What Is Cowboy Poetry

A friend and I had a rousing argument around the supper table the other day He said when them old fashioned poet would write ‘twas hard to understand what they had to say I told him it wasn’t so much what they said but how their words danced within meter and rhyme The art of words is like painting a picture 'stead of a museum it hangs in your mind I'll tell you all that my friend’s a true cowboy he prefers actions instead of using words Thinks people should tell the true worth of a man from just watching the way he handles his herd Says he’s pretty sure that any ole nimrod can scratch pretty words on some paper with ink If you’re trying to tell a cowboy something just get on down to the meat of what you think Stop prancin’ and dancin’ around with your words just come right on out and tell me what you mean Don't dress it up like it’s going two steppin' it don’t need to be all gussied and preened That’s the day I learned a very good lesson bout how poetry was really meant to be Words written down simple and straight to the point is the real meaning of cowboy poetry