Work, humor, care, and the stories a community tells about itself.
Cowboy poems often remember hard work, skill, loyalty, and independence. They can also question those ideals. A useful poem gives us a person in a particular situation, rather than a list of virtues.
In Saddle Wisdom, the speaker fixes a gate and lets the horse drink first. The action does more than a speech about patience could.
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