Cowboys and Cattle

Early in his poetry-writing life, John Pelham envisioned himself a cowboy poet. He wrote several poems in that genre, including some, which were apocryphal; others were based on his life adventures. As his writing progressed, he found his writing trending more to a country/Americana theme. Having grown up on a small livestock farm in Central Texas in the '40's and '50's, becoming a true cowboy just wasn't in the cards, but he did know country and could write about it as well as anyone. His writing went more in the direction of what he now calls cowboy/country poetry. This is a collection of John's poetry through his adventurous life.