Our very first featured Cowboy Poet is Duane Nelson. He was one of the first poets to answer my Q & A sheet that I sent out to many cowboy poets, musicians, artists and chuckwagons. Mare: So tell us all about your self Duane! Duane: Well, grew up in a farming family in North Dakota,Continue reading “Cowboy Poet Duane Nelson”
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” Madam Poet” Susan O’Connel aka Mattie Silks
You might call Susan O’ Connel a ‘soiled dove’ as she literally takes on a persona of Mattie Silks, a madam from the Old West, as she performs her cowboy/cowgirl poetry. She jumps right into the character to the point that she dresses up as Mattie to perform her literary art. So Susan is goingContinue reading “” Madam Poet” Susan O’Connel aka Mattie Silks”
Mary Powell aka Barnyard Mare, Duchess of the Prairie
Mary spent 27 years cowboying until a back injury stopped her from working full-time as a cowpuncher. Instead, she got into meat goats and travels the state of Kansas with her Barnyard Weed Warriors (meat goats) and her border collies, camping out on the ground wherever they roam. She has a bachelor’s degree in AnimalContinue reading “Mary Powell aka Barnyard Mare, Duchess of the Prairie”