Canada has cowboys too

There is a cowboy poetry section at the website of Canadian Cowboy Country magazine.

Cowboy wisdom

Kepla has posted a list of Cowboy wisdom.Most of 'em are pretty good. The only changes I might make would be to edit out the ones that refer to ploughs or fences. Ploughin's fer farmers, and fences is sumpthin' ranchers put up so's they don't have to pay the cowboys no more.

A cowboy joke.

A dog walks into a saloon.
He steps up to the bar.
The bartender gives the dog a loooong nasty look...
then says, "Whatchawant?"
The dog looks around the saloon, turns back to the bartender and declares:
"I want the man who shot my Paw."

thanks, Loretta. ;)

Cowboy quotations

"Wish I had time for just one more bowl of chili." - Alleged dying words of Kit Carson (1809-1868) Frontiersman and Mountain Man

"When a cowboy has a chew in his cheek, don't slap him on the back." - Cowboy proverb

"A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse." - William James

"If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and the guy was reading a magazine." - Jack Handy

Here is an interesting article on Cowboy Poetry that discusses a little bit of the origin, and current state of the art.

http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/cowboy.shtml

 

The Christmas Cowboy

While y'all are waiting for me, I thought I'd point you at some holiday themed cowboy poetry. Quite a few samples to sift through here. Enjoy.

CowboyPoetry.com Holiday Special

A thought

A bit of an epiphany here. In order to understand the scansion and rhyme scheme of cowboy poetry, pretend it's a Bruce Springsteen song. Still working. Still working.