another Day I
Just Another Day II
Just Another Day III
Just Another Day IV
Just Another Day V
Portrait of a Balladeer

TR Stephenson
Back to Texas
The Bible and the Pistol
Crimson Creek
The Back Trail
False Teeth
Fog from the Hills
He Cusses
I Was the Lady
The Lie
Listenin' to Their Prayers
The Live Oak Tree
Long Way from Texas
Never Get Old Man
The Onion and the Rat
Plowin'
Snow in Oklahoma
Ten Thousand Years
Tortillas
Warrior's Lament 
West Texas Wind

Erin Stern
October

Mike Stevens
Critique of Pure Reason
Little Snow
Old Ropin' Jack
A Rattlesnake's Lament

Gay LaRaine Stockdale
Forty Dollars And A Fifth Of Whiskey

Teresa Stockton
Big Sky Country

Doc Stovall
A Cowboy Knows, with Charles Williams
Epitaph

Escape
Mountain Camp
Reflections of an Irish Cowboy

Jody Strand
The Horseman
Shepherds

Jeff Streeby
The Ghost of Christmas Past 
Horses
John Siversten the Farrier's Horse
Johnny Has Gone for a Cowboy

Learnin' to Rope
Scatter the Mare
The Wild Crew

Current Selections from Sunday Creek:
D. J. O'Riley (1867-1943)
Ed Henson (1887-1940)
Epilogue, Six Black Horses, Part II  
Everett Hooker (1849-1880)
Huge Murphy (1844-1883)
Jack Rutledge (1854-1884)
John "Twister" McBride (1855-1922)
Little Bill, the Flunky (1871- 1882)
Mary Forrest Granville (1863-1886)
Phelim "Scratch" Brady (1853-1909)
Prudence Bradford (1850-1926)
Ranny Byrd (1854-1908)
Robert Ephraim Steele (1849-1910)
Seamus MacLeod (1811-1864)
Six Black Horses (prologue)
Wiley Rawlins (1867-1889)

Michelle Strickland
Definition of a Cowboy
Papa and Me

Bud Strom
Dry Lightning
Montana Angels
Race on the Wind

Lesley Stuart-Smith
Western Skies

Pat Sublette
Lambing in the Raw

Lawrence Swearingen
Hard Candy
A Legacy Passed

John Sweet
The Livestock of the Bible Lands, or, An Iraqi Rodeo
The Trooper

Colen Sweeten
Afterglow in Elko
Christmas Beneath the Stars
Daddy's Bells
Elko
Elko (2)
Ethie Corrigan
Famous -- Almost
Flying Cowboy
The Golden Years
Grandpa Goes to Town
Grandpa's Passing
In a Manger
Memories of Christmas
My Old Hat
The Philosopher
This Old Barn
Tip Your Hat
Trickle Down
Unseen Helper

Hal Swift 
Airbags!
Apache Joe 
Ballad of Dogie Munroe 
Bear Etty-kette
The Big Parade
Blackie, the Horse-Ridin' Dog
Blame it on Daylight Savin's Time
Bull Ridin' Ain't Easy
Candles on the Christmas Tree
Charlie's Thanksgiving Prayer
Christmas Hayride
Christmas on the Trail
Clifford, the Cow-Herdin' Cat
Cold Monday Mornin'
Colorado Dreams 
Condo Cowboy
Country Aroma
Cowboy Football
Cowboy Hog Butcher
Cowboy Poetry Week
The Cowboy That Nobody Wanted
Cowboy Way
Cowboy's Wife
Cowpoke's Funeral
The Cowpokes' Roll-Away Saloon
Dreams of a Workin' Man
The Drum Major
Father Eagle
First One to Daylight
A Fresh Loaf o'Bread
The Ghost of Wilkerson Woods
Goin' fer the Mail
Goldarn Cat
Hand-Me-Downs
Here's to Mom
High Plains Christmas
If Only We'd Had Some Rain
I'll Never Ride Drag Again 
The Language of Christmas
Left Behind
Legendary Cowboy Poet
Lester Seen the Elephant
The Lonely Yearlings
My First Rodeo
My Friend Clarence
New Year's Eve in Austin
The Patriot
Phantom Herd

Phylo Jenks's Bath
The Room at the End of the Hall
Rope Trick
Saddle Dreamin'
Santy Claus Has a Rule
Santy Claus Truly is Real
Santy West
Santy's Christmas Trick
Spanish Springs is Changin'
Sweet Desert Magic
That Cowboy Look
The Sculptor and the Cowboy Poet
Tortoises, Mustangs, an' Cows
The Twinkle Dust Machine
Uncle Jim Got to Carry the Flag
Waco and the Old Guitar Player
Warm Greeting
Wheelin' and Dealin'
When the Hired Hands All Quit
Write, er Git Left Behind

 

T

Dr. Julian Taber 
Ballad of a Bull Rider Bureaucrat
Crow's Autobiography

John E. Taylor
A Day in the Life of Two Young Herders

Scott Taylor
Only a Cowboy Knows with Woody Woodruff

Curtis Temple
On the Top Rail

Rich Templeton
Crossing the Canadian

Deborah Thomas
Mighty Tall Paul

Larry D. Thomas
Bob Wire
Lone Star
Poor Souls

Diane Thompson
Doug and Allen
Let Me Ride Him One More Time
Miss "B"
Movin' On
Sayin' Goodbye
Thank You
The Great Terrapin Race
Town and Country

Thomas Thornhill
Lucky

N. Howard "Jack" Thorp Classic Cowboy Poetry
Chopo
The Cowboys New Year Dance
Little Joe, The Wrangler
My Little Brown Mule
Old Paint
Speckles
What's Become of the Punchers?

T. Todd Thurman
The Old Man of El Centro 

Don Tidwell
Dilemma in Deadwood 
Poetic Competition (Cowboy Style)
The Rodeo Cowboy
Swish
Thoughts of an Aging Cowboy
Uncle Alvin

Stan Tixier
Bugger Red
A Day's Work
The Golden Spike 
John Henry's Ghost
Mustangs and Moonshine
The Rescue

Neal Torrey Current Lariat Laureate
Appaloosa
The Ballad of Whispering Boone
Celebrating Christmas in Big Piney, Wyoming
The Confession
Diamondbacks Are Not a Girl's Best Friend
Goat Christmas
Greasepaint and Guts
The Hoot Owl Killers
Horseshoes
The Laramie Kid
The Marshal and the Chicken Thieves 
The Newton General Massacre
Old Four-Eyes
The Piggin' String
Putting Shorty in the Ground
Riding the Grub Line
The Sojourner, a tribute to a cowboy poet
Thirsty
Twisted History
Western Wear 

Bill Toti
Rounding Them Up

Roger Traweek
Casey
A Cowboy Operation
Fozzie
The Gift
The Home Place
Home Place II - Requiem
Pickled Eggs An' Slim Jims An' Hot Mamas In A Jar
Roaney
Sam and Emma
So Long, Cowboy

Diane TribittCurrent Lariat Laureate
American Heroes
At His Own Pace
Bermuda Bay
My Birthday Gift
Bringing Home Christmas
A Campfire Christmas Eve
A Christmas Tale
A Cowboy Farewell (with Will Dudley)
Cowboy's Premarital Test
Feedin' Cake
Great Day to be a Cowboy
Half the Hand

Leadin' a Spare
Learnin' the Ropes
Live Life Backwards
Love's Devotion
My Heifer Pen
That Old Barn
Poetry Rodeo
Prayer Under the Northern Lights
Redwood Cabinets
The Roundup 
Song of the Night Hawk
Tribute to a Cowboy
Upgrading the Herd
What's it Take?
Where Time Has Stood Still

Janice Weiss Truitt
Cowboy Lover's Lament 

Tex Tumbleweed
A Boot Scootin' Verse
The Bounty Hunter
A Change of Pace
A Christmas Star
Compatibility
Cowboy Poet of Yore
Cowboy Poetry
Cowboy Sonneteer
The Cowboy's Christmas Ball
A Cowboy's Final Wish
A Cowboy's Lament
The Drifter
The Family
Generation Gaps
Green Cowboys
The Green-Broke Horse
The Guardians
He Listened with His Heart
The Inheritance
The Master's Touch
No Laughin' Matter
Ode to Ol' Blue
On the Border
The Phantom Herd
A Prairie King 
A Real Texan
Rodeo Man
A Tribute to Wild Bill (for "Wild Bill" Halbert)
Saturday Nite Live
Showtime
Sunset on the Plains
Trail Drive Maturity
Tumbleweeds
The Wild Stallion

Brooke Ryan Turner
Ridin' for the Brand

Townsend Twainhart
The Night Before Christmas Out West
 

 

V

Steve Van Dyke
Just Bill 
Reuben's Roosters

James Vasquez
Stay in the Saddle

Mick Vernon
Barns
Still Saddled
Trails

Hilma (Volcano) Volk
Stray Cows

 

W

Smoke Wade
A Change of Season
Leather Gods
Trailing the Herd Currently one of 8 Seconds

John Walker
Fences
Fishing from a Horse

Amanda Waltman
Chasin' Fame
The Colt's First Ride
Genuine Twister
On the Mend
Sing Me a Song
Trip to the Bank
Trouble
Under a Stetson

Mark A. Warmerdam
Jedediah Smith: Mountain Man

Steve Washam
Prairie Lullaby
Taming of the Tornado

Dave Watson
A Christmas Tale
Free Advice
Heading Home
Little Donny
Owed ta Jim

Leroy Watts
Blacky
A Cowboy Christmas Gathering
Cowboy Talk
Cowboys an' Hosses
Dad's Old Boots
The Elk Hunt 
Gateway to the West
Keep Whistlin'
The Nether Land
Old Bill Grahm
The Old Farm
Old Pard
Pal
The Prophet
Prairie Scene
Rattler
Welcome Cowboy Wanta-be's
Whiskers or Kisses

Harold L. Webber
Growing Up
Old Cowboy
Three Years in a Row

Chris Webster
A Drover's Life

Merv Webster
The Ballad of the Blowfly
The Courage of the Grey
Dinny Tarbox's Mule
Flowers on a Friday
Grandad's Crusty Damper
A Handsome Dividend
How Two Boys Lived Their Dream
I Never Cried for Elvis but I Shed a Tear for Slim
I'll Ne'er Forget That Day Old Mate
The Main Balladeer
No Regrets

R M. Williams -- A Man Who Had Tried 
Searching for Billy
Son Play Another Coster Song
Sweet Madeline 
Thank You for the Blessings
Thank You for the Company
Thank You for the Friendship Mate for Rod Nichols
To Have Loved a Friend
Visiting Melanie Gay
When the Evidence Went Missing

Edee Weigel
Montana High Line

Whit Weingart
The Tagger

Janice Lee Weiss Truitt
Christmas at the Community Hall (prose)

Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Big Day on the Ranch
Cowboy Choir
Devil's Rope
Pecking Order
Red Boots
Swinging in the Hay Barn
Walk among Bulls

Ryan Wermager
Prayin' fer Rain

John Wesley
The Last Longhorn

Omar West 
1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . .4
Anna Claus
Ballad of Davy Joe
Beauty
Bill & Sue
Billy Lopez and the Rattler
Chasin' What??
A Cowboy Kiss Can't Miss
The Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Dudes
EastWest
Elaboration
Fearless
Fold 'em
Friends
A Mile Between
Modern Art
Mutts
Nobody
The Oldest Cowboy
Resolution Number One
So Red . . .So White
Tex Rockefeller
That Cowboy
Valentine's Day
Winner Take All

Troy McNaught Westby
Benediction
Branding Day
Moonlight on the Dardanelles
The Old Cowpoke
The Sandhills
Stayin' Home Alone
untitled
Why?

Denny Whalen
All Around Cowboy

Jane Wheeler
Feeding Horses
His Way

James Whilt Classic Cowboy Poetry
Ain't it the Truth?

Lucky Whipple
Frost on the Rock
Rodeo Red

Melvin L. Whipple
Old Time Bronc Rider

Down on the Ground and Walkin'

Underneath Hidden Canyon Rim

Michael Whitaker
A Song in the Wind

Jerry A. "Jake" White
Facsimile Cowboy
Buyin' New Boots

Ken Whitecotton
A Christmas Tale
The Class
Crossin' the Bridge
A Dyin' Cowboy's Love Poem
Riding Bull Durham
The Stable

Julie Baccala Wiik
Ghost Riders
What Would He Think of That?

Amanda Wilczek
The Ride

Wildwood Slim
A Cowboy Christmas Eve
Ear Piercin'
Hoofbeats
Sellin' the Cows
Where the Phantom Ponies Run

Margaret Wilhelm
Selling Cattle

Don R. Wilkins
The Bison

Gina Wilkins
Ma Linam

Marvin Wilkins 
Buildin Fence
The Picture

Andy Wilkinson
His Stubborn Soul for Buck Ramsey
Scattering Cowboy Ashes for Buck Ramsey
Buck Ramsey (two articles)

Lyle Wilkinson
Chicago Cowboy
The Legend of Old Rusty Stub
An Old Man's Dream
A Strange Cow Tale

Will
untitled

Brent Williams
Life Here in the West
Wolves of Pinto Creek

Coy Williams
Green Horses
That Old Tin Star
Three Horses

Charles Williams
The Cowbarn Cowboy
A Cowboy Knows, with Doc Stovall
Starry Night
The Swamper
You Were There

David Williams
Riding Point

Karl A. Williams
Fence Lines

Lee Williams
I Saw a Tear 
I Think We've Been Had
in memory
Making a Hand
Texas
A Tribute To My Son

Wesley Willis
Rhyming Haiku of Wyoming

Morgan Wilson
No Regrets

Ron Wilson
Coyote Choir Practice
Echoes of the Trail

Ashley Wiltse
The Big Horns

Frank "Max" Winer
L. A. Cowboy

Jary D. Winstead
Through Rudy's Eyes

Lat Wipplinger
Making the Pay

Owen Wister
Ten Thousand Cattle Straying (Dead Broke)

Leeanndra Woeckener
Hippee! Hyah! and Weeee!

Bob Wombacher
A "Stock" Quotation
Taking Stock

Cora Wood
ChesterCurrently one of 8 Seconds
untitled

Doyle R. (Doc) Wood
Country Boy
Small Ranch Fer Sale
Yesterday, I Dreamed

Woody Woodruff
Another Christmas We Spend
The Cowboy and the Donkey
Lord, Thank You For Your Time 
Mr. Pete
My Life as a Cowboy
One Christmas Eve
Only a Cowboy Knows with Scott Taylor
That Fateful Day
That Spring
Walks Among Men

Byrd Woodward
And...Forever
The Answer
Arizona Christmas Eve
The Bawly Cow
Born to the Breed
Eggs on the Moon 
Feather Henry 
Flutterin' Byrdie
A Four-Year-Old's Christmas Truth
Good Help's Hard To Come By
Good Men and Good Horses
Goodbye to Friends
The Hat
His Land
I'll Be Good
Just the Hats, Ma'am
The Last Nail
Loss
Mrs. Fenton's Napkin
One Night on th' Prairie
Peanut What?
Plenty of Time
The Project
Reindeer Paws
Spirit Horse and Rider
Start As You Mean To Go On...For Nellie Flora Demasters
Still Doin' Business
Things I Done an' Some I Ain't
A Three-Holer?
Transition
Trophy Boots
Warriors from the Same Tribe
We're Waitin' on You
Who is this Feller?
Workin' Partners

Diana Wray
Big Red
Buzzard Bait
Country Genes:  A Tribute to My Dad 
A Cowboy's Computer
Lili, My Gal...
Madness, Mayhem, and Murder: The Story of Wild Bill
The Spirit of the Cowboy
The True Cowboy

Mark A. Wright
The Hat
The Last Place First
Not a Cowboy Yet

Ron Wright
Hawk 

Kerri Lee Wyatt
Stumblin' Annie

Dale Marion Wykoff
The Greenhorn Way

Wylie and the Wild West

Eric Wyman
Progress 

 

Y

John Yaws
Advice to Live By
Buckaroos
Comin' Out the Chutes
A Cowboy Christmas Eve
A Cowboy Till I Die
Cowboy Up
Days of Working Cattle
Drouth
He Finally Made It Home
Last of the Breed
Leroy's Cadillac Story
Leroy's Lament 
Ridin' for the Brand
That's How I Want to Go
Things That I Have Learned
Tomorrow I'll Be Home

Janet Yocum
Grandpa's Mighty Steed
Ol' Shep, Pete, Annie and Lee
Pop and Mrs. Mason

Lee Young
Hung up on a Rope
Nearly Washed Away
When Santa Met Saddle Tramp Lee

 

Z

Ron Zaccagnini
Don't Pet the Dog

Paul Zarzyski
Ain't No Life After Rodeo
The Bucking Horse Moon

The Day the War Began

Luck of the Draw

The Meaning of Intimacy

Sarah Zehntnar
Goats

Muriel Zeller
She Did Not Love Change 

Bethany Zill
Where Roots Run Deep

 

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