With the annual Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering taking place, The Telegraph asked folks to try their hand at some Western verse.
 
“A horse, a cow, a gun - I’m a cowboy.”
– Joe Booth
 

 
“A cowboy, with stirrups and skinny jeans.”
– Crystal Bedwell

 
“Cowboy – a lot spoken with few words.”

– Parker Whitehead
 

 

 

 
“Mama's got a gun in the truck.”
– John Currie

 

 
“A man of the land, simple in his needs, soft with his touch, a good man to have at hand.”
– Ben Gross
 

 

In this week's issue...

August 22, 2024
Rethinking 'big grid'

Increasingly, microgrids seen as way to combat climate, geographic vulnerabilities
 

August 22, 2024
The bee's knees

Bees, butterflies and other pollinators are now classified as wildlife in Colorado
 

August 15, 2024
Pucker up

Mother Nature turns riffle into a ripper on Cataract Canyon