R.P. Smith Cowboy Poet

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

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

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"

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"

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".

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

This week R.P. Shares a Badger Clark Poem, A Cowboys Prayer.

After several rounds of slow rain, R.P. shares his favorite rain appreciation poem "Where The New Nails Grow".

A different sort of Memorial Day Poem "The Swamper From Trails End Bar" by Elizabeth Ebert from her book, Crazy Quilt.

A most recent Ranch Wreck story and another opportunity to share a poem that R.P. calls "The Ranchers Wife".

A home grown double play, as R.P. Shares a couple of spring time poems, Paramount and The Graduate.

A tale of words coming back to haunt you, a calving season story, along with the third in the trilogy of the set "If The Bones Could Talk" titled "Pelvic Bone In The Canyon".

"The Ballad of Bilirubin" an autobiographical poem shared in honor of Caleb Smith's twenty fifth birthday.

Happy Easter, this week R.P. Shares in poem "Finale"

Blame a short day on the road and a long night in the calving pasture for R.P.'s choice of material this morning... He calls this one "Sore Spot In My Saddle Seat"

A welcome to spring with a little thing that R.P. calls "Showdown At Snowdrift Corral"

R.P. was woken up by an idea at 3 in the morning earlier in week, this morning we see what a brand new piece that he calls "Son Rise" sounds like by the light of day.

R.P. Shares some memories of a good friend Clarence Lanka, and an early poem "Dinosaur Egg"

This week River-dale Jake Riley joins R.P. on Homegrown sharing an autobiographical poem, which means he was working on it in the pickup while being given a ride home from a cowboy job and memorable experience.  Jake calls this one "Bomb Cyclone".