1.   And even if cowboy poetry sounds bad on the page, it can come to life when recited on stage, Hoy said.

2.   Big Sky, Mont., has an arts festival that runs the gamut from cowboy poetry to chamber music.

3.   Cowboy poetry is a homespun amalgam of verbal arts from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales and was strongly influenced by Mexican and African performance traditions.

4.   Cowboy poetry and western music will also be presented at the three-day weekend event.

5.   Cowboy poetry hit a regional chord at a time when the region was feeling down, Cannon recalled.

6.   Cowboy poetry is essentially oral.

7.   Davidson had flown in from Los Angeles to research a piece for the New York Times Magazine on cowboy poetry.

8.   Cowboy poetry, though, is as prevalent as cow chips in the pasture.

9.   Even this far from the real West, cowboy poetry has become popular and the idea of being a real cowboy means something.

10.   Godfrey said there are four hard and fast rules for cowboy poetry.