Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse By Duke Davis

Cowboy Poetry

Duke Davis, originally from Schertz, Texas, just northeast of San Antonio, is know world wide as a Western music entertainer. As a Cowboy pest, he was selected as the Official Cowboy poet Laureate of Santa Clarita, California, in 1993. His works have been published in the Livestock Journal, the Horse Gazette, Texas Heritage Foundation publication, New Mexico Farm and Ranch Foundation and numerous other cowboy lifestyle publications. Duke is a cowboy, musician, songwriter, producer, poet, roper, actor and horseman. As a man of the saddle, he has day worked on ranches all over the west. He and his wife, Ruthie, run Rokin Double D Productions in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they produce Western music and cowboy poetry albums. In addition, they organize the Annual New Mexico Cowboy Classic in Red River, New Mexico, and the Annual New Mexico State Championship Ranch Rodeo in Santa Fe. They also serve as advisors for many of the cowboy gatherings around the west. Presently, he and Ruthie live in Lamy, New Mexico, where he owns and operates the High Mesa Horse Ranch.