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Article: Yee-haw: Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Buckaroo Fair starts Tuesday
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2008
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Poetry? Jeff Carson thought he hated poetry. All he remembered
were those boring poems he had to read in school. Then, since he
lives in Heber, he attended the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering and
Buckaroo Fair.
"I laughed so hard I nearly fell off my chair," he says. "I'd
cowboyed all my life, so I knew this. It wasn't poetry, it was
storytelling that rhymed."
That was eight years ago, and he's been hooked ever since. He's
even started writing his own cowboy poems. This year, Carson will
again be among the participants in the 14th annual gathering, which
takes place in Heber Tuesday through Nov. 9.
In addition to Carson and other local cowboy poets, the gathering
will feature some of the top ...