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Happy holidays pards and poets! We added somethin' new every day in December, through Christmas. See the whole list below. And you can see all the fine poems from 2001 right here and from 2000 right here. We celebrated the season  every day 'til Christmas in 2002, with somethin' new each and every day.   Along with our daily additions, we had more holiday news and features listed there, 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: 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  young member of The Cardiac Cowboys and more praise here.....

 

 

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

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
A Cowboy's Christmas Prayer
Line-Camp Christmas Letter

 

Arthur Chapman
Christmas Shopping in Cactus Center

 

Badger Clark
The Christmas Trail

 

William Lawrence "Larry" Chittenden
The Cowboys' Christmas Ball

 

Bruce Kiskaddon
The Old Time Christmas
The Cowboys Christmas Dance

 

Henry Lawson
The Fire at Ross's Farm

 

"Banjo" Paterson
Santa in the Bush
Santa Claus

 

Robert Service
The Trapper's Christmas Eve

 

Rhoda Sivell
Happy Days

 

 

 

Keith L. Adams
Christmas on the Porch

 

Rose Mary Allmendinger
Dear Santa,

 

J. W. Beeson
Christmas Serenade

 

Virginia Bennett
Sermon on the Mount

 

Ron Brinegar
Letter to Santa

 

Buckshot Dot
The Star and a Humble Cowboy

 

Charlie Camden
Thanksgiving (prose)

 

Timothy Carrier
 The First Christmas

 

Nona Kelley Carver
When The Cowboys Came For Christmas

 

Bobby Cohoon
It Happened One Christmas

 

Carl Condray
Winter Stampede

 

Suzann Darnall
The Night Before Christmas...Texas Style

 

Sam DeLeeuw
Christmas Gift -- A Sack of Dreams
A Rancher's Wife's Christmas

 

David Dill 
Jefferson's Christmas

 

Steve Dirksen
Cowboy Christmas Light

 

Mike Dunn
Wrappings & Bows

 

Lee Earl
 A Helping Hand

 

Glen Enloe
Don't Ever Sell Your Saddle

 

Jim Fish
Christmas Time's Around the Bend

 

JA Fox
A Penner's Letter to Santa

 

Janice Gilbertson
A "Little Cowboy" Conversation

 

Paul Hatch
An Arizona Christmas

 

Lynne Hendrickson
Reindeer Disguise

 

Michael Henley
The Gate Cut

 

Yvonne Hollenbeck 
All American Christmas

 

Carole Jarvis
Desert Cowboy's Christmas

 

Linda Kirkpatrick
Santa Claus' Sidekick

 

Jo Lynne Kirkwood
Christmas on the North Fork

 

McCloud
Cowboys and Christmas

 

Jean Mathisen 
God Rest Ye Merry Cattlemen
Dust and Snow

 

Larry Maurice 
Peace on Earth

 

Jane Morton 
Ranch Christmas

 

Rod Nichols
A Cowboy Christmas Carol
A special Christmas Greeting from Deep in the Heart of Texas

 

Howard Norskog
The Old Cowboy's Christmas

 

Jim Owen
One of Those Nights Before Christmas

 

S. J. Passamonte
In the Barn on Christmas Eve

 

Mike Puhallo
Countdown to Christmas

 

Pat Richardson
Howdy Friend
Merry Christmas

 

Francine Roark Robison
The Cowboy Christmas Ball

 

Connie Rossignol
Of Donkeys and Reindeer

 

Jay Snider
Santa's Helper

 

Ezra Spur
The Visit

 

Colen Sweeten
Christmas Beneath the Stars
Memories of Christmas
In a Manger

 

Hal Swift
Santy Claus Truly is Real

 

Tex Tumbleweed
The Cowboy's Christmas Ball

 

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

 

Eric Wyman
Progress

 

Lee Young
When Santa Met Saddle Tramp Lee

 

 

James Barton Adams
A Cowboy Toast

 

S. Omar Barker
Cowboy's New Year Resolutions

 

Janice Gilbertson
Bless Ya For Takin' The Ride

 

McCloud
 Happy New Y'ar

 

Jean Mathisen 
New Year's Greetings

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 all the holiday poems from 2005 right here.

See all the holiday poems from 2004 right here.

See all the holiday poems from 2003 right here.

See all the holiday poems from 2002 right here.

See the Countdown to 2002 New Year poems here.

See all the holiday poems from 2001 right here.

See all the holiday poems from 2000 right here.

 

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

 

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