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Old West Days and Cowboy Poetry Gathering - April 23-26, 2026     A calving season update and an Invitation to the Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering, with R.P.'s poems "The Heifer  Poem" and "The Gathering"  

This week we revisit a calving season classic "Showdown at Snowdrift Corral".

"Spring Blessing", a poem for Easter and everyday.

Some thoughts on "Late March 2026" and a revisit to "Tribulation Grazin"

A little reflection on the early start to this years calving season and a poem from R.P. titled "Book Learning"

  A blast from the past, or a foreboding of the future?   This week R.P. shares his poem "A.I.er's Anonymous"        

A successful trip home for the Pine Crest cows and a revisit to R.P.'s poem "Lazarus".

Nebraska Statehood, a new poem including the names of Nebraska's ninety-three counties, it's more fun than you might think!

This week R.P. contemplates a couple of his favorite subjects, repurposing and regeneration, and shares a poem that ties the two together, "Final Instructions".

Join R.P. for "Song Of The Solomon's", an updated version of R.P.'s poem "Windmills Serenade".  

An update on the trip to Elko and reflective poem "Bareback".

A double shot from  R.P. today... "Upside Down in Cow Town", an addition to "The Other Day at the FSA"

Tearing off the last of the lath in the late stages of a forty year remodeling project stirred up a lot of dust and a few memories, R.P. Shares a multi-generational poem "He Laughed".

This morning R.P. revisits an early poem that he titled "Obscurity"

A ranch update and a poetic double play, "The Grudge" and "Sore Spot in My Saddle Seat".