Home Grown Poetry

Home Grown Poetry

R.P. Smith is a Home Grown Cowboy Poet with a knack for telling stories from his ranch in Nebraska.

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October 24, 2025 5 mins

R.P. Shares some thoughts on the War of Words in the Cattle World, and a poem co written with his pal Don Schauda "Son Of The West".

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Just another miracle before revisiting a favorite "Song Of The Cistern".

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A few thoughts during a busy week and a new poem, "Thoughts From Both Ends OF The Ladder".

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This week R.P.'s traveling pal Jake Riley helped out with a recent piece "Aging Ranch Truck Blues", I think you will enjoy it.

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R.P. Shares a little about gigs past and future, and the fact that even of grasslands, it can be a jungle out there, with his poem "Compounding Cascading Effects".

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A look at the past or a glimpse into the future, I guess it is in the eye of the beholder as R.P. shares "The Wedding Poem" and "Bugs".

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September 15, 2025 5 mins

R.P. shares Philippians 4;4-9 and his poem "One Nation" written twenty four years ago.

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A happy Birthday Double Play for my better half, two of the many poems she has inspired in her unplanned carrier as a cowboy poets spouse, A happy Birthday Double Play for my better half, two of the many poems she has inspired in her unplanned carrier as a cowboy poets spouse, Morning Person and Bottle of Memories..

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R.P. Shares about an upcoming presentation he is excited about, and limps through his poem "Crimson Contemplation"

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An unexpected way to celebrate an anniversary and an out of season poem that R.P. calls "Spring Blessing".

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August 18, 2025 6 mins

R.P. Shares some reflections on a recent event and a poem for the upcoming season "Lightning".

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A farewell note to a couple of wonderful Ladies and a favorite poem "It's Almost Fall".

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August 11, 2025 2 mins

Without the use of Chat-box R.P. gets a few thoughts corralled for a new poem that he has titled "Ode to AI".

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R.P. passes along some newly shared history on part of the ranch, and shares his poem "The Trail Before Me".

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R.P. shares some thought's about stitches in time, and a classic that he call's "It's Only Fair".

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July 11, 2025 7 mins

A rhyming  in the rain ranch update, this week R.P. rinses the dust off of one that he calls "Parade".

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A little reflection along with hope for a bright future, as we celebrate our nations birthday, R.P. shares a poem that he calls "Coyote's Praise"

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This week the world of Cowboy Poetry lost one of It's best, Here is the Late Wallace McRae with his poem "Things of Intrinsic Worth"

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R.P. deals with the stress of the upcoming branding day by looking back at his travels this past week and sharing his Nebraska Tourism tribute, "Onward and Upward".

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This week R.P. shares a ranch update and a new poem that he has titled "One More Tomorrow"

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