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Happy holidays pards and poets! We're addin' somethin' new every day in December, through Christmas. See the whole list of poems  below. You can also see all the fine poems from past years:  2002, 2001, and 2000. We're celebratin' the season  every day 'til Christmas in 2003, with somethin' new each and every day.   Along with our daily additions, we have more holiday news and features listed here, too. Our award-winnin' anthology, The Big Roundup, is the perfect gift for everyone on your list.  Shippin' is quick and easy. Call toll-free right now and order 800-345-6665: Quantity discounts! Preview The Big Roundup here.   There's more order info here. "Here's a perfect holiday gift...." Brooke Demetz Oklahoma Today "An entertaining and heartwarming collection of modern and classic  Cowboy Poetry.  A wonderful treasury, including many of my favorites."   Don Edwards, America's favorite Cowboy singer   "Cowboy poetry provides an important link to my own rural roots.  The Big Roundup is a fine collection of cowboy poetry -- old and new." The Honorable Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, author of Lazy B "...a wonderful addition to our cowboy poetry collection..." Randy Williams, Curator, Fife Folklore Archives "From the classics to contemporary, Cowboy Poetry is alive and represented well in The Big Roundup anthology.  The 'Best of the West' section is a great information source for folks looking for a directory of events and places representing our Art Form."   Chris Isaacs, the Cowboy's Cowboy humorist and poet,  Rhymes, Reasons and Pack Saddle Proverbs   and more praise here.....

 

 

Listed Below Alphabetically by Poet, Classic Poets First
with poems posted in a haphazard order

At least one new poem is added each day (marked ) until Christmas,
along with selected classic and contemporary favorites from past years' celebrations

Click a title to go direct to a poem or use the pointer to
just enjoy goin' from page to page

 

S. Omar Barker
Drylander's Christmas
Line-Camp Christmas Letter
A Cowboy's Christmas Prayer

Arthur Chapman
Christmas Shopping in Cactus Center

William Lawrence "Larry" Chittenden
The Cowboy's Christmas Ball

Badger Clark
The Christmas Trail

Bruce Kiskaddon
The Old Time Christmas
The Cowboys Christmas Dance

Henry Lawson
The Fire at Ross's Farm

D. J. O'Malley
Busted Cowboy's Christmas

A. B. "Banjo" Paterson
Santa Claus
Santa Claus in the Bush

Buck Ramsey
Christmas Waltz

Charlie Russell
from his 1914 Christmas card

Robert Service
The Trapper's Christmas Eve

Rhoda Sivell
Happy Days

 

 

David Althouse
Believin' a White Christmas inta Bein'

J. W. Beeson
Christmas Serenade

Virginia Bennett
Ramona's Christmas Box

George Bourbeau
Reindeer Wrangler

Ron Brinegar
Letter to Santa

Buckshot Dot (Dee Strickland Johnson)
The Star and a Humble Cowboy

Lanny Joe Burnett
Nightwork

Gail T. Burton
A Cowboy's Christmas Prayer

Charlie Camden
A Christmas letter...

Carl Condray
Winter Stampede
Christmas in the Scrub Oaks

Clark Crouch
Christmas on the Prairie

Doris Daley
A Christmas Prayer

Sam DeLeeuw
Christmas Gift -- A Sack of Dreams

Steve Dirksen
If There's No Need

Mike Dunn
Wrappings & Bows

Glen Enloe
A Christmas for Cowboys

Sherrod L. Fielden
Charlie's Christmas

Janice Gilbertson
A "Little Cowboy" Conversation

DW Groethe
A Charlie Creek Christmas

Donna Hatton
A Christmas Memory

Jean Mathisen Haugen
Wrong Turn!

Michael Henley
The Gate Cut

Yvonne Hollenbeck
The Perfect Gift
Cooper's Christmas (a skit for young folks)
Virginia, I Believe

Sam Jackson
Country Christmas

Carole Jarvis
Desert Cowboy's Christmas

Jim John
 Tallgrass Prairie Christmas

LeRoy Jones
 The Night Before Christmas
What Does a Cowboy Do for Christmas?

Paul Kern
Prayer Comes Easy in a Barn

Tom King
Naughty and Nice!

Linda Kirkpatrick
One Less Chair at the Table

Jo Lynne Kirkwood
Christmas on the North Fork
We Didn't Have Much, Then, for Christmas

Ron Lambert
Christmas Wink

Larry Maurice
It's That Time Again

Jane Morton
Robert May's Story

Rod Nichols
A Christmas Mem'ry

S. J. Passamonte
In the Barn on Christmas Eve

Mike Puhallo
Cow Country Christmas Memory

Pat Richardson
Howdy Folks
Christmas Cheer

Francine Roark Robison
The Cowboy Christmas Ball

Lincoln Rogers
The Pilfered Slice

Steve Rohlman
A Visit From St. Nick?

Bruce Satta
Santa's Hat

Bob Schild
Santa Comes Calvin'
Christmas 2003

Charley Sierra
A Christmas Poem

Jay Snider
Santa's Helper

Ezra Spur
The Tree

Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns
Christmas Way Out West

Colen Sweeten
Christmas Beneath the Stars

Hal Swift
Christmas on the Trail

Tex Tumbleweed
A Christmas Star

Omar West
Anna Claus

Byrd Woodward
A Four-Year-Old's Christmas Truth

 

Click a title to go direct to a poem, use the pointers to
just enjoy goin' from page to page. 

See the links here for holiday news and more; our regular News Since the Last Newsletter is here.

See a complete list of all the holiday poems from 2000-2005 here.

 

See the list of all the poems at the BAR-D here.

 

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