Home Grown with RP Smith

A ranch update from the dog days of summer and a re visit to one of R.P.'s earliest poems, "Morning Person".

R.P. is excited to be a part of the National Pony Express Associations National Convention taking place in Hastings, Nebraska September 10th and 11th, 2026. 

This is a first draft of a poem he his working on for the occasion that he calls "Ballad of the Pony Express."

R.P. shares, in anticipation of be a part of a very special day in the life of his Granddaughter Sage, a poem he has titled "The River".

R.P. Shares some exciting news about his upcoming trip to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko Nevada, and a piece inspired by one of the show titles "Herded Through the Bovine"

This week R.P. Shares a poem from his favorite writer of western rhyme, Elizabeth Ebert, for her book Prairie Wife, Elizabeth titled this poem "Rattlesnakes"

Some exciting news about upcoming events, a ranch update and a poem that R.P. calls "Panic on the Pinecrest".

This week R.P. dives into what could be called one of his classice "Song of the Cistern".

As the United States starts its 250th Birthday Celebration R.P offers his salute to an industry that has been around just a little bit longer with a poem he has titled "Dinosaur Egg".