Missouri’s vibrant cowboy poetry scene, from Harum Helmy at KBIA
In this 2013 story from KBIA, reporter Harum Helmy previews on the Missouri Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival in Mtn. View. Though the founding festival producer died, and the festival itself is no longer staged, this story is still a good listen, as is the follow-up Postcard From a Cowboy Poetry Festival.
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- Lisa Higgins, director of the Missouri Folk Arts Program, poses in her office on April 22, 2013. Tiny cowboy boots decorate Higgins’ workplace. The folk arts program heled the annual Missouri Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival with Missouri Arts Council grants. Credit Harum Helmy / KBIA News
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- Cowboy poets Ken Lorton (farthest left), Richard Dunlap, D.J. Fry and Jake White watch on as other poets perform at the cowboy poetry festival on Saturday, April 27. Credit Harum Helmy / KBIA News