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Home Grown with RP Smith
Home Grown with RP Smith
Author: R.P. Smith
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Home Grown Cowboy Poet R.P. Smith has a knack for telling stories from his ranch in Nebraska. Listen in for some funny, inspirational cowboy poetry.
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A farewell note to a couple of wonderful Ladies and a favorite poem
"It's Almost Fall".
Without the use of Chat-box R.P. gets a few thoughts corralled for a new
poem that he has titled "Ode to AI".
R.P. passes along some newly shared history on part of the ranch, and
shares his poem "The Trail Before Me".
Tearing off the last of the lath in the late stages of a forty year remodeling project stirred up a lot of dust and a few memories, R.P. Shares a multi-generational poem "He Laughed".
This morning R.P. revisits an early poem that he titled "Obscurity"
A ranch update and a poetic double play, "The Grudge" and "Sore Spot in My Saddle Seat".
A little rambling and reflection and a poem from R.P. to start the new year "Rhythm Of The Range"
After several rounds of slow rain, R.P. shares his favorite rain
appreciation poem "Where The New Nails Grow".
A different sort of Memorial Day Poem "The Swamper From Trails End Bar"
by Elizabeth Ebert from her book, Crazy Quilt.
A most recent Ranch Wreck story and another opportunity to share a poem
that R.P. calls "The Ranchers Wife".
A home grown double play, as R.P. Shares a couple of spring time poems,
Paramount and The Graduate.
This week River-dale Jake Riley joins R.P. on Homegrown sharing an
autobiographical poem, which means he was working on it in the pickup
while being given a ride home from a cowboy job and memorable
experience. Jake calls this one "Bomb Cyclone".
This morning R.P. is working his way back from the Cache Valley Music
and Poetry Festival in Logan Utah, and thought he would share one that
he practiced out west "The Ranchers Wife".
In the past month and a half R.P. has attended 4 cowboy poetry
gatherings, and was reminded of the wealth of cowboy poetry passed on by
our predecessors, this morning he shares a Classic poem from Bruce
Kiskaddon "The Broncho Twister's Prayer"
This week R.P. gets a little help with chores before heading to the Lone
Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Alpine Texas, his son Caleb joins him on
Homegrown to share a new song that he has titled "Between the Ivory and
the Iron'.
A few rancher thoughts on a cold morning and a hopefully prophetic poem,
"Bottle Of Memories"
R.P. shares a little about his trip to the Fortieth National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko Nevada and blows the dust off of one from quite a few years back that he calls "The Security Slide".
R.P. makes a deep withdrawal from the memory bank with "School Boy's
Lament".
R.P. readies for the road and shares a little verbal visual before
heading to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko Nevada, with one
he calls "The Gathering".
R.P. lights up your day with one he calls "Yicko"



