Prominent Cowboy Poets
- S. Omar Barker
- Baxter Black
- Arthur Chapman
- Bruce Kiskaddon
- Wally McRae
- Joel Nelson
- Red Steagall
- Steven Fromholz
- Waddie Mitchell
- Paul Zarzyski
In addition, Robert W. Service is sometimes classified as a cowboy poet.
Famed spoken-word artist Bingo Gazingo has done at least one cowboy poem, "Everything's OK at the OK Corral."
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