Friday, September 11, 2015
The Whys and Wherefores of Cowboy Poetry
Thursday, September 17: | Dialogue leader: Rod Miller
Mark & Elizabeth England's home at 1194 South 500 East in Salt Lake City.
Late-comers, please use the back door.
Discussion:
What is Cowboy Poetry, and does it matter? How does it fit into the larger tradition of poetry and what sets it apart? Is it a subject deep enough to dive into?
About Rod:
Rod Miller’s first collection of poetry, Things a Cowboy Sees and Other Poems, won the Westerners International award for poetry and was named Best Poetry Book by the Academy of Western Artists. “Tabula Rasa,” a poem from the collection, won the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Poem. A poem from his latest collection, Goodnight Goes Riding and Other Poems, “Song of the Stampede,” was a Finalist for the WWA Spur Award. His poems have appeared in several periodicals and anthologies, including New Plains Review, New Poets of the American West and the award-winning Brushstrokes and Balladeers. In addition to poetry, Miller writes for several magazines and is author of five novels, numerous anthologized short stories, four history books, and a movie for children.
A long-ago graduate of Utah State University, Miller was a bareback bronc rider for the intercollegiate rodeo team. For more than 35 years he has worked as an advertising agency copywriter and creative director.
To explore:
- www.westernfolklife.org
- www.writerrodmiller.com
- writerrodmiller.blogspot.com
- National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: The Anthology, Foreword by Baxter Black
- Cowboy Poetry: A Gathering, edited by Hal Cannon
- Cowboy Poets and Cowboy Poetry, edited by David Stanley and Elaine Thatcher
- Goodnight Goes Riding and Other Poems, by Rod Miller
- Things a Cowboy Sees and Other Poems, by Rod Miller
Mark & Elizabeth England's home at 1194 South 500 East in Salt Lake City.
Late-comers, please use the back door.
Discussion:
What is Cowboy Poetry, and does it matter? How does it fit into the larger tradition of poetry and what sets it apart? Is it a subject deep enough to dive into?
About Rod:
Rod Miller’s first collection of poetry, Things a Cowboy Sees and Other Poems, won the Westerners International award for poetry and was named Best Poetry Book by the Academy of Western Artists. “Tabula Rasa,” a poem from the collection, won the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Poem. A poem from his latest collection, Goodnight Goes Riding and Other Poems, “Song of the Stampede,” was a Finalist for the WWA Spur Award. His poems have appeared in several periodicals and anthologies, including New Plains Review, New Poets of the American West and the award-winning Brushstrokes and Balladeers. In addition to poetry, Miller writes for several magazines and is author of five novels, numerous anthologized short stories, four history books, and a movie for children.
A long-ago graduate of Utah State University, Miller was a bareback bronc rider for the intercollegiate rodeo team. For more than 35 years he has worked as an advertising agency copywriter and creative director.
To explore:
- www.westernfolklife.org
- www.writerrodmiller.com
- writerrodmiller.blogspot.com
- National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: The Anthology, Foreword by Baxter Black
- Cowboy Poetry: A Gathering, edited by Hal Cannon
- Cowboy Poets and Cowboy Poetry, edited by David Stanley and Elaine Thatcher
- Goodnight Goes Riding and Other Poems, by Rod Miller
- Things a Cowboy Sees and Other Poems, by Rod Miller
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