The Cowboy Poetry and Western Verse section begins by spotlighting the western authors who have contributed at least five poems to the Rope and Wire website.
Click on the authors link to read the poems for that author.
Robert C. Atkin
Born and raised on a ranch on the Canadian, American border Bob has been writing poetry songs and short stories for almost 60 years. He has performed in Europe on several occasions and of course throughout North America.
Joel T. Bailey
Born and raised in Mississippi, Joel currently resides in Vicksburg with his wife of 44 years, Betty. Joel started writing poetry on a regular basis after retiring from 35 years of service with Letourneau Technologies. His work has been featured in an assortment of magazines and websites.
Luana Chamness
Luana Chamness lives in rural British Columbia, with her husband, Larry, and two youngest children. She is a stay-at-home Mom and home schools her children. Luana has been writing poetry and song lyrics for 25 years.
John Duncklee
John Duncklee is an award-winning author of sixteen books. His published work covers fiction, non-fiction, satire, short stories and poetry. Prior to his writing career, John was a university professor in both the United States and Mexico, a cattle rancher, Quarter Horse breeder, designer of mesquite wood furniture, and served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He lives in New Mexico with his wife, Penny, an illustrator and artist.
Delia J. Fry
For the past seven years Delia has made her home in O’Fallon, Missouri. She is a writer, artist and musician, but writing is where her heart is. Writing lyrics for songs has turned into writing poems, prose and short stories.
Tom Sheehan
Sheehan served in the 31st Infantry Regiment, Korea 1951 and graduated from Boston College in 1956. His print/eBooks are Epic Cures; Brief Cases, Short Spans (from Press 53); A Collection of Friends; From the Quickening (from Pocol Press). He has 24 Pushcart nominations, and 375 stories on Rope and Wire Magazine.
Larry Bradfield
Larry Bradfield was born in Southeastern New Mexico and grew up in West Texas during the oil boom in the Permian Basin. All of the oil camps of the time - 1930's through the 1950's - were located on the various large ranches which owned the land and the mineral rights.
Douglas Polk
Douglas Polk is a poet living in the wilds of central Nebraska with his wife and two boys. He has had numerous poems, three books of poems and two childrens books published.
William K. Baker Jr.
William received his Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management from West Texas State University in 1989 followed by his post-graduate work in Zoology.
Debra G. Meyer
Debra G. Meyer was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1955. In 1965, she and her family relocated to southern Indiana. She married in 1974, continued her studies at Indiana State University, and by the age of thirty, had two children and a job teaching elementary school.
Steve Dickson
Steve Dickson is currently a working U.S. Merchant Mariner, born and raised in the West. He has worked in the lumber mills of Oregon and Montana, on ranches in Texas, commercial boats in Alaska, has cooked in lodges in Idaho and in fine dining restaurants in California.
