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Poetry

In The Heart Of This Land

Minnesota farmer Duane Botzek shares this piece of prose. In writing it he says it is ...

Mother’s Night Dreams

By Steve Lucas

What can a poor, broke cowboy do for his mom on Mother’s day, When he’s out on that ol’ lone prairie, and she is far away? ...

Farm Auctions: Mysterious Moments

By Duane Botzek, Foley, MN

Minnesotan Duane Botzek recently shared some of his writings with American Cowman, and he says, “I am a writer - something my English teacher told me I could never do - a gift that has been within me for fifty five years...

Fifty Shades of Green

By Duane Botzek, Foley, MN

Took a walk down the Bar B’s trail today
Walked until the sun set…stop’en to pray
Then walked on after the last glimmer of twilight was gone ...

Valentines Day the Cowboy Way

By Steve Lucas

The middle of February is not a real good time,
for cowboys to be thinking ‘bout hearts, roses and wine.
‘Cause it’s not all that romantic when...

Slabside, Jess and Old Dog Shep

By Floyd Simpson

Floyd is owner of Country Mile Farm on the old Drovers Trail Scenic Byway at Belmont, OH. He shares this writing with us that he penned a few years back and says, “Events described here were true. Only the names were changed to save the embarrassment...

A Cowboy’s Thanksgiving Prayer

By Steve Lucas

Dear Lord,
I confess, my prayer life hasn’t been as consistent as it should
And I reckon my life would be easier if it was, and I would
Make prayer a priority ‘cept it’s a habit to forget ...

Barn Feeling

By Kerrie Huffman, Virginia

The wide doorways
lead to the barn
The sweet smell
of hay hits you
but ever so gently
...

Exchanged Glances

By Kerrie Huffman, Virginia

Hazel eyes meet brown eyes
Soft warm nose nuzzles small tan nose
Strong and fearless overpowers weak and nervous
Both as stubborn as can be...

Ol’ Bax

By Steve Lucas, Mountain View Farm
Louisa, Virginia

Baxter was born with great expectations. His mother was an Australian Shepherd that belonged to Charles and Betty Rosson, and his father was a blue tick hound, Labrador retriever mix that roamed the neighborhood. What more could anyone want in a cow dog?...

Winds of Change

Source: Elisha Greeley Smith, Center for Rural Affairs

This poem celebrates the windmill as a sustaining source of water and hope for cattle and for the hard working ranchers and their families who make sure they run...

Hoofbeats

By Wildwood Slim, © June 25, 2007

Sometimes I find myself alookin’
Through the years, a backward glance,
And I see the friends of childhood
From the years now gone before ...

The American Windmill

By Cowboy Poet Ray Meyers

Born ahead of their time,
Windmills predated ecology;
When pumping water with wind:
Was just a dream of technology...

"National Day of the American Cowboy", July 28, 2007

By Ron Wilson

This is a day we set out to give praise to those who honor the Cowboy ways. ...

Love of the Land

By Terri Lemmon | Amelia, Nebraska

It’s a hard feeling to describe,
this emotion that swells inside.
Each time I fondly gaze,
on the land where I was raised ...

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